Archive for April, 2009
Wednesdays American League Capsules
KANSAS CITY, MO Zack Greinke gave up an earned run for the first time in 43 innings, but Billy Butler backed him with two homers and Kansas City had 11 extra-base hits in an 11-3 rout of Toronto on Wednesday night.
Vernon Wells RBI single with two outs in the first produced the first earned [...]
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Wednesdays National League Capsules
CINCINNATI Edinson Volquez ended the longest current streak of domination in the majors by allowing only one hit through eight innings Wednesday night, leading Cincinnati to a 3-0 victory over Houston.
The Astros had won their last 11 games at Great American Ball Park since late in the 2007 season, the best such streak in [...]
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Bostons Drew, Youkilis sit with injuries
First baseman Kevin Youkilis and right fielder J D Drew were out of the Boston Red Sox starting lineup for Wednesday nights game against the Cleveland Indians.
Drew, who did not start because of tightness in his left quadriceps, entered as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning and grounded into a fielders choice off reliever [...]
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Tuesdays National League Capsules
PHILADELPHIA Chase Utley homered twice and drove in three runs, Pedro Feliz added a three-run shot and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 7-1 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory.
Raul Ibanez also went deep for the Phillies, who won despite losing ace Cole Hamels early for the second consecutive start. The left-hander [...]
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Brewers C Rivera injured on play at the plate
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Mike Rivera sprained his left ankle in a play at the plate in the fourth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
Brian Bixler tagged up from third base on Nyjer Morgans sacrifice fly to left and slid hard into Rivera, whose knee and ankle bent awkwardly while he was trying to [...]
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Tuesdays American League Capsules
DETROIT Phil Hughes went six innings in his first start and left fielder Josh Andersons error led to a 10-run seventh inning as the New York Yankees ended a four-game losing streak with an 11-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.
Hughes (1-0), who was called up from Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and Edwin [...]
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Glavine encouraged, but not sure about comeback
Braves pitcher Tom Glavine felt better about his ailing left shoulder after throwing in the outfield Monday, but the 305-game winner still isnt sure if hell be able to extend his career.
The 43-year-old Glavine stopped throwing for two weeks after his shoulder began hurting during a minor league rehab start. He threw Sunday on his [...]
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Mondays National League Capsules
NEW YORK Omir Santos hit the first grand slam in Citi Field history for his first career RBIs, and the New York Mets beat Florida 7-1 Monday night to extend the Marlins losing streak to seven.
Santos first-inning drive off Anibal Sanchez (1-2) went about four rows into the left-field seats and was just the [...]
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Mondays American League Capsules
CLEVELAND Jason Bay hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off Clevelands Kerry Wood to give the Boston Red Sox their 11th straight win, 3-1 on Monday night.
Bay fell behind 0-1 before pulling a 99-mph fastball from Wood (0-1) into the left-field seats as Boston extended its longest winning streak since 2006.
Bays third [...]
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Sundays American League Capsules
BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 1
BOSTON Jacoby Ellsbury stole home and the Boston Red Sox ran off with a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees.
Bostons speedster surprised left-hander Andy Pettitte with his dash in a three-run fifth inning that gave the Red Sox their 10th straight win, 4-1.
They came from behind in all three games [...]
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