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| Yankees send Wang to hill versus Athletics |
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| win. Eric Chavez finished 3-for-4 and knocked in two runs for Oakland, which has won five of its last seven games. The Yankees, meanwhile, lost in dramatic fashion on Monday, as Jose Guillen's ninth-inning home run off of Mariano Rivera carried the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 win at Yankee Stadium. Alex Rodriguez belted a two-run homer for the Yankees, who are back at the .500 mark (32-32) for the 22nd time this season. It was also the second go-ahead homer allowed by Rivera (2-2) this series. Rivera gave up a n |
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| Guillen's HR in ninth lifts Royals past Yankees |
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06/09/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (Best E Casino) - Jose Guillen snapped a ninth-inning tie with a solo homer off Mariano Rivera, as the Kansas City Royals gained a split of a four-game series at Yankee Stadium with a 3-2 victory over New York. Guillen, who battered Yankee pitching all series, lifted an 0-2 Rivera offering just over the wall in left field for his 11th home run of the season. He was 2-for-4 on Monday and finished the four-game set 9-for-16 with three homers and 10 runs batted in. It was also the second go-ahead homer a |
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| Mussina goes for No. 10 in Yanks-Royals finale |
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06/09/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - New York Yankees starting pitcher Mike Mussina has been consistent all season and is showing no signs of slowing down. This afternoon Mussina will try to lead the Yankees past the Kansas City Royals in the finale of a four-game series from the Bronx. Mussina has won three straight starts with a 3.71 earned run average over that span. He is also 8-1 over his past nine trips to the mound to run his record to 9-4 with a 4.01 ERA in 13 outings in 2008. Mussina last toed the rubber Wednesday versus |
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| Joba improved in second start as Yankees power past Royals |
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06/08/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (Best E Casino) - Bobby Abreu belted a two-run homer and Jason Giambi broke a sixth-inning tie with a solo blast, as the New York Yankees went on to a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the third of a four- game set at Yankee Stadium. Alex Rodriguez doubled in two runs for the Yankees, who have won two in a row after dropping the series-opener and moved over .500 at 32-31. They haven't been more than one game over the .500 mark since improving to 12-10 after an April 23 win over the Chicago Wh |
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| AL Capsules |
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06/08/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Joba Chamberlain bounced back from a disappointing first start with the Yankees, pitching into the fifth inning to help New York beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 Sunday. Jason Giambi hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth and Bobby Abreu finished with a home run and three RBIs for the Yankees, who have won four of five. Johnny Damon got two more hits after going 6-for-6 with the game-winning single in New York's 12-11 comeback victory Saturday. Jose Guillen hit a two-run homer and Joey Gathrigh |
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| A's Mike Sweeney to have knee surgery |
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| have a nine-game homestand against the NL - Florida, Philadelphia and San Francisco. An All-Star from 2000-03 and in 2005, Sweeney agreed to a minor league contract with the A's on Feb. 11 after spending his first 13 major league seasons with the Kansas City Royals - the team that drafted him. Then he went out and had a strong spring and made the A's opening day roster. He has fought injuries in recent seasons and was limited to 74 games in 2007 because of his right knee and 60 the previous year because of h |
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| Umpire Jerry Layne OK after leaving game with concussion |
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06/08/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Umpire Jerry Layne was back at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, one day after he sustained a mild concussion while working the plate in New York's game against the Kansas City Royals. Layne got a ride to the ballpark with a doctor so he could thank the medical staff that attended to him after he took a foul bunt off his mask in the third inning Saturday. ``I have no, really, symptoms that's something to be cautious over, other than I took a bad hit,'' said Layne, who was held out of Sunday's game a |
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| Joba's transition to rotation continues against Royals |
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06/08/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Joba Chamberlain's transition to the starting rotation continues this afternoon, as the New York Yankees will send the young phenom to the hill against the Kansas City Royals in the third contest of a four-game set at Yankee Stadium. Chamberlain's first major league start failed to live up to the hype on Tuesday, as the 22- year-old did not make it through the third inning. Chamberlain threw 62 pitches in 2 1/3 innings, and allowed two runs on one hit with four walks. He is expected to throw b |
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| Umpire Jerry Layne leaves game with concussion |
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06/07/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Home plate umpire Jerry Layne was staggered by a foul bunt off his mask and left Saturday's game between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees with a concussion. Layne sustained a mild concussion and was to be kept in the hospital overnight for observation, Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said. Leading off the third inning, Kansas City's Joey Gathright tried to bunt Andy Pettitte's first pitch and fouled it straight back into the bottom part of Layne's mask. The umpire stumbled backwar |
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| Damon's sixth hit caps Yanks' comeback thriller over Royals |
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06/07/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (Best E Casino) - Johnny Damon capped a 6-for-6 day with a game- winning RBI single in the ninth inning, as the Yankees twice erased four-run deficits in a wild 12-11 win over the Kansas City Royals in the second of a four-game set. Damon drove in four for the Yankees, who have won three of four. Mariano Rivera (2-1) gave up a solo homer to David DeJesus in the top of the ninth, but took the win. Andy Pettitte was ripped for career-high 10 runs on 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings. "It was pretty amazing, pret |
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