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| Re-loaded Angels shoot for sweep of struggling BoSox |
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07/30/2008 |
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| while, Garret Anderson hit a two-run homer last night and Maicer Izturis drove in a pair of runs for the AL West-leading Angels, who have won seven in a row against Boston and six of their last seven overall. The Angels are 11 1/2 games ahead of the Texas Rangers in the division standings. Clay Buchholz took the loss for the Red Sox after allowing six runs -- five earned -- on six hits to go with three walks and five strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings of work. Boston has dropped four of its last five contests to fa |
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| Angels acquire Teixeira for Kotchman |
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07/30/2008 |
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| e the savior for this organization. We're looking forward to him just doing what he does." "Right now my number one goal is to play great defense and drive in a bunch of runs for the Angels," Teixeira said. LA, which has an 11 1/2-game lead over the Texas Rangers in the American League West and a major league-best record of 66-40 after Wednesday's win in Boston, bulks up a lineup that includes Vladimir Guerrero, Torii Hunter and Garret Anderson. "I'm very excited, I told my teammates in Atlanta good luck, bu |
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| Ichiro Suzuki collects 3,000th professional hit |
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07/29/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Seattle Mariners center fielder Ichiro Suzuki opened Tuesday's game 11-10 loss to the Texas Rangers by slapping a single to left for his 3,000th professional career hit. Suzuki played his first seven years in Japan's Pacific League, where he racked up 1,278 of his 3,001 hits in professional baseball. His 1,722 hits in his Major League career over 1,224 games gives him an average of 1.41 hits per game. The seven-time All-Star collected his seventh consecutive 200-hit season i |
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| Rangers place Blalock back on DL |
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07/29/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - The Texas Rangers placed third baseman Hank Blalock on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with inflammation in his right shoulder. Blalock had been on the DL for nearly 12 weeks due to a torn left hamstring and surgery to relieve carpal tunnel syndrome earlier this season before being activated July 18. The 27-year-old had started each of the club's first 10 games after the All-Star break before sitting out Monday. He hit safely in seven of those 10 games and now holds a .243 |
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| Ichiro vies for milestone in Mariners' tilt in Texas |
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07/29/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ichiro Suzuki is just one hit away from reaching a monumental milestone and will lead the Seattle Mariners this evening in the second test of a four-game series against the Texas Rangers. Suzuki went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Monday's 7-5 win at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, and the Japanese phenom is now just one hit shy of 3,000 for his professional career. Suzuki played his first seven years in Japan's Pacific League, where he racked up 1,278 of his 2,999 hits in professional baseball. A |
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| Red Sox try again to end season woes against Angels |
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07/29/2008 |
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| ur consecutive starts. The right-hander, who is 4-1 in six road starts in 2008, owns just a 2-6 mark and a 6.01 earned run average over 12 career starts against Boston. Anaheim pushed its lead in the American League West to 11 1/2 games ahead of the Texas Rangers with a 7-5 victory in Monday's series opener with the Red Sox. Torii Hunter hit a three-run homer and Casey Kotchman chipped in a two- run shot during a huge six-run sixth inning. Vladimir Guerrero went 2-for-4 and scored twice for the Angels, who h |
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| Rangers' SS Young exits early |
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07/29/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Texas Rangers shortstop Michael Young left Monday night's 7-5 loss to the Seattle Mariners with a fracture in his right ring finger. Early estimates are that the All-Star will miss five-to-seven days with the injury. Young drove in teammate Ian Kinsler in the first inning with a single but suffered the injury diving back to first on a pickoff attempt with Josh Hamilton batting. Young took second on the play and later scored on a David Murphy ground out. Young stayed in for t |
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| AL Central crown won't be handed to White Sox |
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07/28/2008 |
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| bumped their lead over Detroit to 6 1/2 games, while maintaining a 2 1/2-game cushion over the second-place Minnesota Twins. And they've done so with some late-inning dramatics over the past week. It all started on Wednesday against the hot-hitting Texas Rangers, with the White Sox trailing 8-5 in the bottom of the eighth inning. That's when Carlos Quentin got the Sox started with a three-run homer, igniting an eventual five- run inning that put the stamp on a Chicago victory. Quentin struck again on Friday |
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| Greinke aims to get on track as Royals visit A's |
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07/28/2008 |
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| Saturday's contest. He is questionable for tonight's contest. Oakland, meanwhile, picked up just its second win in its last 11 tries on Sunday, as Jack Cust hit a two-run home run and Kurt Suzuki added a three-run shot, helping the A's get past the Texas Rangers, 6-5, in the finale of a three-game set. Starter Dana Eveland lasted 4 2/3 innings and yielded five runs on eight hits. Jerry Blevins (1-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings of perfect relief to get the win and Huston Street picked up his 18th save with a perfe |
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| Amid Manny circus, Red Sox welcome Angels to town |
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07/28/2008 |
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| tarts this season, has never faced the Angels in the regular season. Dice-K faced Anaheim in Game 2 of the ALDS last season, allowing three runs in 4 2/3 innings of his team's 6-3 win. The Angels own a seemingly-comfortable 10 1/2-game lead over the Texas Rangers in the AL West division, but had their four-game winning streak stopped with Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in the finale of a three-game series from Camden Yards. Vladimir Guerrero and Garret Anderson each drove in a run while starter E |
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