Archive for September 15th, 2006
Athletics 4, White Sox 2 (AP)
Esteban Loaiza outpitched Jon Garland with seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Oakland Athletics opened a key homestand with a 4-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. Marco Scutaro had a career-high four hits and Mark Kotsay hit a run-scoring triple as the first-place A’s produced just enough offense to back […]
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LIVE: Dodgers’ Maddux loses no-hit bid in seventh
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Indians get rare win over Santana, Twins
Rookie Ryan Garko’s bouncer scored Franklin Gutierrez from third in the 10th inning Friday night, sending the Cleveland Indians to a 5-4 win over Minnesota and dropping the Twins two games out of first in the AL Central.
The Twins battled back to tie it with a two-run ninth, a rally that kept starter Johan Santana […]
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Aaron Hill - #2 - Second Base - 5′11″ - 195lbs
News: Aaron Hill hit a two-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th inning off Devil Rays reliever Brian Meadows tonight.Impact: The Devil Rays blew a pair of saves in this one. Closer Seth McClung did so first by giving up four walks and a single to score two runs and tie the […]
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Friday’s AL Capsules (AP)
Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer in an eight-run fourth inning, Brandon Inge added a grand slam in the sixth and Detroit boosted its AL Central lead to two games with a 17-2 victory over Baltimore on Friday night. Detroit, which had 19 hits, scored more runs against the Orioles than the Tigers totaled in […]
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Ordonez, Tigers pound O’s
Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer in an eight-run fourth inning, Brandon Inge added a grand slam in the sixth and the Detroit Tigers made sure they stayed in front in the AL Central by routing the Baltimore Orioles 17-2 Friday night.
Detroit, which had 19 hits, scored more runs against the Orioles than the Tigers […]
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Hayden Penn - #49 - Pitcher - 6′3″ - 194lbs
News: Hayden Penn was rocked again on Friday, surrendering seven runs in just 3 2/3 innings against the Tigers.Impact: The sad part is that it was the longest outing he’s recorded in three starts since breaking into the majors this season. He’s now given up 24 hits and 21 runs in 7 1/3 innings […]
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Alex Rios - #15 - Right Field - 6′5″ - 194lbs
News: Alex Rios, who took batting practice before today’s game against the Devil Rays, saw action as a pinch-runner tonight.Impact: He scored a run in the 10th on a walk-off homer by Aaron Hill. Rios is battling a bruised hand, but he could be close to returning. …[more]
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Rolen has career night against Giants
Scott Rolen hit two home runs and drove home a career high seven runs, and rookie Chris Duncan also homered twice to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over San Francisco 14-4 Friday night and dent the Giants’ NL wild-card chances.
San Francisco began the day 2 1/2 games behind San Diego, the wild-card leader. The Padres […]
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Tigers 17, Orioles 2
The Detroit Tigers doubled their AL Central lead Friday night.
Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer in an eight-run fourth inning, Brandon Inge added a grand slam in the sixth and the Detroit Tigers boosted their division lead to two games by routing the Baltimore Orioles 17-2 Friday night.
“This was a fun day,” said Craig Monroe, […]
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