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| Expos' Armas to have shoulder surgery |
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05/17/2003 |
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| rmas will be sidelined. He last pitched April 20 against the Cincinnati Reds, giving up five earned runs in six innings of work. The 25-year-old righthander is 2-1 with a 2.61 ERA in five starts this season. Armas went 12-12 with a 4.44 ERA in 29 starts last season. After a disappointing start, he finished off the year by going 4-0 in September. The Puerto Piritu, Venezuela native came over to the Expos as a player to be named later in a November 18, 1997 trade that sent Pedro Martinez to the Boston Red Sox. |
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| Greene returns from DL |
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05/15/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Texas Rangers activated catcher Todd Greene from the 15-day disabled list and entered him into the starting lineup against the Boston Red Sox Thursday. Greene went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and threw a runner out attempting to steal in the Rangers' 12-3 loss. The Rangers sent Gerald Laird to Triple-A Oklahoma. Greene, who went on the DL April 30 with a strained right hamstring, was batting .179 with two homers and three RBIs in 11 games before he was injured. Laird was 3-for |
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| Texas Rangers Team Report - May 15 |
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05/15/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Texas Rangers' offense finally cooled down on Wednesday, as they lost 7-1 to the Boston Red Sox in the middle contest of a three-game set at Fenway Park. Carl Everett drove in the lone run for the Rangers, who have lost five of their last six outings. Texas is just 3-9 this month. Joaquin Benoit (1-1) took the loss after he yielded three runs on three hits in 4 1/3 innings. Benoit started the game off with control problems, walking four of the first six batters he faced. He would settl |
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| Boston's Person activated from DL |
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05/13/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox activated pitcher Robert Person from the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday. Person was signed to a minor league contract in the offseason, but was placed on the DL in spring training with elbow and shoulder injuries. Person won 15 games for the Phillies just two seasons ago, but was bothered by shoulder and elbow injures last year and finished 4-5 with a 5.44 ERA in 16 starts. The 33-year-old Person is 51-42 with a 4.60 ERA in eight seasons with the New York Met |
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| Minnesota Twins Team Report - May 12 |
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05/12/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Jacque Jones went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two runs batted in, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 9-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the finale of a three-game series at the Metrodome on Sunday. Jones has now hit safely in his last six games and is 14-for-25 during that stretch, including 10 runs scored and seven RBI. Luis Rivas added three hits, two runs scored and an RBI for the Twins, who nearly blew an 8-0 lead and won two of three games in the series. Minnesota, which also |
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| Minnesota Twins Team Report - May 9 |
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05/09/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The surging Minnesota Twins aim for their fifth straight win tonight as they begin a three-game set against the Boston Red Sox at the Metrodome. Minnesota comes into Friday's affair rolling after completing a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and have climbed within three games of the Kansas City Royals in the AL Central. Kyle Lohse tossed a five-hit shutout as Minnesota blanked Tampa Bay, 5-0, on Thursday. Lohse (3-3) struck out three without walking a batter en route to his se |
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| Kansas City Royals Team Report - May 7 |
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05/07/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Jeremy Affeldt lasted just four innings and allowed five hits and one run in a 7-3 setback to the Boston Red Sox. Affeldt (2-1), who was making his first start since April 19 due to a blister, set a career-high with six strikeouts. Carlos Febles and Michael Tucker each finished with two hits for the Royals, who suffered their first home loss of the season. Kyle Snyder will pitch today for Kansas City. The young righthander will be making the second start of his young career. In his major l |
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| Royals starter Affeldt returns from DL |
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05/06/2003 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - Kansas City lefty Jeremy Affeldt returns to the Royals Tuesday after being activated from the 15-day disabled list, and will get the start against the Boston Red Sox. The 23-year-old Affeldt was forced to the DL with a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand, a recurring problem that dates back to last season. The injury resurfaced during an April 19 start against Detroit. Manager Tony Pena intends to limit Affeldt to "75 to 80 pitches" in his return. In a related |
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| Yankees head to Seattle for a battle of division leaders |
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05/06/2003 |
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| ut six batters and walked just two. Erick Almonte collected the lone extra-base hit for New York with a double. Prior to the game, Yankees All-Star shortstop Derek Jeter reported no problems after taking batting practice for the first time since dislocating his left shoulder on opening day. Jeter is undergoing rehab in Tampa. Despite back-to-back losses, the Yankees have maintained a 3 1/2 game advantage in the East standings over the Boston Red Sox. New York owns just a 5-5 record over its last 10 contests. |
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| Kansas City Royals Team Report - May 6 |
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05/06/2003 |
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| League Central-leading Kansas City Royals are the only team in the majors with an unblemished record at home. On Monday the squad picked up its second straight win and the 11th in as many tries at Kauffman Stadium in 2003 with a 7-6 triumph over the Boston Red Sox. Desi Relaford was hit by a pitch to force in the tying run and Mike Sweeney scored the winning run on an error, as the Royals rallied for a pair of ninth- inning runs to post the one-run win over Boston in the opener of a three-game series. Relafor |
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