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| Marlins' Olsen hit in head by line drive |
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06/28/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Florida Marlins relief pitcher Kevin Olsen was hit in the head by a line drive and was forced to leave Friday's 25-8 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. In the seventh inning, the laugher of a game quickly became secondary to the health of Olsen. Todd Walker's line drive struck Olsen in the side of the head. The crowd immediately went silent and Florida's training staff rushed to his side. Olsen was conscious when he was taken from the field on a stretcher to Beth Israel |
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| Jays come up short in battle of the birds |
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06/26/2003 |
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| o has endured since it was swept in a three-game set by the St. Louis Cardinals from June 3-5. The loss dropped the Blue Jays three games behind the New York Yankees in the American League East and moved them back into third place, a game behind the Boston Red Sox. With the Toronto loss pretty well secured in the ninth, the game was interrupted three times in the frame when five fans jumped out of the stands and ran across the outfield before being taken down by security. Two fans jumped onto the field during |
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| Detroit Tigers Team Report - June 26 |
MLB Baseball |
06/26/2003 |
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| === Detroit Tigers Team Report - June 26 === (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Tigers hope to halt a five-game losing streak and avoid a four-game sweep at the hands of the Boston Red Sox on Thursday when the teams meet in the finale of their set at Fenway Park. Detroit fell for the 17th time in its last 19 games on Wednesday by suffering an 11-2 setback to the Red Sox. Boston plated nine runs in the eighth inning to blow the game open. Mike Maroth (2-12) suffered the defeat and became the first 12-game loser i |
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| Maroth loses league-leading 12th |
MLB Baseball |
06/26/2003 |
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| === Maroth loses league-leading 12th === By Ralph Lauro, MLB Analyst Tigers team report (MySportsbook) - Despite allowing just two runs over seven innings against the hard hitting Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, Mike Maroth received his league- leading 12th loss of the season. Maroth deserved a better fate after allowing just seven hits and two walks, but the Tigers could not produce any offense in an 11-2 setback. "Mike Maroth was outstanding," Tigers manager Alan Trammell said to the Detroit Free Press foll |
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| New York Yankees Team Report - June 26 |
MLB Baseball |
06/26/2003 |
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| k with six strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings. He has yielded just seven runs and 20 hits in his last 21 1/3 innings since being knocked out in the second inning of a June 8 loss to the Chicago Cubs. With the win New York remained two games in front of the Boston Red Sox in the American League East and moved three ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston defeated Detroit on Wednesday, while the Blue Jays fell to Baltimore. Heading to the hill this afternoon for the Yankees will be righthander Mike Mussina, who is 9-4 |
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| Detroit Tigers Team Report - June 25 |
MLB Baseball |
06/25/2003 |
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| === Detroit Tigers Team Report - June 25 === (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Tigers hope to halt a four-game losing streak on Wednesday when they battle the Boston Red Sox in the third of a four-game series at Fenway Park. Detroit has dropped 16 of its last 18 contests overall and is coming off a 10-1 setback to the Red Sox on Tuesday. Nate Cornejo (3-6) suffered the loss after surrendering six runs on 10 hits in four-plus innings. He walked three and fanned none. Dmitri Young went 2-for-3 for the Tigers, who |
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| Kapler inks minor league deal with Red Sox |
MLB Baseball |
06/24/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Outfielder Gabe Kapler inked a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday. Kapler, who was given his unconditional release by the Colorado Rockies last Thursday, will report to Single-A Lowell on Thursday because that is the only club playing in the area that day. He will move on to Double-A Portland for a Friday doubleheader. "He's a right-handed hitter, he's a tremendous defensive outfielder at all three positions. He's an above average runner, an above average t |
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| Soriano remains the AL leader for All-Star Game voting |
MLB Baseball |
06/23/2003 |
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| by position are first baseman Carlos Delgado of the Toronto Blue Jays and third baseman Troy Glaus of the World Series champion Anaheim Angels. Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki leads all outfielders with 704,346 votes, and is followed by Manny Ramirez of the Boston Red Sox and Torii Hunter of the Minnesota Twins. Designated hitter Edgar Martinez of the Seattle Mariners, with 644,537 votes, has more than double the amount of votes than the next closest DH. The 2003 All-Star Game, scheduled for July 15 at Chicago's U.S. |
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| Canseco sent to jail until hearing |
MLB Baseball |
06/23/2003 |
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| go along with two years' house arrest for the nightclub brawl and was also arrested in March for violating his probation by failing to begin his community service and anger management classes. A former member of the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Chicago White Sox, Canseco was booked at the Davie substation and then transferred to the main Broward County Jail, where he is being held without bond pending a court appearance. In his |
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| Weekend of woes in Philly |
MLB Baseball |
06/23/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox felt confident about themselves heading into their interleague series with the Philadelphia Phillies. They had captured five of their previous seven games and were hanging tough with the first-place Yankees in the AL East. After Friday's contest was postponed because rain, the opener was pushed to Saturday and what resulted was easily the worst loss of the season for Boston. A healthy Pedro Martinez got the start and came through with another solid outing, allowing only |
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