Archive for May, 2009
Crede leaves game after fouling ball off left knee
Minnesota Twins third baseman Joe Crede left Saturdays game against Tampa Bay in the fourth inning after fouling a ball off his left knee.
The Twins said Crede has a bruised knee and that X-rays were negative. He is day to day.
Brendan Harris moved from shortstop to third base after Crede came out. Matt Tolbert replaced [...]
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ST PETERSBURG, Fla -David Price struck out 11 to earn his first regular-season win in the majors, and Evan Longoria got his 55th RBI of the season to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Saturday.
Price (1-0), who started the season at Triple-A Durham and was recalled Monday, gave up [...]
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CHICAGO -Ryan Dempster bounced back from his worst start of the season, pitching seven sharp innings for the Chicago Cubs in a 7-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
Milton Bradley had three hits and Reed Johnson homered for the Cubs, who have won four of five since losing a season-worst eight straight [...]
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Yankees Pettitte leaves with apparent injury
New York pitcher Andy Pettitte left the Yankees game against Cleveland on Friday night in the sixth inning because of an apparent injury.
Manager Joe Girardi and assistant trainer Steve Donahue went to the mound after Pettitte pitched to Jamey Carroll with two runners on base. After a moment of discussion, Pettitte jogged to the dugout [...]
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ARLINGTON, Texas -Andruw Jones hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 on Friday in the first game of a doubleheader.
With the score 3-all, Santiago Casilla (1-2) walked Josh Hamilton leading off the eighth. Jones followed, pulling a 2-1 pitch off the screen on [...]
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Victorino leads Phillies past Nationals
Shane Victorino had four hits and the Philadelphia Phillies tied a season high with 16 hits in their 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.
It was the second straight win for Philadelphia, 8-2 against the Nationals this season. Washington has lost four straight to drop to 13-34.
Jimmy Rollins had two hits and two [...]
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NEW YORK -Omir Santos hit a game-ending RBI single in the 11th inning and homered in the fifth in the New York Mets 2-1 victory over Florida on Friday night.
Gary Sheffield led off the 11th with a single to left off Brian Sanches (1-1), who threw over to first several times to check on [...]
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Phillies RHP Myers has MRI on injured hip
Phillies pitcher Brett Myers could miss his next start - and potentially more - with an injured right hip.
General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. says Myers had an MRI on Thursday that revealed fraying and possible tearing in the labrum of the hip joint.
Myers (4-3) left in the sixth inning of Philadelphias 6-2 loss to the [...]
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CHICAGO -Carlos Zambrano went wild in a ball-tossing, bat-swinging tirade after being ejected, and was gone when Reed Johnson hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning that sent the Chicago Cubs over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Wednesday.
The Cubs ace was tossed by umpire Mark Carlson in the seventh after Nyjer Morgan scored [...]
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BALTIMORE -Nolan Reimold hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to cap a second surprising comeback by the Baltimore Orioles, who beat Toronto 12-10 Wednesday to extend the Blue Jays losing streak to nine games.
Baltimore trailed 8-3 when Roy Halladay left after seven innings, and 10-8 after Aaron Hill hit [...]
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