Archive for July 27th, 2007
Hart homers, Mench gets 4 hits in Brewers’ 12-2 victory over Cardinals (AP)
Claudio Vargas worked eight innings for the first time in four seasons and was backed by a 19-hit attack in a 12-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Corey Hart homered, doubled and singled, Kevin Mench matched his career high with four hits and Tony Graffanino had three RBIs. The Brewers won […]
Posted: July 27th, 2007.
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Brewers trade Balfour to Devil Rays for McClung (AP)
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays obtained Grant Balfour from the Milwaukee Brewers for minor leaguer Seth McClung in a trade of relief pitchers Friday night. Balfour had been designated for assignment earlier in the day after going 0-2 with a 20.25 ERA in three appearances. He was with the Minnesota Twins for parts of three […]
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Padres 9, Astros 4 (AP)
Milton Bradley homered and Brian Giles had a season-high three RBIs to back Jake Peavy in the San Diego Padres’ 9-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night. It was the first win for Peavy (10-5) since June 19 against Baltimore. He was 0-4 in his previous five starts. Peavy, whose 9.3 strikeouts per […]
Posted: July 27th, 2007.
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Bannister helps Royals beat Rangers
Brian Bannister pitched seven shutout innings and Billy Butler hit a three-run homer as the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 6-1 Friday night.
Bannister held the Rangers to four hits, striking out six and walking two. The rookie right-hander has won his last two starts, allowing eight hits and one run in 14 innings.
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Rockies rained out at Coors Field for first time since 2004 (AP)
Brad Penny reclined on a couch in the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse and read a book as he waited for the storm to pass through. But the rain and lightning never cleared out of the area Friday night. For the first time since 2004, the Rockies had a game at Coors Field rained out. Colorado […]
Posted: July 27th, 2007.
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Dye homers as ChiSox beat Jays
Jermaine Dye homered and Juan Uribe hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
Jon Garland, who has struggled with consistency in July, allowed three runs and 10 hits in 7 1-3 innings. He struck out two […]
Posted: July 27th, 2007.
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Orioles top Yanks, win fifth straight
Rookie Jeremy Guthrie limited the New York Yankees to two runs in six innings, and the Baltimore Orioles won their fifth straight, beating nemesis Andy Pettitte in a 4-2 victory Friday night.
Earlier, the Yankees defeated Baltimore 8-7 in the completion of a game suspended on June 28 by rain. Play resumed in the eighth inning […]
Posted: July 27th, 2007.
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Phillies 8, Pirates 1, 7 innings (AP)
Pat Burrell homered and had three RBIs, Jamie Moyer allowed one run in seven innings and the Philadelphia Phillies won their first game without Chase Utley, a rain-shortened 8-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. The Phillies learned before the seven-inning victory that Utley, their All-Star second baseman, could miss three-to-four weeks after […]
Posted: July 27th, 2007.
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Rangers 2B Kinsler makes rehab appearence (PA SportsTicker)
Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler went 1-for-3 with a double Friday night in a rehab assignment for Oklahoma against Portland in a Class AAA Pacific Coast League contest on Friday.
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Posted: July 27th, 2007.
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Indians 10, Twins 4
Kenny Lofton’s homecoming ended with strawberry pie smeared across his smiling face.
His return couldn’t have been any sweeter.