Topic: Allen Craig

Masahiro Tanaka fired three scoreless innings Sunday, and the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 in a Grapefruit League game in Sarasota, Fla. Tanaka struck out four while allowing three hits and no walks. Matt Holliday hit two doubles and scored a run for the Yankees. Jameson Taillon and Clay Holmes each threw two scoreless innings for the Pirates.

BOSTON -- Boston designated hitter David Ortiz told anyone within earshot that he woke up mad that morning and intended to take it out during the game.

Alex Rodriguez reached Willie Mays on Major League Baseball's all-time home run list, and did so in his usual eventful fashion.

The Red Sox are near the bottom of the heap in the standings this year, but Boston came out on top in one of the year's most hotly contested races.

Matt Carpenter's two-out double in the bottom of the eighth inning drove in the deciding run as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a 9-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies.

Bartolo Colon worked eight innings, and Eric Young's RBI ground-rule double in the seventh inning was the difference, as New York escaped St. Louis with a 3-2 victory in the finale of a three-game set.

Michael Morse smacked a go-ahead two-run double in the top of the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants edged the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-5.

Jacoby Ellsbury singled three times and knocked in three runs to boost the New York Yankees to a 7-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

The St. Louis Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 4-2 victory on Thursday.

Greg Garcia was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the 12th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Chicago Cubs, 4-3.