Archive for May 31st, 2007
Cardinals 7, Rockies 2 (AP)
Juan Encarnacion hit a two-out, three-run double in the sixth and Brad Thompson allowed two runs in 7 1-3 innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 7-3 on Thursday night. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa gave star slugger Albert Pujols his first day off of the season because he was “wearing [...]
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Padres 4, Pirates 2, 11 innings (AP)
Mike Cameron hit a go-ahead homer in the 11th inning after tying it with a run-scoring double in the ninth, and the San Diego Padres overcame a disputed call taking away a home run in a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night. The Padres rallied from a two-run deficit and won despite [...]
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Astros 10, Reds 2 (AP)
Lance Berkman ended a slump with a three-run homer and Woody Williams had a season-high nine strikeouts as the Houston Astros snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 10-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night. Carlos Lee had a two-RBI double during a four-run third inning off Bronson Arroyo as the Astros won [...]
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Dibble and Kennedy talk AL
Rob Dibble and Kevin Kennedy join FOXSports.com to discuss the return of Roger Clemens, Justin Morneau’s surge, John Lackey’s dominance and more.
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Giants trade Benitez to Marlins for Messenger (AP)
The San Francisco Giants traded struggling closer Armando Benitez to the Florida Marlins for reliever Randy Messenger on Thursday night. Benitez was not in the clubhouse after the Giants’ 4-2 loss and his locker was completely cleaned out. “Maybe Elvis has left the building,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
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Brewers 4, Marlins 3 (AP)
Prince Fielder hit his league-leading 19th homer, J.J. Hardy drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday night. Corey Hart doubled with two outs in the eighth and Hardy followed with a single off Matt Lindstrom (0-2) for his team-leading 46th RBI.
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Indians 11, Tigers 5
Travis Hafner is starting to hit again, and that makes the Cleveland Indians’ offense even more dangerous.
Hafner homered and drove in four runs, Victor Martinez finished with three RBIs and the Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 11-5 Thursday night to improve baseball’s best home record to 18-4.
“When Haf gets locked in, it’s like I say [...]
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Giants agree to trade Benitez to Marlins for Messenger (AP)
The San Francisco Giants agreed to trade struggling closer Armando Benitez to the Florida Marlins for reliever Randy Messenger on Thursday night. Neither team made an official announcement. Asked whether Benitez had been sent to the Marlins, agent Mike Powers said, “It’s a done deal.” Benitez was 0-3 with nine saves in 11 chances and [...]
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Nationals 11, Dodgers 4 (AP)
Ryan Zimmerman drove in four runs, Dmitri Young had four hits and the Washington Nationals broke out of their hitting slump in a 11-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night. Zimmerman and Young sparked an offense that had been dormant during the first two games of the series. The Nationals mustered a [...]
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Jose Mesa - #50 - Pitcher - 6′3″ - 235lbs
News: Jose Mesa allowed four runs in an inning to ruin what chance the Tigers had of coming back in Thursday’s loss to the Indians.Impact: It was a 7-5 game when Mesa entered to begin the bottom of the eighth. When he was done, it was 11-5 and his ERA had jumped to 12.34. [...]
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