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It was a good weekend - the Mets took two of three from the Reds, got good starting pitching in every game, scored 21 runs, saw Carlos Beltran finally start producing with eight RBI and ... managed to go through the lineup every time in the correct order. Once Ross flied...
So much for small ball. ... Craig Monroe went 2-for-4 with two of light-hitting Minnesota's three home runs and four RBIs, and the Twins hung on for a 9-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night. Joe Nathan gave up two runs in the ninth, but won a showdown with...
Carl Crawford hit a three-run homer and Cliff Floyd added a pair of run-scoring singles, helping the Tampa Bay Rays stop Ervin Santana from becoming the first seven-game winner in Major League Baseball's American League with an 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.
Dan Uggla and the Florida Marlins will sure be sorry to have to leave Washington. Who can blame them? They've been there twice this season and haven't lost yet. ... Who can blame them? Uggla hit two homers Sunday to help the Marlins complete another three-game sweep of...
Twins home runs make this game long gone for Red Sox, Twins 9, Red Sox 8 ... Manny Rammrez, sore right hamstring and all, stood in the batter's box. Because when Tim Wakefield left the game after just 2 2/3 innings, having given up seven runs (six earned), it looked like...
NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Many big-leaguers swung pink bats on Mother's Day to increase awareness about breast cancer and raise money to fight the disease. ... Among them were Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church, who slammed back-to-back pink-bat home runs for the New York...
Manny Ramirez did not start Sunday night's game against the Minnesota Twins because of a sore right hamstring. ... Ramirez spent the first eight innings on the bench, but pinch-hit for Kevin Cash in the ninth against Twins closer Joe Nathan. He grounded out to shortstop...
DETROIT - Mother Nature slapped the Yankees hard in the face several times during April. Yesterday, she planted a big Mother's Day kiss on their lips when an all-day rain forced the postponement of a game against the Tigers at Comerica Park. Until...
Reds manager Dusty Baker summed up his club's day thusly: "It started bad and ended worse." The Reds batted out of order in the ninth. The play had no effect on the game. But it made for an embarrassing end to an ugly day. ... Put the miscues together, and they add up to...
DETROIT - For what would have been the second time in his career Derek Jeter was slated to hit fourth today until rain killed the Yankees-Tigers game at Comerica Park. Afterward, manager Joe Girardi presented the shortstop with the lineup card, and...
