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| Lackey's return has Angels well-stocked in AL arms race |
MLB Baseball |
05/16/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim had been getting along fairly well without the services of John Lackey. With the club's most accomplished pitcher now back in the rotation, the defending American League West champions could be ready to take off. Lackey, who won a career-high 19 games for the Angels last season and led the AL with a 3.01 earned run average, made his long-awaited 2008 debut in Anaheim's clash with the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. And the burly right- hander wasted no time in |
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| Torre gets first taste of Freeway Series |
MLB Baseball |
05/16/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Joe Torre makes his return to the American League tonight, as the first-year Dodger skipper leads his club against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim tonight in the opener of a three-game interleague set at Angel Stadium. Torre, of course, managed the New York Yankees for the previous 12 seasons, and in that span guided the Yankees to a 113-79 mark in interleague play, the best winning percentage among all clubs in interleague action. The 67-year-old skipper, who has endured the Subway Series b |
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| Angels send Garland to hill against former club |
MLB Baseball |
05/15/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Jon Garland will face the team that traded him this past offseason when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hurler takes the mound for his new club in tonight's finale of a four-game series with the visiting Chicago White Sox. Garland spent his first eight major-league seasons in a White Sox uniform and compiled a 92-81 overall record during his tenure with the Pale Hose, including back-to-back 18-win campaigns in 2005 and 2006. The lanky right- hander was traded to the Angels in November, with |
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| Lackey to make season debut as Angels tangle with White Sox |
MLB Baseball |
05/14/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - John Lackey makes his season debut this evening when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim play the third test of their four-game series with the Chicago White Sox at Angel Stadium. An All-Star for the first time in 2007, Lackey posted a record of 19-9 with a league-leading 3.01 earned run average in 33 starts last season, but has been sidelined since March 21 with a strained right triceps. The 29-year-old right-hander is only 3-4 lifetime against the White Sox with a 4.30 ERA in nine starts. The |
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| Rays shoot for another home win over hurting Yanks |
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05/14/2008 |
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| t-place Rays extend their franchise-record home winning streak to 12 games in the third test of their four-game series with the New York Yankees at Tropicana Field. Shields pitched the best game of his career his last time out. On Friday against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, he tossed a one-hit shutout and struck out eight without walking a batter to improve to 4-2 on the season to go along with a 3.14 earned run average. The 26-year-old hurler had been pounded by the Boston Red Sox for seven runs and 10 hit |
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| Dodgers place Furcal on 15-day DL |
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05/13/2008 |
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| stop Rafael Furcal was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday retroactive to May 6 because of a lower back strain. The Dodgers said Furcal received a cortisone shot Tuesday and would rejoin the team this weekend in Anaheim, where they face the Los Angeles Angels in a three-game interleague series. The club purchased the contract of infielder Luis Maza from Triple-A Las Vegas to take Furcal's spot on the roster and transferred infielder Tony Abreu from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.< |
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| O's, Red Sox renew rivalry at Camden Yards |
MLB Baseball |
05/13/2008 |
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| the loss. Jeremy Guthrie gets the starting assignment for the Orioles this evening and is in search of his first victory at home since July 27 of last season. The right-hander snapped a string of 15 straight starts without a win when he defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with seven innings of two-run ball on May 2, but failed to back up that performance in an encounter at Oakland this past Wednesday. Against the Athletics, Guthrie was touched for four runs over 5 2/3 innings and did not factor in the deci |
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| Angels open series with White Sox |
MLB Baseball |
05/12/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hope a return home gets them off the schneid this evening when they kick off a four-game series with the Chicago White Sox at Angel Stadium. The Angels, who will be home for the next seven games, lost the final four contests of their six-game trip and were swept over the weekend by the red-hot Tampa Bay Rays, falling 8-5 on Sunday at Tropicana Field. Torii Hunter had three hits and drove in two runs for the Angels, while Garret Anderson had two hits and two RB |
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| Rays try to extend home winning streak vs. Yankees |
MLB Baseball |
05/12/2008 |
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| ding losses in six of its last seven at home to New York. Tampa moved five games above .500 for the first time in team history on Sunday, as Carl Crawford blasted the go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning and the Rays used 15 hits to beat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 8-5, completing a three-game weekend sweep. Crawford had three hits and stole two bases, while Akinori Iwamura finished 3- for-5 and scored twice for the Rays, who won for the fourth straight time and improved to 13-5 over their last 18 |
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| Rays blank Angels |
MLB Baseball |
05/10/2008 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (Best E Casino) - Scott Kazmir tossed six effective innings and outdueled the previously unbeaten Joe Saunders helping the Tampa Bay Rays to a 2-0 triumph over the Los Angeles Angels. Kazmir (1-1) rebounded nicely in his second start of the season since coming off the disabled list, allowing just three hits. He did walk three but struck out six helping the Rays set a franchise-record with their eighth consecutive home win. Tampa won its third straight overall and fourth in five games. Troy Pe |
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