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Michael Cuddyer came crashing into home and Michael Wuertz knew he had to cover the plate after his wild pitch. The Oakland reliever reached out and did his best to make the play. That's how this crazy slugfest finally ended -- 3 hours, 32 minutes, 39 hits and 27 runs later.

Mannywood's main attraction was back in residence at Dodger Stadium and Manny Ramirez received a warm welcome, even if he wasn't any help.

The American League extended its unbeaten streak in All-Star Games to 13 with a 4-3 win over the National League in St. Louis on Tuesday night. A pair of first-time All-Stars, Curtis Granderson and Adam Jones, combined to produce the game-winning run in the eighth inning.

first-time All-Star Tim Wakefield earned his AL-leading 11th victory, and David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Wednesday night.

After he was knocked out in the third inning at Fenway Park in early June, A.J. Burnett vowed to improve. Has he ever. Burnett scattered six hits over seven innings to win for the third time in four starts, and the Yankees opened the long holiday weekend with a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.

Manny Ramirez has apologized to fans and his teammates. He's not talking about steroids, though.

Mariano Rivera has 500 saves -- and one precious RBI. Guess which feat he was most excited about. On a New York night that belonged to baseball's most unflappable closer, Rivera became the second reliever to reach the 500-save milestone when the Yankees held off the punchless Mets 4-2 Sunday for a Subway Series sweep.

LSU won its sixth national title on Wednesday.

As part of their celebration of the 1989 World Series champions, the A's on Monday gave 10,000 fans a Mark McGwire replica jersey. Star-crossed infielder Bobby Crosby, who spent the first six weeks of 2009 working on his swing with McGwire in Southern California, helped give the A's a feel-good victory.

Mikie Mahtook singled in the winning run in the top of the 11th inning after DJ LeMahieu tied the game in the ninth, and LSU survived Texas' five home runs to beat the Longhorns 7-6 in Game 1 of the College World Series finals Monday night.