Matt Kemp has had a disappointing season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, one he seems determined to end on a high note. His grand slam helped the Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 7-6 to complete a three-game sweep on Wednesday. "I'm just trying to take something positive into the offseason and go from there," said Kemp, who hit a two-run homer Tuesday night and is batting .248 with 25…

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Pat Burrell hit a three-run homer to back Tim Lincecum, and the first-place San Francisco Giants remained two games ahead of San Diego in the NL West with a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.

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Sorry, no Rocktober this playoff season. That's what happens when your baseball team experiences…

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SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Giants are looking a lot like a playoff team in the season's final week. They're darn close to getting there, too — and San Diego is helping with that.

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The Philadelphia Phillies are the NL East champions for the fourth consecutive year and, fittingly, Roy Halladay helped seal the deal this time with a two-hitter.

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DENVER (A P) — Ted Lilly's masterful mix of pitches left the Rockies perplexed at the plate, prevented Ubaldo Jimenez from getting his 20th win and edged Colorado closer to elimination. Lilly scattered four hits over eight innings Monday night in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 3-1 win over the reeling Rockies, who are five games behind idle San Francisco in the NL West and 4 1/2 games behind…

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The Giants and Padres each have two potential paths to the playoffs; for the Braves, it’s the wild card or bust.

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Troy Tulowitzki gave the Colorado Rockies' faint playoff hopes a boost with another big night at the plate. Tulowitzki capped a four-hit game with an RBI double in the 10th inning and the Rockies rallied for a 10-9 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. Tulowitzki homered, doubled and had five RBIs to help the Rockies snap a five-game slide and pull within four games of first place…

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Umpires are keeping a close eye on game balls at Coors Field after the San Francisco Giants expressed concern to the commissioner's office that the Colorado Rockies might be using "juiced" balls when they're batting. Major League Baseball spokesman Pat Courtney confirmed that umpires were instructed to monitor the game balls used Saturday night in the Giants-Rockies game.

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