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Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees have quite a hike if they hope to get back in the AL East race, and they took an important step in the right direction Monday night. Rodriguez homered for the third straight game and Chien-Ming Wang stymied Boston, sending the Yankees to a 6-2 victory that moved [...]

One hefty snowstorm and 45 days later, the Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners finally played nine innings.
Casey Blake homered and Josh Barfield had two RBIs as the Indians remained baseball’s best home team with a 5-2 win Monday night over the Mariners, who are about to rack up some frequent flyer miles.
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One hefty snowstorm and 45 days later, the Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners finally played nine innings.
Casey Blake homered and Josh Barfield had two RBIs as the Indians remained baseball’s best home team with a 5-2 win Monday night over the Mariners, who are about to rack up some frequent flyer miles.
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White Sox slugger Jermaine Dye was ejected Monday night for arguing two called strikes in the fifth inning. Dye became upset with plate umpire Chris Guccione after taking a strike from Oakland pitcher Joe Blanton. Then after taking a called third strike, Dye dropped his bat at the plate in disgust and continued to argue [...]

The commissioner’s office and the players’ association have held discussions about setting up a meeting with Jason Giambi to discuss his reported comments about steroids last week, but nothing was firmed up Monday. “I was wrong for doing that stuff,” the New York Yankees designated hitter was quoted as saying in Friday’s editions of USA [...]

The Colorado Rockies activated second baseman Kaz Matsui on Monday and optioned Omar Quintanilla to Triple-A Colorado Springs. Matsui missed 32 games with lower back spasms. Matsui, who was in the lineup for Monday night’s game against Arizona, hit .361 (13-for-36) with three RBIs in nine games before the injury.
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Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 572nd homer Monday night, a solo shot off Washington’s Levale Speigner that moved him directly behind Harmon Killebrew on the career list. The 37-year-old outfielder will tie Killebrew for eighth place with his next homer. The solo shot also left him with 1,635 RBIs, one behind Ernie Banks for 19th [...]

Before Jeff Francoeur became a fan favorite for the Atlanta Braves, he was a fan of Red Sox. The Springfield, MA native got hooked on the Sox before moving to Atlanta as a young child.
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White Sox starter Mark Buehrle said Monday there is no animosity between him and catcher A.J. Pierzynski. Buehrle defended reserve catcher Toby Hall on Sunday after Pierzynski went on a Chicago radio station Friday and said he was disappointed because he wasn’t in the lineup for the interleague opener against the Cubs.
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The Texas Rangers activated outfielder Frank Catalanotto from the 15-day disabled list Monday and sent infielder Travis Metcalf back to Double-A Frisco. Catalanotto was batting .140 in 18 games before going on the DL May 1 with tendinitis in his right biceps. He played one rehabilitation game at Frisco and four at Triple-A Oklahoma, where [...]