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Second baseman Ian Kinsler rejoined the Texas Rangers on Thursday to travel with the team for its West Coast trip and his season debut. Kinsler was back in the clubhouse after completing a three-game rehabilitation assignment at Double-A Frisco without any setbacks. He has been on the disabled list all season after sustaining a high right ankle spring during spring training. http://bit.ly/937mUZ

Tampa Bay catcher Dioner Navarro was suspended for two games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for what it said was “inappropriate conduct” that included bumping an umpire during an argument. Navarro was ejected by plate umpire Dan Bellino during the sixth inning of Friday’s game against Toronto for arguing a pitch to Adam Lind that was called a ball. http://bit.ly/c707yd

Mark DeRosa gave the San Francisco Giants a two-out, two-strike hit that they’ve been missing — and he did it against Phillies ace Roy Halladay. Manager Bruce Bochy called it one of his team’s best at-bats all year. That got San Francisco started, all right. Eli Whiteside homered and doubled in a run, Jonathan Sanchez struck out six and the Giants beat Philadelphia 5-1 on Monday night to… http://bit.ly/a6F2Ia

The St. Louis Cardinals placed infielder Felipe Lopez on the 15-day disabled list Monday with a right elbow strain. Lopez thinks pitching in a 20-inning game this month is at least partly to blame for the injury, which the team expects will heal with rest. Lopez said Monday he felt tightness in the elbow when sliding headfirst into second on a double during the first week of the season and figured… http://bit.ly/aWda8n

Following a 2009 season filled with decimating injuries and painful losses, the New York Mets are beginning to get some breaks. The latest one came courtesy of the Atlanta Braves — and Mother Nature. Mike Pelfrey pitched out of constant trouble to extend his scoreless streak to 24 innings and New York finished a three-game sweep of the slumping Braves with a 1-0 victory Sunday night in a game cut… http://bit.ly/ckwJ5w

Mark Reynolds hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning and finished with three hits, including a three-run homer, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-6 on Sunday. Reynolds had a season-high four RBIs and Chris Young added three hits for Arizona, including two doubles. http://bit.ly/dsf0i7

Brewers right-hander Jeff Suppan has been removed from the rotation in the fourth and final year of his $42.5 million contract in favor of Chris Narveson. Suppan opened the year on the disabled list with neck pain. He went 0-1 with an 8.68 ERA in two appearances as the fifth starter, including being booed off the field after giving up six runs and 10 hits in 4 1-3 innings in Friday night’s 8-1… http://bit.ly/9KrsLo

Jon Rauch begged for a second chance and made the most of it for Minnesota. Joe Mauer matched a career high with five hits, Denard Span singled home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning and Rauch finally closed out the Twins’ 9-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. Rauch squandered a one-run lead in the 11th, then pleaded with manager Ron Gardenhire to send him back out for… http://bit.ly/93zc5j

Alex Rios hit a game-ending two-run homer in the ninth after Paul Konerko homered, and the Chicago White Sox overcame a controversial call that led to two runs in the in the top half of the inning to beat the Seattle Mariners 5-4 on Saturday. Trailing 4-2 in the ninth with one out, Konerko hit a solo home run off Mariners closer David Aardsma (0-1). http://bit.ly/bPFMwV

Dodgers manager Joe Torre says he sent Manny Ramirez home to Los Angeles to get treatment on his strained right calf, avoiding the “circus” when the team heads to New York to face the Mets. Torre says it didn’t make sense to keep the outfielder around for the rest of the Dodgers’ road trip, especially New York “where it would be a little bit of a circus.” He spoke with… http://bit.ly/9zDqRY