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Asked what he was looking for besides consistency from pitcher Wandy Rodriguez, Phil Garner didn’t hesitate. “Nothing,” Houston’s manager said. “He doesn’t need another pitch. He throws the ball well. He just needs to be consistent.” Though Rodriguez is all but guaranteed to be Houston’s No. 4 starter, his up-and-down play has frustrated Garner.
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J.P. Howell threw five solid innings in his bid to become Tampa Bay’s fifth starter on Friday night. Howell allowed four hits and one earned run for the Devil Rays, who also had 14 hits in a 15-1 over the Cincinnati Reds. He is battling right-hander Edwin Jackson for the fifth spot. In the first […]

Worried about possible rain during their regularly scheduled night game against Texas, the Milwaukee Brewers had ace Ben Sheets pitch a minor league game Friday afternoon. Sheets, who has not been officially named the Brewers’ Opening Day starter but is lined up to do so, pitched 6 2-3 innings in a Class AAA game against […]

J.P. Howell threw five solid innings in his bid to become Tampa Bay’s fifth starter on Friday night.
Howell allowed four hits and one earned run for the Devil Rays, who also had 14 hits in a 15-1 over the Cincinnati Reds.
He is battling right-hander Edwin Jackson for the fifth spot. In the first inning, Reds […]

Roy Oswalt prepared for his fifth consecutive opening day start with six scoreless innings. Oswalt limited the Cleveland Indians to three hits in the Houston Astros’ 6-2 victory Friday night. “I felt good,” Oswalt said. “All the pitches started working late in the game. The first two innings, I couldn’t throw a curve ball.
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Mike Piazza and Kerry Wood are trying new roles this spring, hoping to have healthy, productive seasons. One is off to a fast start in his new spot while the other may take a little longer to come around. Piazza, who will be the designated hitter for the Oakland Athletics, homered for the second […]

The news on Chone Figgins’ injury got twice as worse for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Friday, when a second fractured finger was discovered on his right hand.
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Roy Oswalt prepared for his fifth consecutive opening day start with six scoreless innings.
Oswalt limited the Cleveland Indians to three hits in the Houston Astros’ 6-2 victory Friday night.
“I felt good,” Oswalt said. “All the pitches started working late in the game. The first two innings, I couldn’t throw a curve ball. But after the […]

Los Angeles Angels third baseman Chone Figgins is expected to be sidelined five to six weeks with two broken fingers on his throwing hand. X-rays taken Friday by hand specialist Dr. Steve Shin at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic revealed Figgins has fractures of the index and middle fingers on his right hand. He was injured in […]

Troy Tulowitzki has won the starting shortstop job with the Colorado Rockies. The 22-year old, drafted seventh overall in the first round in the 2005 draft, was declared the starter after Colorado’s 5-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday in a game called after the bottom of the seventh due to rain.
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