We have the results from all of the Major League Baseball playoff games from Wednesday.

The Atlanta Braves say Bobby Cox will retire as
manager after the 2010 season.

The Chicago Cubs suspended outfielder Milton Bradley for the rest of the season Sunday, one day after he criticized the team in a newspaper interview. Replacing Bradley on the Cubs roster is former North Augusta star Tyler Colvin. The OF was the Cubs number-one pick in the 2006 MLB draft. Colvin will be in the starting line-up on Monday night when the Cubs play at Milwaukee.

Ernie Harwell, the 91-year-old Baseball Hall of Fame honoree and longtime broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers, said Friday that he has inoperable cancer.

Ernie Harwell, the 91-year-old Baseball Hall of Fame honoree and longtime broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers, said Friday that he has inoperable cancer.

John Smoltz has been released by the Boston Red Sox. The right-hander signed with the Red Sox last January after two decades with Atlanta, hoping he could recover from shoulder surgery. But he struggled. And after eight starts with the Red Sox, Smoltz was 2-5 with an 8.32 ERA.

The Boston Red Sox have cut struggling pitcher John Smoltz. Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein delivered the news to Smoltz on Friday. The 42-year-old righty was designated for assignment, meaning Boston has 10 days to trade or release him.

Adam LaRoche is headed back to the Atlanta Braves, and Casey Kotchman is returning to the American League. In an exchange of first basemen, the Braves sent LaRoche to the Boston Red Sox for Kotchman and cash before Friday’s 4 p.m. deadline to make trades without waivers.

The slumping New York Mets have traded outfielder Ryan Church to the Atlanta Braves for outfielder Jeff Francoeur.

Republicans plan to call a white firefighter whose reverse discrimination claim was rejected by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to testify against her.

Conrad’s 3-run pinch homer gives Braves 9-8 win

Authorities say former major leaguer Jim Leyritz has been arrested and accused of battery in South Florida. The arrest comes about two months before he faces a trial on a DUI manslaughter charge.

Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for viewers to bypass commercials. The justices declined to hear arguments on whether Cablevision Systems Corp.‘s remote-storage DVR system would violate copyright laws. That allows the Bethpage, N.Y.-based company to proceed with plans to start deploying the technology this summer.

Augusta State junior outfielder Shannon Wilkerson was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the eighth round of Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft Wednesday afternoon.

Georgia junior first baseman Rich Poythress (Greenbrier HS/Grovetown, GA) was selected in the second round by the Seattle Mariners with the 51st overall pick in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday.