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As if Advocaat did not have enough headaches to contend with, Jermain Defoe’s future continues to be the subject of considerable conjecture.

“We have had some discussions, taking a look at fourth outfielder candidates”, Anthopoulos said.

The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 8-4 as they bid to make a contest of the National League Central, where leaders the St Louis Cardinals have the Major League’s best record but lost 5-3 to the San Diego Padres on Will Venables’ two-run shot in the 11th....

The Toronto Blue Jays have recalled Felix Doubront from AAA Buffalo, and manager John Gibbons says that the left-hander may start in Matt Boyd’s slot on July 7th against the Chicago White Sox.

He helped himself with his performance Wednesday in his 27th start of the season.

“I just try to go out there and throw up zeroes and hold them down as much as you can, give our offence a chance”.

In his first start against the Rangers, he had been victimized by the home run-three of them in 6.2 innings of work-but had struck out seven and turned in a decent-if-not-quality start by holding Texas to four earned runs.