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Several big league teams stepped up their holiday shopping Tuesday and a bunch of players were on the go. A look at the most recent moves in baseball:MIKE MORSEA key contributor for the San Francisco Giants in their run to the World Series championship, Mike Morse and the Miami Marlins agreed to a $16 million, two-year contract. A person familiar with the agreement confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because it had not been finalized.The Marlins expect Morse to replace Garrett Jones as their first baseman and to bat cleanup. Miami has been busy this off-season, signing slugger Giancarlo Stanton to a record $325 million contract and trading for All-Star second baseman Dee Gordon and pitchers Mat Latos and Dan Haren.ANGELS-RAYS TRADEThe Los Angeles Angels acquired outfielder Matt Joyce from the Tampa Bay Rays for right-handed reliever Kevin Jepsen.The Angels see Joyce as a designated hitter who can bat in the No. 2 spot, letting AL MVP Mike Trout to hit third in front of Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton. Joyce is normally an outfielder, and could give Hamilton more time at DH.Jepsen was the Angels seventh-inning specialist last year, his seventh with the team. He set career bests with 65 innings, 75 innings and a 2.63 ERA.BRANDON MCCARTHYThe Los Angeles Dodgers finalized a deal with pitcher Brandon McCarthy for $48 million over four years. He eagerly joined the rotation for the NL West champions.McCarthy was 7-5 with a 2.89 ERA in 14 starts for the Yankees. They got him from Arizona in early July 6 after he started out 3-10 with a 5.01 ERA.McCarthy is 52-65 overall and has never won more than 10 games in a season. Yet he is popular on Twitter, where his wife, Amanda, is constantly sending updates.CHRIS CAPUANONeeding starting pitchers, the New York Yankees reached agreement with Chris Capuano on a $5 million, one-year deal. A person familiar with the negotiations confirmed the move on condition of anonymity because it hadnt yet been announced.The 36-year-old Capuano is a classic crafty left-hander. He was with Boston and Colorado last season before joining the Yankees in late July, and he went 2-3 with a 4.25 ERA in 12 starts for them.Capuano likely joins a rotation that could include Masahiro Tanaka, CC Sabathia and Michael Pineda — all coming off injuries.DANIEL DESCALSOThe first big league signing of Jeff Bridichs tenure as general manager of the Colorado Rockies was far more sensible than splashy.The Rockies needed a versatile infielder, and added Daniel Descalso with a $3.6 million, two-year contract. Descalso spent the past five years with St. Louis, and hit .242 in 104 games last season.ALEX RODRIGUEZYankees general manager Brian Cashman says that Alex Rodriguezs days as an everyday fielder are over in the Bronx.A-Rod turns 40 in July and was suspended for the entire 2014 season for violations of baseballs drug agreement and labour contract. 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Gallardo pitched seven crisp innings, Jonathan Lucroy doubled and scored on Aramis Ramirezs groundout, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 on Sunday. "Yo was outstanding," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "Just hung in there and made some great pitches, got better as the game went on." Gallardo (4-4) had a season-high eight strikeouts in his second win in his last three starts. He allowed four hits and walked one. The Pirates had at least one baserunner in five of Gallardos seven innings, but the right-hander got sharper as the game progressed. "I was able to get out of some big situations and make pitches," Gallardo said. "Thats always something positive to go from." Jeff Locke also pitched seven solid innings in a spot start for the Pirates. Locke was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis to start in place of Charlie Morton, who was pushed back a day to Monday. Pittsburgh also put right-hander Gerrit Cole on the 15-day disabled list with shoulder fatigue. Locke (0-1) struck out five and walked one in his second start of the season. The left-hander, who made the All-Star team last season, allowed six runs and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings against San Francisco on May 5. "He gave us everything we could have asked for him to give us today," manager Clint Hurdle said. "And more." Locke said he benefited from being "on the same page" with catcher Russell Martin. "We just knew I was going to pitch my game," he said. "He just put down the right fingers and moved the ball around a little bit." Lucroy sparked the only scoring sequence of the game when he led off the seventh with a liner down the leeft-field line that was grabbed by a fan while it was in play.dddddddddddd Lucroy was awarded a ground-rule double on the interference. Lucroy went to second on Carlos Gomezs lineout to centre and scored on Ramirezs bouncer to first. The Pirates then loaded the bases with one out in the bottom half. But Gallardo struck out pinch-hitter Jose Tabata and Josh Harrison popped out to second to end the inning. Pittsburgh left 10 runners on base in its 10th loss in 13 games this season against NL Central-leading Milwaukee. Martin and Hurdle also were ejected in the eighth. With two out and Andrew McCutchen on third, Martin looked a called third strike on a curveball from Francisco Rodriguez on the lower-inside edge of the plate. Martin spiked his bat and helmet in the batters box. Hurdle then confronted umpire Ed Hickox about the call and was thrown out. Roenicke said he thought the pitch looked questionable based on the way his catcher reacted to it. "(Lucroy) made that pitch look a little not-as-good-as it probably was," Roenicke said. "Just because he was maybe in between trying to block or decide where the ball was going to end up." Lucroy said he did not think the pitch was a strike. The Pirates then put runners on first and second in the ninth, but Rodriguez got Travis Snider to hit into a fielders choice that advanced Starling Marte to third and retired Harrison for his 19th save. "I ended up making the right pitches to get out of (the jam)," Rodriguez said. "So its definitely a nice win." NOTES: Lucroy had three hits and improved his batting average to .335, third-best in the National League. ... Morton (2-7, 3.31 ERA) got an extra day of rest and will pitch against Chicago on Monday. ... Milwaukee RHP Marco Estrada (5-2, 4.19 ERA) starts when the Brewers begin a three-game series with the Mets on Tuesday. 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