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| Rays hope to bounce back in Cleveland |
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| runs and seven hits in six innings of a 10-2 loss at the Tribe. The Rays have lost three straight after a seven-game winning streak, but still lead the AL East by two games over the Boston Red Sox. They were just swept in a brief two-game set by the New York Yankees, suffering a 2-1 loss in 10 innings on Wednesday afternoon from Yankee Stadium. Reliever Grant Balfour yielded an RBI double to Bobby Abreu in the 10th to absorb the loss, while Carlos Pena provided the offense with a solo homer in the sixth inning. |
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| Mattingly to return as Dodgers hitting coach |
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| e All-Star break, the team announced on Wednesday. Mattingly originally took the job after Joe Torre was formally named the new manager of the Dodgers on November 16 and announced that Mattingly and Larry Bowa, who had been on Torre's staff with the New York Yankees, would join him in Los Angeles. However, Mattingly stepped down temporarily in January, citing personal reasons, and was replaced on an interim basis by Mike Easler. "We're glad Don can return to the staff," said Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti |
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| Abreu's double in 10th lifts surging Yankees over Rays |
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07/09/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (Best E Casino) - Bobby Abreu's double in the 10th inning drove home Derek Jeter from first, giving the New York Yankees a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays and a sweep of a brief two-game set. Sidney Ponson tossed six innings, allowing only five hits and one run with four strikeouts and two walks to get a no-decision in his third start for the Yankees. Mariano Rivera (4-3) threw two shutout innings of relief, fanning four, to get the win. Jeter scored both runs for New York, which won its fourth in a |
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| A National disgrace in Washington |
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07/09/2008 |
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| choose Cristian Guzman. The shortstop seems like the only sensible choice given that he's played in all but three games for the Nats and leads the club in quite a number of statistical categories. A nine-year veteran who was initially drafted by the New York Yankees in 1995 but never represented the Bronx Bombers in the majors, Guzman already has more hits this season (119) than he's had in any of the previous three. Guzman leads the team in both doubles (25) and runs scored (50), the latter more than double th |
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| Yanks, Rays end quick set in the Bronx |
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07/09/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New York Yankees try and complete a sweep in their brief two-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees won their third straight game in the opener of this set on Tuesday, as Andy Pettitte threw eight brilliant innings and Melky Cabrera hit his first home run in the Bronx since May 4 in a 5-0 triumph. Derek Jeter was 2-for-4 and had two RBI for the Yankees, who are 4-2 over their last six contests, while cutting their deficit to 7 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay for th |
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| Pettite's gem leads Yankees past Rays |
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07/08/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (Best E Casino) - Andy Pettitte threw eight brilliant innings, while Melky Cabrera hit his first home run at Yankee Stadium since May 4, and the New York Yankees crushed the division-leading Tampa Bay Rays, 5-0, in the opener of a two-game set at Yankee Stadium. Derek Jeter was 2-for-4 and had two RBI for the Yankees, who have won three straight and are 4-2 over their last six contests, cutting their deficit to 7 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay for the lead in the AL East; the Red Sox trail the Rays by t |
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| Cabrera leads O's into Toronto |
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07/08/2008 |
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| niel Cabrera tries for a second win in nine starts tonight when the Baltimore Orioles open a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Cabrera, who stands 6-foot-9 and weighs 269 pounds, improved to 5-1 with a 12-2 defeat of the New York Yankees in the Bronx on May 20. He's just 1-3 in eight starts since, however, as his record has plunged to 6-4 and his earned run average has ballooned to 4.34. The one victory did come in his last start, though, when he went the distance against the Kansas |
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| National League Game Capsules |
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| time since 1982. The reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, Sabathia had a record of 6-8 with a 3.83 earned run average this season for the Tribe. He is the first reigning Cy Young winner to be traded since Roger Clemens was shipped to the New York Yankees in the offseason after capturing the award with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998. Sabathia and Ben Sheets (10-2, 2.77 ERA) now form one of the strongest 1-2 punches in the National League. The 27-year-old left-hander is scheduled to become a free agent |
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| Twins hit the road to Boston's Fenway Park |
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07/07/2008 |
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| his team's 7-6 loss. The 27-year-old hurler, who is 5-1 in his seven home starts, defeated the Twins earlier in the year and is 2-0 against them in his young big league career with a 2.40 ERA in two starts. Boston split its four-game series with the New York Yankees over the weekend, winning the first two contests before dropping the final two, including Sunday's 5-4 setback in 10 innings. Kevin Youkilis and Sean Casey each had two hits and scored a run for Boston, which wrapped up a 10-game road trip with a ma |
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| Phillies get another crack at Mets in South Philly |
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07/06/2008 |
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| gs before exiting early with an apparent forearm injury. Left-hander Oliver Perez will take the hill for the Mets on Sunday, and he is 6-5 with a 4.98 ERA in 17 starts this season. Perez is 2-1 in his last three decisions, recording the win over the New York Yankees on June 29 in a 3-1 victory at Shea Stadium. Perez held the Yankees to one run and three hits in seven innings, and posted eight strikeouts with no walks. He is 2-3 with a 3.83 earned run average in 10 career starts against the Phillies. The Mets ar |
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