Archive for May, 2008

Alfonso Soriano homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 for their sixth straight win.

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It has been a season of ups and downs for the Yankees, but one constant that manager Joe Girardi has been able to count on is Hideki Matsui's consistency.

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With two strong throws to second base on Saturday, Jorge Posada may have punched his ticket back into the Yankees' lineup.

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Jorge Posada passed a key test in his rehabilitation program for a sore right shoulder and could rejoin the Yankees as early as Wednesday.

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The minor league pitcher John Odom sees the crazy trade that sent him to the Laredo Broncos from the Calgary Vipers for 10 baseball bats as a shot at redemption.

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Bobby Abreu had three of the Yankees’ 16 hits, two of them triples, scored four runs and stole his 300th career base as the Yankees beat the Twins.

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The streaking Mets reverted to their lackluster selves Friday night in a sloppy loss to the Dodgers that snapped a three-game winning streak.

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The Yankees believe that Bobby Abreu may be overlooked in the big picture of the Majors, but they realize how valuable he is to their lineup.

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Coastal Carolina caught up to Columbia in the third inning and never looked back as it sent the Lions into the losers’ bracket in N.C.A.A. Division 1 regional play.

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Pedro Martínez was back with the Mets on Friday, which meant he was throwing, smiling, joking and trying to bring some stability to a team that has been wobbly without him.

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Joe Girardi said he made the decision to start Joba Chamerlain against the Blue Jays after weighing “a ton of factors,” among them keeping Andy Pettitte on normal rest.

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The Yankees commemorated the one-third mark of their season by bobbing up to the break-even point once more. Mike Mussina overcame a shaky opening, and Hideki Matsui came through with an RBI single in the seventh that proved big in the Bombers' 6-5 win over the Twins to open a four-game series at the Metrodome.

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Daisuke Matsuzaka was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday by the Boston Red Sox, who opted to take a cautious approach towards a mild strain of his right rotator cuff.

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Joba Chamberlain is set to bid farewell to the bullpen and join the Yankees' rotation on Tuesday, drawing his first starting assignment against the Blue Jays in the Bronx.

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Joba Chamberlain will make his highly anticipated first major league start on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium against Toronto.

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