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Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Aaron Hill is expected to miss from four to six weeks because of a broken left hand.

Prado made the All-Star team as the Braves' second baseman in 2010 but is slated to play at third base for the Diamondbacks.
Pedro Alvarez homered in the 19th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates won the longest game in the majors this season, outlasting the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 Sunday.
Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish was hit by a line drive during one All-Star game in Japan. He's hoping to avoid that mishap on Tuesday.
Aaron Hill has hit for his second cycle of the season Friday night against the Milwaukee Brewers, becoming the second major league player since 1900 to accomplish the feat twice in the same year.

Counted out by most everyone else, the Arizona Diamondbacks are in position to complete another comeback. And this one could be the greatest of the bunch.

Jonathan Lucroy drove in the go-ahead run with a squeeze and the Milwaukee Brewers showed they could bunt as well as bash, breaking away from the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in their NL division series.
Clint Barmes hit a three-run homer and J.A. Happ pitched six solid innings against his former team as the Houston Astros beat Philadelphia 5-2 on Tuesday night, preventing the Phillies from wrapping up a playoff spot.
Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Justin Upton has been ejected from his team's key series finale with the San Francisco Giants for arguing a called third strike.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have designated infielder Cody Ransom for assignment to make room for the two players acquired in Tuesday's trade with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar was ejected in the sixth inning of Saturday's game against Texas for arguing a call at first base.

An 18-year-old was killed in a crash on the same five-mile stretch of highway that was named in memory of his father, a soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2008.

A seven-day disabled list for concussions wouldn't have done Aaron Hill much good when the Toronto Blue Jays second baseman missed the final four months of 2008 with the injury.
Capsules of American League teams, listed in order of finish last year:

John Farrell arrived at his first spring training as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays facing the same problem as his predecessors: the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
He said he's open to batting somewhere else in the order.
Martin Prado, Diamondbacks agree to 4-year, $40 million deal →
"I think the challenge is the reaction because there are a lot of hitters in the National League that actually hit the ball so hard," he said. "But I'm working on it, to be as comfortable as I can be at third base. I know I've got (third base coach) Matt Williams on the team and he was one of the best third basemen back then and I've got to take advantage of that as much as I can."
Martin Prado, Diamondbacks agree to 4-year, $40 million deal →