Joe Saunders is going to be on the sidelines again when the surging Arizona Diamondbacks visit San Francisco with a chance to overtake the NL West leaders in a three-game series. The Giants will miss Saunders in the rotation, which is not a good thing for the Diamondbacks, who got another solid outing from the left-hander Sunday in a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired shortstop Rafael Furcal from the Los Angeles for a minor league prospect, fortifying their infield. St. Louis sent outfielder Alex Castellanos, who was playing at Double-A Springfield, to the Dodgers. The 33-year-old Furcal, a two-time All-Star, is batting just .197 in 37 games while struggling with injuries this season.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers waved goodbye to shortstop Rafael Furcal, who appeared to be on his way to St. Louis after five-plus seasons in Los Angeles. And Furcal’s sudden departure cast an even larger pall in the clubhouse following their loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Justin Upton greeted Matt Guerrier with a go-ahead, three-run double in the sixth inning and Arizona climbed within three games…

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The Dodgers activated third basemen Casey Blake from the disabled list, placed Juan Uribe on the DL and Rafael Furcal was held out of the lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks as they apparently worked on a deal to send the shortstop to St. Louis.

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The man initially identified by police as the primary suspect in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium, then exonerated after two other men were arrested and charged, spoke out Friday. “More than anything, I’m upset. Not for myself, but for the grief and embarrassment that my friends, family, and loved ones have been put through,” Giovanni Ramirez, 31, said in a…

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Matt Kemp is leading the National League in RBIs. Given a choice, he’d much rather see the Los Angeles Dodgers on top of the standings. Kemp hit a three-run homer and a two-run single to power Los Angeles to a 9-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday. Kemp’s big night left him with 80 RBIs, three more than Philadelphia slugger Ryan Howard.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks didn’t put themselves in a position to challenge for the NL West lead by playing sloppy baseball, or by failing to come up with shutdown innings by their pitching staff after scoring. But those glaring problems came back to bite the D’Backs on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who capitalized on an error by right…

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Reliever Kenley Jansen was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday by the Los Angeles Dodgers, less than 72 hours after he was checked into a hospital for an irregular heartbeat. Jansen, 23, was placed on blood thinners for three weeks, which will keep the right-hander sidelined for that long plus two days to get the drugs out of his system.

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Former Los Angeles Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt says her ex-husband should continue to pay more than $600,000 a month in spousal support despite the team’s recent bankruptcy filing.

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