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| hird time in 11 meetings at 3-year-old Busch Stadium. Philadelphia had been averaging 7.5 runs in its previous 22 games against St. Louis.Yankees 8, Astros 4 HOUSTON (AP) - Mike Mussina pitched six solid innings for his 10th win and helped put the New York Yankees three games above .500 for the first time this season with a victory over the Astros. Alex Rodriguez hit a fan-aided solo homer and Melky Cabrera, Jose Molina and Wilson Betemit each added a pair of RBIs for the Yankees, who've won eight of 11. |
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| Florida State's Posey wins Howser Trophy |
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06/14/2008 |
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| ft. The junior entered the College World Series with an NCAA-best .460 batting average and 92 runs batted in, and is tied for first in the nation with 26 home runs. The Howser Trophy is named for the former Florida State shortstop and manager of the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals who died of brain cancer in 1987. Posey is the second Seminole to receive the award; J.D. Drew was the Howser winner in 1997. Past winners include current major league stars Jason Varitek, Todd Helton, Kris Benson, Mark Teixei |
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| Mariners, Nats continue less-than-ideal interleague clash |
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06/14/2008 |
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| ntest he allowed three runs on five hits and four walks, while striking out six in 4 1/3 innings and was charged with the loss in his Washington debut. Last season, Clippard, who is making his first-ever appearance against Seattle, went 3-1 with the New York Yankees. Shooting for his first-ever decision against the Nationals, Erik Bedard takes the ball for Seattle tonight. Bedard, who until this season played just up the road from the Nats in Baltimore, has yet to find a level of consistency from one start to t |
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| Mets acquire OF Nixon from Diamondbacks |
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06/13/2008 |
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| tinez said, suppressing a laugh. ``But he's a good guy. You'll see.'' Nixon hit .251 with three homers and 31 RBIs in 99 games last season with Cleveland, but was at his best in the playoffs. He was 5-for-11 with a homer and three RBIs against the New York Yankees and the Red Sox. Nixon had an option in his contract that would have made him a free agent June 2, a deadline that he and Arizona extended earlier this month. ``In the business of signing players who have had such illustrious careers, staying to |
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| White Sox place Loaiza on 15-day DL |
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06/13/2008 |
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| not quite right.'' Loaiza made 55 starts for the White Sox from 2003-04. He was the AL's starting pitcher in the 2003 All-Star Game at U.S Cellular Field, and went 21-9 with a 2.90 ERA while leading the league in strikeouts. He was traded to the New York Yankees on July 31, 2004, for Jose Contreras. He has struggled since with problems in both shoulders. The move to the DL was retroactive to Thursday. With Loaiza out, Chicago recalled right-hander Adam Russell from Charlotte, where he is 3-0 with a 1.74 |
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| Zito to face former mates in Bay Bridge Series opener |
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06/13/2008 |
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| e Giants while Ray Durham reached a milestone, as his RBI single in the fourth was the 2,000th hit of his 14- season career. Surprise contenders in the American League West, the A's fell to 6-4 in the month of June after dropping two of three to the New York Yankees. The club was defeated by the Yanks, 4-1, on Thursday. Joe Blanton cruised through five scoreless innings but ran into major trouble in the sixth and suffered the loss. Blanton (3-9) was charged with four runs on six hits with three walks and two st |
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| Yanks, Joba make first visit to Minute Maid Park |
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06/13/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New York Yankees will make their first-ever visit to Houston's Minute Maid Park for a regular-season contest this evening, when the storied franchise clashes with the homestanding Astros in the opener of a three-game interleague set. New York actually participated in the first game ever held at the stadium, then known as Enron Field, when the Yankees and Astros played an exhibition on March 30, 2000. The teams have had only one regular-season series against one another, which took place |
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| Pettitte leads Yanks to win; Red Sox keep rolling |
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06/13/2008 |
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Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees, on occasion, still look very much like contenders. The Boston Red Sox have been looking that way for awhile. Hideki Matsui hit a grand slam on his 34th birthday, and Pettitte bounced back from one of the worst starts of his career to move into a tie for fourth place on the Yankees' career wins list with a 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night. Pettitte gave up a career high-tying 10 runs last Saturday against Kansas City, but allowed one run an |
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| Pettitte strong on mound, Matsui slams Yankees past A's |
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06/13/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Hideki Matsui hit a grand slam and Andy Pettitte pitched eight stellar innings, as the New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics, 4-1, in the rubber match of a three-game series at McAfee Coliseum. Pettitte (6-5) allowed one run on five hits with six strikeouts for the Yankees, who have won six of their last nine games overall. The win was much- needed for Pettitte, who nicely recovered from one of the worst outings of his career on Saturday, when he gave up 10 runs and 10 |
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06/12/2008 |
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -Hideki Matsui hit a grand slam on his 34th birthday to help Andy Pettitte move into a tie for fourth place on the New York Yankees career wins list with a 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night. Pettitte (6-5) bounced back from giving up a career high-tying 10 runs last Saturday against Kansas City to shut down the A's and tie Ron Guidry with his 170th victory with New York. Pettitte allowed one run and five hits in a season-high eight innings. Joe Blanton (3-9) he |
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