Red Sox beat Orioles 6-3 to avoid 3-game sweep  —  BALTIMORE - Clay Buchholz shook off a rocky start to earn his 11th win, Dustin Pedroia [stats] singled in the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning and the Boston Red Sox [team stats] beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 Thursday night to avoid a three-game sweep.

Galvis' suspension over, but will go on DL  —  MILWAUKEE — Thursday represented the 50th game of Phillies second baseman Freddy Galvis' 50-game suspension for using a performance-enhancing substance.  —  He will be placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a strained lower back.

Kap: Cubs, Castro working on long-term deal  —  With the focus of the Cubs management team of Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer clearly on a long term plan of overhauling the Cubs organization, nearly every move they have made since taking control of the team has been with a vision towards the future.

Game between Blue Jays and White Sox halted while fan receives CPR  —  The game between the Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays has been delayed for 4 minutes in the seventh inning while a fan received CPR and was taken away on a stretcher.  —  Blue Jays players left their dugout Thursday night …

Green goes on DL; Morrison's season is over  —  Infielder has sprained thumb; LoMo moved to 60-day DL and likely faces knee surgery  —  Healthy infielders are hard to come by for the Marlins right now.  —  Nick Green, hindered by a sprained left thumb, was placed on the 15-day disabled list …

Felix Hernandez and arbitrarily historic performances  —  Wednesday afternoon, as I made my way to the digital pages at ESPN.com to check some of the early box scores, my eyes were directed toward the main article on the site's home page, notifying those who were unaware that Felix Hernandez was in the eighth inning of a “perfect game.”

Dodgers Leave Pittsburgh Angry With Rare Loss  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers left Pittsburgh in a bad mood, and it had little to do with the end of their four-game winning streak.  —  Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp and manager Don Mattingly were ejected, and teammates Joe Blanton …

Jones homers twice as Braves knock off Padres  —  ATLANTA — Chipper Jones homered twice on a night when a big crowd turned out to get his bobblehead, and the Atlanta Braves won their 15th straight game with Kris Medlen as a starter, beating the San Diego Padres 6-0 on Thursday.

Giants' Sabean shocked by Cabrera suspension  —  SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean says his club has two suspended veteran players who should know better than to use performance-enhancing drugs.  —  A day after outfielder and All-Star Game MVP Melky Cabrera received …

SPORTS BITZ AND BOREDOM ...  Olympics  —  Some things, even though they make a ton of sense, are just not worth arguing about.  The NHL should be played on Olympic-sized rinks.  Jockeys should be able to weigh more  —  than 115 pounds.  (115 pounds when you are riding a 1,200-pound animal?

Dan Duquette on O's pitching philosophy: “We don't like the cutter”  —  In an interview with Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette on Wednesday at Camden Yards, Duquette made it clear he is not a fan of young pitchers throwing cut fastballs.