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| Papi-less Red Sox welcome first-place Rays to Fenway |
MLB Baseball |
06/03/2008 |
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| year-old righty Justin Masterson, who's making his third major-league start. The former second-round draft choice allowed three hits and a run in 6 1/3 innings while picking up a win in his most recent start, on May 20 against Kansas City. He debuted on April 24 against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and allowed two hits and a run in six innings, while getting a no-decision in Boston's 7-5 loss. These teams have split six matchups this season, but Tampa has won just five times in its last 31 visits to Boston. |
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| Blake has seven RBIs in Indians' 13-9 win at Texas |
MLB Baseball |
06/03/2008 |
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| t while swinging at a pitch Saturday night. He missed Sunday's game, then left the team for Boston, where he underwent an MRI on Monday. In the other AL games Monday night, it was: Minnesota 6, the New York Yankees 5; Oakland 3, Detroit 2; and the Los Angeles Angels 4, Seattle 2. Cleveland loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth, on a walk and two singles, before Blake doubled into the right-field corner. That bases-clearing hit came on the 100th - and last - pitch thrown by Mathis. Josh Hamilton, chos |
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| Players to watch in MLB Draft |
MLB Baseball |
06/02/2008 |
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| national leaders in many offensive categories and batted .471...Above average bat-speed and makes consistent contact...Good speed for a catcher...Started 184 straight games for Seminoles before sitting out recently...Drafted in the 50th round by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim out of high school in 2005. 4) BRIAN MATUSZ, LHP, SAN DIEGO The favorite to be the first pitcher chosen in this year's draft and a likely top-five overall selection...Extremely polished left-hander who profiles as a No. 2 starter due to h |
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| Tigers' Rogers returns to comforts of Oakland's Coliseum |
MLB Baseball |
06/02/2008 |
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| s. Rogers also leads all active pitchers with 21 wins against Oakland and is 7-0 in his last eight starts against the A's. The 43-year-old left-hander had his best outing of the season in his last trip to the hill, which came last Monday against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Rogers, who is 4-4 with a 5.88 ERA on the season, scattered five hits over seven scoreless innings but did not receive a decision in his team's 1-0 loss. Rogers has won four of his last five decisions. Detroit won the rubber match of its |
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| Tigers' Rogers returns to comforts of Oakland' Coliseum |
MLB Baseball |
06/02/2008 |
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| s. Rogers also leads all active pitchers with 21 wins against Oakland and is 7-0 in his last eight starts against the A's. The 43-year-old left-hander had his best outing of the season in his last trip to the hill, which came last Monday against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Rogers, who is 4-4 with a 5.88 ERA on the season, scattered five hits over seven scoreless innings but did not receive a decision in his team's 1-0 loss. Rogers has won four of his last five decisions. Detroit won the rubber match of its |
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| First-place Rays, Angels walk off with wins again |
MLB Baseball |
06/02/2008 |
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The Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Angels are getting used to late rallies, a big reason both teams remain in first place. Gabe Gross hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of the 10th inning Sunday, giving the AL East-leading Rays a 4-3 comeback victory over the Chicago White Sox. It was Tampa Bay's second walk-off win in three days. Cliff Floyd's ninth-inning homer beat Chicago on Friday night, and Floyd homered again in a 2-0 victory Saturday. The surprising Rays maintained their one-game lead over Boston, |
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| B.J. Ryan blows save, Angels beat Blue Jays 4-3 |
MLB Baseball |
06/01/2008 |
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Toronto closer B.J. Ryan hit Howie Kendrick with a pitch to force home the tying run in the ninth inning, and Maicer Izturis singled home the game-winner one delivery later to give the Los Angeles Angels a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. All four of the Angels' victories on this six-game homestand were walk-off wins, including Saturday night's 3-2 triumph, when pinch-hitter Juan Rivera ended it with an RBI single. The other two dramatic wins came against Detroit. Ry |
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| Angels to hold Big A rubber match with Blue Jays |
MLB Baseball |
06/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - After having a three-game winning streak halted on Saturday, the Toronto Blue Jays will attempt to get back on track when they close out a three-game weekend set against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this afternoon. Last night, Juan Rivera's pinch-hit single in the bottom of the 10th inning plated Casey Kotchman for the winning run as the Angels edged Toronto, 3-2. Scot Shields (3-1) got the win after he threw a scoreless top of the 10th for Los Angeles, which snapped a two-game slide. Bri |
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| Royals lose again; Mariners too |
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05/31/2008 |
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| ``They hit balls off the fence, over the fence and everything else.'' In other AL games, it was Boston 5, Baltimore 2 in 13 innings; Tampa Bay 2, the Chicago White Sox 1; the New York Yankees 6, Minnesota 5; Texas 3, Oakland 1; and Toronto 10, the Los Angeles Angels 4. The Royals built a 4-1 advantage off Cliff Lee (8-1), but Casey Blake's two-run homer off Brett Tomko (2-7) in the sixth inning gave Cleveland the lead and helped move Lee into a tie for the AL lead in victories. The Royals' worst mistake cam |
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| MLB to hold ceremonial Negro Leagues draft |
MLB Baseball |
05/30/2008 |
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| hed for the Memphis Red Sox and the Birmingham Black Barons in the 1950s. He struck out 12 for a Negro Leagues All-Star team in 1956 against a group of big league black players that included Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Ernie Banks. Pride tried out Los Angeles Angels in 1961 and went to training camp with the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers. He was 1-for-2 against Jim Palmer for Texas as a ``designated pinch hitter'' in a spring training game. Navarro was the shortstop and leadoff hitter for the Cuban |
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