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| Red Sox discuss pace of game rules |
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05/24/2008 |
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| aturday to discuss the latest emphasis by baseball to enforce speed up rules considering games have been running long this year. This weekend, umpires have begun the process - and the Red Sox dealt with the issue firsthand in their 8-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Friday night. Boston hitting coach Dave Magadan was ejected by plate umpire Tim Tschida in the sixth for arguing during J.D. Drew's at-bat. Drew had broken his bat fouling a ball off and a bat boy quickly brought him a replacement, but Drew wan |
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| BoSox continue trek in Oakland |
MLB Baseball |
05/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Boston Red Sox will try to put the brakes on a five- game road losing streak tonight, as they take on the Oakland Athletics in the second bout of a three-game set at McAfee Coliseum. The Red Sox own the best overall (31-20) and home (21-5) record in baseball, but they have had their share of problems on the road, posting just a 10-15 record on foreign soil. The defending world champions began a 10-game trek last night and suffered an 8-3 setback. Mark Ellis added a three-run homer for the |
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| Oh, snap! Both Sox have winning streaks end |
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05/24/2008 |
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The Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox both brought long winning streaks into the weekend. They won't 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 ou |
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| Thomas, Harden carry A's to win, snap Boston's seven-game surge |
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05/24/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Frank Thomas went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer to lead the Oakland Athletics past the Boston Red Sox, 8-3, in the opener of a three-game set. Mark Ellis added a three-run homer for the A's, who have won two in a row, but are just 3-7 over the last 10 games. Jack Cust had an RBI and scored twice. Rich Harden (3-0) got the win as he went six strong innings, giving up two runs on four hits, while striking out eight and walking only three batters. Jacoby Ellsbury went 2-for-4 with a p |
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| Chavez may not be ready to return |
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05/23/2008 |
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -Oakland Athletics third baseman Eric Chavez will likely need more time before returning from a back injury that has sidelined him all year. The A's six-time Gold Glove winner, due to come off the 60-day disabled list Tuesday, has been playing for Triple-A Sacramento. But the 30-year-old Chavez has not played an entire nine-inning game for the River Cats and until that happens, Oakland manager Bob Geren said the team is unlikely to activate him. ``I don't want to predict anything righ |
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| Will Big Papi call his shot at Yankee Stadium? |
MLB Baseball |
05/23/2008 |
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| fence. That is, unless the Yankees talk Major League Baseball out of letting him do it on the day of the Home Run Derby. ``I don't know about the Yankees. I don't really care,'' Ortiz said Friday before Boston opened a weekend series against the Oakland Athletics. ``It's good (the promotion). That's why I'm doing it. ... I don't know if it will happen.'' The event is sponsored by MLB along with State Farm, which finances the Home Run Derby. The Yankees were discussing whether they wanted Ortiz to take part |
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| Nationals shake up roster, option P Chico |
MLB Baseball |
05/23/2008 |
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| ay disabled list. The 24-year-old Chico is 0-6 with a 6.19 earned run average in 11 games including eight starts this season. Chico made 31 starts for the Nationals in 2007 going 7-9 with a 4.63 ERA. Langerhans, 28, played for the Atlanta Braves and Oakland Athletics before joining the Nationals last season and hit .167 with six home runs and 23 RBI in 125 games for the three teams. Sanches, 29, was 1-1 with a 5.75 ERA in 30 appearances with the Philadelphia Phillies in parts of the previous two seasons. He had |
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| BoSox begin 10-game trip in Oakland |
MLB Baseball |
05/23/2008 |
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| n Red Sox have been nearly unbeatable at home this season. Now the team with baseball's best record will take its act to the road. The defending world champion Red Sox begin a 10-game trek tonight with the first of three consecutive clashes with the Oakland Athletics from McAfee Coliseum. Boston, which will also visit Seattle and Baltimore on this trip, heads west after putting together a perfect 7-0 homestand. The last four victories came at the expense of the Kansas City Royals, including an 11-8 triumph in a |
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| Rays return home to host Orioles |
MLB Baseball |
05/23/2008 |
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| place in the competitive American League East. The Rays enter tonight's tilt having won 12 of their last 13 games at Tropicana Field. The Rays come in after splitting six games on a week-long road trip and had posted back-to-back victories over the Oakland Athletics before enduring a 9-1 loss on Wednesday. Oakland roughed up Tampa starter Andy Sonnanstine (6-2) for seven runs on nine hits over the first six innings, with Jack Cust and Jack Hannahan each belting homers off the right-hander. Cust added a second t |
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| Cust's two HRs help A's sink Rays |
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05/21/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Jack Cust belted a pair of two-run home runs, and Dana Eveland threw his first career complete game as the Oakland Athletics avoided a sweep with a 9-1 dismantling of the Tampa Bay Rays in the finale of a three-game series at McAfee Coliseum. Eveland (4-3) allowed just one run on three hits and struck out five to win for the first time in five starts. Bobby Crosby went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs batted in for the A's, who also snapped a three-game losing streak. Emil Brown |
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