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06/18/2008 |
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| Fined managers Cecil Cooper of the Houston Astros and Ron Gardenhire of the Minnesota Twins an undisclosed amount for failing to comply with Major League Baseball's pace of game regulations. |
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| Orioles rally to edge Astros |
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06/18/2008 |
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| Baltimore, MD (Best E Casino) - Melvin Mora's two-run double in the eighth inning boosted the Baltimore Orioles to a 6-5 victory over the Houston Astros to start a three-game set. Nick Markakis was 2-for-5 with a solo homer, and Aubrey Huff was 2-for-4 with a two-run blast for the Orioles, who have won nine of their last 14 games. "We had some very good at bats late. When Nick hit the home run that kind of told me we were going to do it again," Orioles manager Dave Trembley said. "Its going to be a differen |
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| Cooper and Gardenhire fined, pace too slow |
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06/17/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Major League Baseball has fined managers Cecil Cooper of the Houston Astros and Ron Gardenhire of the Minnesota Twins an undisclosed amount, as the two clubs failed to comply with pace of game regulations during their respective contests last weekend. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, games this season run an average of two hours, 51 minutes and 42 seconds, which is 5 1/2 minutes longer than five seasons ago, however, in 1981 games averaged 2:33. Cooper and Gardenhire are |
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| Yankees' Wang heads to DL with foot injury |
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06/17/2008 |
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| day, a day after the club announced he would miss a minimum of six weeks after with a Lisfranc injury to his right foot. Wang will wear a protective boot on his foot during recovery of the injury, which he sustained in Sunday's 13-0 victory over the Houston Astros while running the bases. To take Wang's roster spot, the Yankees recalled pitcher Billy Traber from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Traber has made 11 appearances at the big league level this season, allowing four runs in eight innings of work. Wang |
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| Astros, O's start series at Camden Yards |
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06/17/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Lefty Garrett Olson can stay perfect in front of the home fans tonight when the Baltimore Orioles host the Houston Astros in the first of three interleague games at Camden Yards. Olson, a supplemental pick of the Orioles in the 2005 draft, is pristine after four home starts in 2008, going 3-0 and posting a 2.66 earned run average in 23 2/3 innings while walking 11 batters and striking out 21. He's won two of his last three decisions overall as well, including a 6-1 defeat of the New York Y |
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| Yanks open set with Padres seeking fifth straight win |
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06/17/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New York Yankees target their fifth straight win this evening when they open a three-game interleague series with the San Diego Padres at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees finished off a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 13-0 thumping on Sunday at Minute Maid Park. However, they may have lost something far more valuable in the process. Right-hander Chien-Ming Wang, who picked up his eighth win of the season, had to leave the contest with a foot injury he sustained while running t |
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| Yankees' Wang out with Lisfranc injury |
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06/16/2008 |
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| York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Medical Center. Images revealed a a mid-foot sprain of the Lisfranc ligament of the right foot and a partial tear of the peroneal longus tendon of the right foot. Wang left Sunday's 13-0 New York victory over the Houston Astros after suffering the injury running the bases during his club's eight-run sixth inning. With the bases loaded, Wang was on second as Derek Jeter hit a two-run single to right field. The Taiwanese star rounded third, clearly limping as he ran home. Do |
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| Astros sinking toward mediocrity |
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06/16/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - After showing the promise of being a contender for much of the season's first two months, the Houston Astros suddenly can't stop the losses from piling on. For the second time in as many weeks, they've suffered a five-game losing streak. Houston went just 2-7 on its recent homestand, and the team has dropped 14 of its last 17 overall. Sunday's 13-0 loss to the Yankees, which prompted a closed-door team meeting, may very well have been the last straw. "I was totally embarrassed by this, and |
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| Damon, A-Rod power Yanks to 13-0 pounding of Astros |
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06/15/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - Johnny Damon collected his third four-hit game of the year, going 4-for-6, and Alex Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with a three- run home run, as the New York Yankees crushed the Houston Astros, 13-0, to complete the three-game sweep and win back-to-back series on the road for the first time this season. Jorge Posada was 2-for-2 with a two-run homer for the Yankees, who have won four in a row. Derek Jeter finished with two runs batted in and Robinson Cano had three. Chien-Ming Wang (8- |
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| Wang leaves blow out early with foot problems |
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06/15/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - New York Yankees right-hander Chien-Ming Wang left Sunday's 13-0 victory over the Houston Astros after suffering a right foot injury running the bases during his club's eight-run sixth inning. With the bases loaded, Wang was on second as Derek Jeter hit a two-run single to right field. The Yankees' ace rounded third, clearly limping in pain as he ran home. Doubled over in pain, Wang had to be helped off the field after scoring. Wang gave up six hits through five innings without |
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