Archive for May 21st, 2008

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Ryan Ludwick and Troy Glaus both drove in three runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight solid innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers scored four of their runs on a wild pitch, a suicide squeeze, a passed ball and a bad pickoff throw to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on Wednesday night.

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The owner of a gym in Pasadena, Tex., said that two F.B.I. agents questioned him about whether he had ever given Roger Clemens performance-enhancing drugs.

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Ryan Church said he expected to miss only one game after suffering his second concussion of the spring on Tuesday night.

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If the Mets lose, it is standard for television coverage to focus on a manager reacting to what hurts his team. If they win, it’s proper to show the manager cheering and shouting.

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Marvin Miller, who turned the union for major league baseball players into one of the strongest in the country, said that he no longer wants to be considered for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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The Yankees need Ian Kennedy to thrive on Thursday against the O's -- or at least to be better -- and not simply because of their own collective woes. The sooner Kennedy can bounce back, the sooner the Yankees can confirm that he might still be a star.

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Joba Chamberlain has started his path to the Yankees' starting rotation. After Wednesday's game, the Yankees revealed that Chamberlain will begin to increase his pitch count.

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Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang made a precautionary trip to the hospital on Wednesday after feeling irritation in his right leg. An MRI determined that he had only a mild strain of his calf, and Wang does not expect to miss a start.

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Alex Rodriguez lost out on a potential home run in the sixth inning of Wednesday's game against the Orioles, when umpires instead ruled his hit a double.

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The Yankees began Joba Chamberlain’s transition to the starting rotation on Wednesday, when he worked the final two innings — 35 pitches — of the Yankees’ 8-0 victory against the Orioles. There’s no announced date, but the plan is under way. Chamberlain will start this season, and he may not even need a minor-league stint to [...]

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Darrell Rasner blanked the Orioles for seven innings and Alex Rodriguez went deep on Wednesday night, leading the Yankees to an easy 8-0 victory in the Bronx.

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On Tuesday, officials from the baseball commissioner’s office held conference calls with club officials and umpires to remind them of rules designed to quicken the pace of games.

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An M.R.I. showed that Chien-Ming Wang had a mild strain of his right calf, but he is still expected to start on Saturday.

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Derek Jeter was back in the Yankees' lineup on Wednesday, batting second only a day after Daniel Cabrera hit Jeter's left hand with a pitch, knocking him out of the game.

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