Archive for September 13th, 2006
Three AL Central teams fight for two spots
The Tigers, Twins and White Sox will all likely finish with over 90 wins. But only two of them will make the postseason. Dayn Perry takes a look at what each team will have to do in order to avoid watching the playoffs from home.
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Posted: September 13th, 2006.
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Angel Guzman - #37 - Pitcher - 6′3″ - 195lbs
News: Angel Guzman lasted just four innings Wednesday in dropping to 0-6.Impact: He was shelled for eight hits, five runs and four walks, managing just one strikeout. Guzman’s ERA is 7.81 and he probably would have been yanked from the rotation other than the fact that there’s no one to plug into his spot. …[more]
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Penny, Dodgers blank Cubs
Brad Penny became the first 16-game winner in the National League and Rafael Furcal homered to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 on Wednesday night.
Nomar Garciaparra added a two-run double and Furcal had three hits and three runs for the Dodgers, who maintained a 1 1/2 games lead over San Diego […]
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Dodgers 6, Cubs 0
The old fashioned scoreboard at Wrigley Field caught Brad Penny’s attention and rightfully so.
Penny became the first 16-game winner in the National League and Rafael Furcal homered to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 on Wednesday night.
Nomar Garciaparra added a two-run double and Rafael Furcal had three hits and three runs […]
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Dodgers 6, Cubs 0 (AP)
The old fashioned scoreboard at Wrigley Field caught Brad Penny’s attention and rightfully so. Penny became the first 16-game winner in the National League and Rafael Furcal homered to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 on Wednesday night. Nomar Garciaparra added a two-run double and Rafael Furcal had three hits and […]
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Yankees double up D-Rays
Robinson Cano drove in five runs, Alex Rodriguez hit a long homer and the New York Yankees beat the overmatched Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-4 Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory.
Derek Jeter extended his hitting streak to 22 games, the longest run by a Yankees player since current batting coach Don Mattingly had a […]
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Matthews rides the cycle
Gary Matthews Jr. ended his night with a home run, completing the elusive cycle. Hear from the Rangers outfielder on his monster game.
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Philadelphia sweeps doubleheader
Carlos Ruiz and Jimmy Rollins hit two-run homers and Jon Lieber won his fourth straight decision to give Philadelphia a 7-2 win over Atlanta and a sweep of Wednesday’s doubleheader.
In the opener, Atlanta left fielder Matt Diaz’s eighth-inning error allowed two runs to score as the Phillies rallied from an early five-run deficit to beat […]
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NL Capsules (AP)
Ben Sheets took a perfect-game bid into the seventh inning before Chris Duffy led off with a single, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Wednesday to split a doubleheader. In the opener, Freddy Sanchez got three hits and Ian Snell struck out 10 as Pittsburgh won 6-3. Sheets (5-6) gave up two […]
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Kevin Millar - #15 - First Base - 6′0″ - 217lbs
News: Kevin Millar hit a two-run homer and scored two runs on Wednesday.Impact: Millar is doing his usual late-season thing, batting .300 in September heading into this contest. Really, at this point, the concept of Millar is better than the results. He still gets on base at a nice clip, we’ll give him that, but […]
Posted: September 13th, 2006.
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