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| Cleveland's Lee aims for win No. 17 vs. Angels |
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08/15/2008 |
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| ng with a thumb injury. Justin Speier (1-5) served up a go-ahead three-run homer to Wladimir Balentien in the 12th and suffered the loss. Anaheim, though, still has the best record in baseball at 75-44 and is comfortably 15 1/2 games in front of the Texas Rangers in the American League West. Tonight, the Angels turn to 25-year-old right-hander Jered Weaver, who has won three of his last four decisions. Weaver defeated the New York Yankees his last time out, despite giving up five runs and seven hits in six i |
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| Padres' Young back on DL |
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08/14/2008 |
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| over four innings and did not factor in the decision. This is Young's second stint on the DL this season. On May 21 he suffered a nasal fracture and laceration to his nose after being struck in the face by a line drive off the bat of Albert Pujols in the third inning of game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Over 13 starts this season, the 29-year old is 4-4 with a 4.74 ERA with 40 walks and 66 strikeouts. In parts of five seasons with the Texas Rangers and Padres, Young has a mark of 39-26 with a 3.79 ERA. |
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| Boston's Matsuzaka goes for 14th win of season against Rangers |
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08/14/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Daisuke Matsuzaka tries for his 14th win of the season this evening, as the Boston Red Sox try and complete a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park. Matsuzaka, who won 15 games last season for the Red Sox, won his second straight start on Saturday against Chicago, as he allowed a run and four hits in eight innings to run his mark to 13-2 on the season, while lowering his earned run average to 2.90. The 27-year-old right-hander defeated the Rangers earlier in the year and is |
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| Rangers' Hamilton leaves game to be with pregnant wife |
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08/13/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton left Wednesday's 8-4 loss to Boston to fly back to Texas to be with his wife, who is close to giving birth to the couple's third child. Hamilton was 0-for-3 in the game before being replaced in center field by Marlon Byrd, who moved over from right. Jason Ellison took Hamilton's spot in the lineup. Wednesday's game is the second of three the Rangers have with the Red Sox, and Hamilton's will miss Thursday's series finale. Through 117 conte |
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| Red Sox send Lowell to DL |
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08/13/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - The Red Sox placed third baseman Mike Lowell on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique muscle on Wednesday, one day after Lowell left in the seventh inning of Boston's wild 19-17 win over the Texas Rangers. The club recalled pitcher David Pauley from Triple-A Pawtucket to fill the vacancy on the roster. Lowell, the 2007 World Series MVP, is hitting .270 with 14 homers and 67 RBI this season. The 34-year-old, who inked a three-year contract after hitting a career |
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| Lester tries to do more for Red Sox vs. Rangers |
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08/13/2008 |
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| ts Network) - The Boston Red Sox have been one of baseball's best teams at home this season, while Jon Lester has been nearly unbeatable when he has taken the Fenway Park mound. Lester tries to pitch the Red Sox to a second straight victory over the Texas Rangers when the two teams continue a three-game series this evening. The 24-year-old Lester boasts a 6-1 record and a 2.87 earned run average in his 12 Fenway starts this year. That lone blemish came in his 2008 home debut back on April 9, when the young l |
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| Yanks to wrap up rough road trip with matinee vs. Twins |
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08/13/2008 |
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| t their disastrous road trip behind them. The Bronx Bombers conclude a 10-game trek this afternoon with the finale of a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome. New York began the swing by splitting a four-game series with the Texas Rangers before getting swept in three games by the American League West- leading Angels. A loss to the Twins in this series' opener on Monday saw the Yankees match their season-high losing streak of four games, but the team rebounded with a 9-6 extra-inning |
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| Youkilis' blast helps Sox outlast Rangers in slugfest |
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08/13/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - Kevin Youkilis' second home run of the game -- a three-run blast in the bottom of the eighth inning -- broke a tie and lifted Boston to a wild 19-17 win over the Texas Rangers in the opener of a three- game series at Fenway Park. The Red Sox scored 10 runs in the first inning and at one point trailed 16-14 in the 37-hit slugfest. The combined 36 runs tied the single-game American League record set on June 29, 1950 in Boston's 22-14 win over the Athletics. "I can say I've never |
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| Wakefield goes to DL |
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08/13/2008 |
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| twork) - The Boston Red Sox officially put pitcher Tim Wakefield on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday, retroactive to August 7, with tightness in the back of his right shoulder. Wakefield was scheduled to start on Tuesday when the Red Sox host the Texas Rangers, but instead fellow knuckleballer Charlie Zink has been called up from Triple-A Pawtucket and made his major league debut against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday. Zink allowed eight runs on 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings in Boston's wild 19-17 win. He did no |
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| Zink tries to boost Boston vs. Rangers |
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08/12/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Tim Wakefield may be on the disabled list, but the Boston Red Sox will still have a knuckleball pitcher in the starting rotation when the defending world champions begin a three-game series with the visiting Texas Rangers tonight at Fenway Park. Charlie Zink makes his major league debut this evening in place of Wakefield, who will miss at least two starts because of a stiff right shoulder. The 28- year-old Zink has toiled the last seven seasons in the Boston organization since being signe |
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