ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)  Brandon Moss and John Jaso homered off Yu Darvish and the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics beat Texas 6-2 on Tue., June 18.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)  Nelson Cruz homered twice, A.J. Pierzynski drove in three runs and the Texas Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak with an 8-7 win over the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics on Mon., June 17.

BOSTON (AP) The revamped lineup of Daniel Paille, Chris Kelly and Tyler Seguin scored Boston's first goal and drew the penalties that led to another in a 2-0 win over Chicago on Mon., June 17, for a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)  Chien-Ming Wang won for the first time in more than a year, Colby Rasmus homered for a third straight game, and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a four-game of sweep by beating the Texas Rangers 7-2 on Sun., June 16, for their fifth straight victory.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)  Adam Lind and Colby Rasmus both hit two-run homers and the Toronto Blue Jays won their fourth game in a row, beat the sliding Rangers 6-1 on Sat., June 15.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)  Mark Buehrle threw seven shutout innings, Colby Rasmus and J.P. Arencibia homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays handed the Texas Rangers their fourth straight loss, 8-0 on Fri., June 14.

UNDATED (AP)  The Brooklyn Nets have hired Jason Kidd as their coach, bringing the former star back to the franchise.

UNDATED (KNTU) Toronto’s Edwin Encarnacion's hit a 2-run double in the eighth inning to beat Texas 3-1, Thu., June 13.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)  Jason Kipnis had a home run among his three hits and the Cleveland Indians got a series-clinching 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wed., June 12.

CHICAGO (AP)  Andrew Shaw scored on a deflection in triple overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in a riveting Game One of the Stanley Cup finals on Wed., June 12.