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Florida's state parks are a haven for all sorts of wildlife - roseate spoonbills, bats and black bears, to name a few.

The Rangers haven't lost consecutive games since late August, but their bats will need to get going against Jaime Garcia and the Cards in Game 2.

Cliff Corcoran has the latest updates.

A Pennsylvania wind farm has stopped operating at night after the carcass of an endangered bat was found at the site last month, a spokesman for the wind farm's owner said on Tuesday.

The Brewers let their bats do the talking in Game 1. Prince Fielder and Yuniesky Betancourt both homered during a six-run fifth inning to help the Brewers rally past the Cardinals 9-6.

Texas slugger Adrian Beltre hit three home runs in his first three at-bats Tuesday in Game 4 of the AL playoffs at Tampa Bay.

Beltre hit solo shots off Jeremy Hellickson in the second and fourth innings, and added another solo drive against Matt Moore during the seventh.

Beltre lifted a routine flyout to medium right field in the eighth.

The Baltimore Orioles brought out the big bats for their series against the Cincinnati Reds, who couldn't keep up with the resurgent Derrick Lee and his hard-hitting teammates.

White nose syndrome, a devastating disease that has killed more than one million bats in the Northeast, has been found in Maine, the last New England state to discover it, wildlife officials said on Tuesday.

Mike Aviles played his way to the Kansas City bench early in the season by going hitless in 18 consecutive at-bats. Now it would be difficult to pry Aviles out of the Royals lineup now.

Brett Anderson was rolling through the Minnesota Twins lineup, breaking bats and changing speeds for seven brilliant innings while the Oakland Athletics were clinging to a 1-0 lead.