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| Hard-hitting White Sox start set with struggling Tribe |
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05/26/2008 |
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| eads the American League with 14 homers, is second in runs batted in with 43, and also holds a .301 average on the season. Quentin had a huge game on Sunday, belting a pair of homers and collecting three hits in all in Chicago's 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He belted a two-run homer in the third inning before smacking the game-winning solo shot in the bottom of the ninth, which gave the White Sox wins in nine of their last 11 games. Jose Contreras allowed two runs on three hits and struck o |
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| Quentin making a name for himself |
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05/26/2008 |
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| now anything about Carlos Quentin when the White Sox traded for him in the offseason. Guillen certainly knows all about his outfielder now. Quentin led off the bottom of the ninth with his second homer off John Lackey, and the White Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 to avoid a three-game sweep on Sunday night. ``This kid, the way I look at it, he proved me wrong,'' Guillen said. ``I didn't even know who he was when we traded for him, but (general manager Kenny Williams) told me if this kid's healthy, he's |
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| Halos shoot for sweep in Windy City |
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05/25/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will try to complete a three-game road sweep of the Chicago White Sox as they meet today at U.S. Cellular Field. On Saturday, Jered Weaver hurled eight shutout innings and Vladimir Guerrero smacked a solo homer for the game-winning run, lifting Los Angeles to a 2-0 win. Weaver (4-5) gave up just three hits while striking out six and walking two en route to his second straight win. Francisco Rodriguez shut down the White Sox in the ninth to pick up his major-le |
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| Weaver, Danks meet in Windy City |
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05/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Jered Weaver will try to put his road woes behind him and continue his recent success when he leads the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim into action against the Chicago White Sox in the second bout of a three-game series at U.S. Cellular Field. After going 13-7 a year ago, Weaver is off to a slow start this season mainly because of poor pitching on the road, where he has gone just 1-3 with a 7.76 ERA in five starts. Overall he is 3-5 with a 4.73 ERA. The right-hander, however, has fared well over |
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| Oh, snap! Both Sox have winning streaks end |
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05/24/2008 |
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| leave with them. Frank Thomas hit a two-run homer to back Rich Harden and the Oakland Athletics ended Boston's winning streak at seven with an 8-3 victory. In Chicago, Joe Saunders took a shutout into the ninth inning, Torii Hunter homered and the Los Angeles Angels snapped the Sox's eight-game winning streak, 3-1. At Oakland, Harden (3-0) didn't allow a hit until Dustin Pedroia's solo homer with one out in the fourth. The hard-throwing right-hander had five of his eight strikeouts in the first three innings. |
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| Angels expected to host 2010 All-Star game |
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05/23/2008 |
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Los Angeles Angels are expected to announce they will host the 2010 All-Star game, returning the event to Anaheim for the first time since 1989. The Angels had long been considered the leading candidate to get the game. Commissioner Bud Selig is set to make it official Wednesday with an announcement at Angel Stadium, the Los Angeles Times reported. ``The city will be getting ready for it - restaurants, businesses, everything,'' outfielder Torii Hunter said before Friday's game ag |
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| Angels try to finish off rare sweep of Blue Jays |
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05/22/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have won their division in three of the last four seasons, but haven't had great success against the Toronto Blue Jays in that span. However, the club can reverse those fortunes tonight, when the Angels try for a three-game sweep of the Blue Jays in the series finale at the Rogers Centre. Going back to the 2003 season, the Angels were just 14-27 against the Blue Jays prior to this set and had won just five of their last 19 in Toronto. However, Los Angeles can |
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| Angels hope Garland extends success versus Blue Jays |
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05/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Jon Garland tries to continue his dominance in Toronto this evening when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim continue their three-game set with the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Garland is a perfect 5-0 in Toronto with a 4.47 earned run average in nine games, seven of which have been starts. He is an impressive 9-2 lifetime against the Blue Jays with a 4.15 ERA in 15 games (13 starts). The 28-year-old righty is 4-3 this season with a 4.32 ERA, but is unbeaten in his last three starts. Garland rece |
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| Aybar leaves game with dislocated pinky on right hand |
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05/20/2008 |
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TORONTO (AP) -Los Angeles Angels shortstop Erick Aybar left Tuesday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning after dislocating his right pinky while fielding a ground ball. X-rays on Aybar's hand were negative, but he will visit a specialist on Wednesday to determine the extent of the damage. Aybar was injured when dove to his left to snare Alex Rios' grounder, catching his finger as he spun around to make the throw to first. He came up clutching his pinky and wincing in pain. Robb Quinla |
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| Aybar leaves game with injured hand |
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05/20/2008 |
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TORONTO (AP) -Los Angeles Angels shortstop Erick Aybar left Tuesday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning after injuring his right hand while fielding a ground ball. Aybar dove to his left to snare Alex Rios' grounder and appeared to injure his finger as he spun around to make the throw to first. He came up clutching his fingers and wincing in pain. Robb Quinlan came on to play third base with Macier Izturis moving from third to shortstop. Aybar is batting .270 with one home run and 16 |
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