BALTIMORE (AP) — Matt Wieters doubled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th, and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Sunday to extend their run of successive extra-inning victories to nine. Steve Tolleson hit a three-run homer for the Orioles, who bounced back from a 4-1 deficit to keep Philadelphia starter Cliff Lee...

The Braves’ six-game winning streak ended even though they led 4-0 after three innings. Blue Jays left-hander Ricky Romero lasted only four innings. Toronto took the lead with six runs in the fifth off 21-year-old Julio Teheran, who was called up for his first start of the season, and 37-year-old Livan Hernandez. Lawrie hit a two-run homer...

Danny Espinosa doubled twice and drove in two runs for the Nationals, who as a franchise had never won at Fenway Park entering the series. Harper, Washington’s rookie phenom, was out of the starting lineup because of tightness in his back. He pinch-hit for Tyler Moore with one out in the top of the ninth and drew a walk from Alfredo Aceves. ...

After an 18-start winless streak dating to last August 11, Dempster (2-3) won his second game this week, another gem for this Cubs team that brought the worst record in the majors into the afternoon. He scattered four singles, walked one, hit a batter and struck out six, three by Joe Mauer, to help the Cubs win for only the fifth time in their last 25 games. ...

Maxwell’s two-run shot in the fifth put the Astros ahead 4-3. He also singled, walked and scored two runs. His homer was estimated at 461 feet, curling just inside the left-field foul pole into the second deck. Altuve hit a two-run shot in the eighth to cap the Astros’ offense. Altuve drove in three runs and stole home on the back end of a...

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — The Stony Brook University baseball team has received a rousing welcome home. It’s just a pit stop back in New York before they head to their first-ever appearance in the College World Series in Nebraska. The unheralded Seawolves upset Louisiana State University, a six-time national champion, to earn a trip to Omaha later...

Nadal beat world number one Novak Djokovic on Monday to usurp Sweden’s iceman Bjorn Borg with a record seventh French Open title, a staggering feat considering it came in only his eighth Roland Garros campaign. His only blemish in an otherwise perfect record on the red Parisian dust was a shock defeat to Robin Soderling in the last 16 in 2009 –...

Rafael Nadal unfurls one of the forehands that defeated Novak Djokovic in the French Open final. Credit: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Article source: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/06/11/sports/20120611photoreplay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss