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| Sox 3B Lowell departs |
MLB Baseball |
08/02/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell left Friday's 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics in the bottom of the 10th inning with a hip injury. Lowell was running out what was eventually an infield hit, when he appeared to come up favoring his right leg after reaching first base. He was lifted from the game for pinch-runner Coco Crisp, and later diagnosed with a right hip strain. Jed Lowrie, who started the game at shortstop, moved to third in Lowell's spot and finished the game ther |
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| Pena, Longoria go deep in Rays' win over Tigers |
MLB Baseball |
08/01/2008 |
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| while posting a 1.68 earned-run average in 48 1/3 innings. Grant Balfour (3-1) fanned three over 1 1/3 scoreless innings to pick up the win. Tampa Bay remains three games ahead of Boston for first place in the AL East after the Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics, 2-1, in 12 innings. Akinori Iwamura finished 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored for the Rays, who have won three games in a row. Cliff Floyd had two hits, walked and scored a run, while Evan Longoria added a solo home run. "It's always |
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| A's bring Barton back from DL |
MLB Baseball |
08/01/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - The Oakland Athletics activated first baseman Daric Barton from the 15-day disabled list Friday. Barton had been placed on the DL on July 19 due to a neck strain. In 36 games with Oakland, the infielder was batting .224 with three home runs and 25 RBI. In related moves, the A's recalled infielder Gregorio Petit from Triple-A Sacramento and placed pitcher Andrew Brown on the 15-day DL retroactive to July 26 with right shoulder soreness. This is Petit's third stint this season with O |
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| Boston begins life after Ramirez versus A's |
MLB Baseball |
08/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Boston Red Sox begin life without Manny Ramirez this evening, when they play the first of three games against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park. Ramirez, who had been on a verbal tirade against Red Sox brass in recent weeks, was shipped to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday as part of a three- team deal that also included Pittsburgh, which sent Jason Bay to Beantown. Boston also dealt outfielder Brandon Moss and reliever Craig Hansen to Pittsburgh as part of the deal, as well as payin |
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| A's reinstate DH Thomas from DL |
MLB Baseball |
07/31/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - The Oakland Athletics reinstated designated hitter Frank Thomas from the 15-day disabled list on Thursday. Thomas was placed on the disabled list on May 29, retroactive to May 28, with tendinitis in his right quadricep. Released by the Toronto Blue Jays on April 20 after batting .167 with three home runs and 11 RBI in 16 games, the 19-year veteran signed with the A's on April 24 and was hitting .319 with four home runs and 16 RBI in 28 games with Oakland before the injury. |
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| A's send Bankston, Patterson to minors; Thomas ready to return |
MLB Baseball |
07/30/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - The Oakland Athletics optioned first baseman Wes Bankston and outfielder Eric Patterson to Triple-A Sacramento on Wednesday, after the club's 4-3, 10-inning loss to Kansas City. Bankston got the start in Wednesday's game, and went 0-for-5 with one strikeout. He has had two stints with the Athletics this season. In Bankston's most recent one, after he was recalled from Sacramento on July 19, he went 2-for-25 with 11 strikeouts. Patterson, who was acquired in the deal that sent Rich |
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| Angels acquire Teixeira for Kotchman |
MLB Baseball |
07/29/2008 |
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| for first baseman Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Stephen Marek on Tuesday. The switch-hitting 28-year-old Teixeira is batting .283 with 78 runs batted in and 20 home runs in 103 games with Atlanta. LA, which has an 11 1/2-game lead over the Oakland Athletics in the American League West and a major league-best record of 65-40 heading into Tuesday's game in Boston, bulks up a lineup that includes Vladimir Guerrero, Torii Hunter and Garret Anderson. Both Guerrero and Teixeira's contracts expire this year. |
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| Greinke golden as Royals down A's |
MLB Baseball |
07/29/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Zack Greinke struck out a career-high 11 in 7 1/3 innings, and the Kansas City Royals downed the Oakland Athletics, 4-2, in the opener of a three-game set. Greinke (8-7) scattered seven hits and two runs and walked one to get the win for the Royals. Alex Gordon went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, and Jose Guillen also hit a two-run homer for Kansas City, which has won two straight after dropping five of six. "A lot of these guys I didn't even know who they were," said Greinke. "The |
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| American League Game Capsules |
MLB Baseball |
07/29/2008 |
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| White Sox, who have lost back-to-back contests following a four-game victory surge. Final Score: Kansas City 4, Oakland 2 Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Zack Greinke struck out a career-high 11 in 7 1/3 innings, and the Kansas City Royals downed the Oakland Athletics, 4-2, in the opener of a three-game set. Greinke (8-7) scattered seven hits and two runs and walked one to get the win for the Royals. Alex Gordon went 3- for-4 with a two-run homer, and Jose Guillen also hit a two-run homer for Kansas City, which h |
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| Greinke aims to get on track as Royals visit A's |
MLB Baseball |
07/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Zack Greinke tries to avoid losing his fourth straight decision this evening when the Kansas City Royals start a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics at McAfee Coliseum. Greinke, who opened the year with wins in five of his first six decisions, lost his second straight start on Wednesday against Detroit, as he allowed five runs and seven hits in six innings, dropping him to 7-7 while raising his earned run average to 4.06. The 24-year-old right-hander did not get a decision against th |
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