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| Driver charged with murder in Adenhart's death |
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04/11/2009 |
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| he scene on foot before he was arrested less than 30 minutes later, about two miles away on the shoulder of State Route 91. Gallo was also accused of trying to run from the police. The Angels were back on the field Friday night in a 6-3 win over the Boston Red Sox. The Angels had a moment of silence for Adenhart before Friday's game and the team displayed a picture of Adenhart with the No. 34 on center field wall. "When I was running out to center field to start the game, his picture was right there," said An |
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| Cardinals continue early homestand with test from Astros |
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04/10/2009 |
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| . Now 30, the Puerto Rican product made it to the majors with the Mariners in 2000 and stayed through 2006, reaching double-digit victories twice - including a 16-win campaign in 2003 and a 14-win season in 2002. He split 2007 with the Cardinals and Boston Red Sox, going 7-5 with a 4.33 ERA in 42 appearances, including 11 starts. Last season was Pineiro's first since 2005 as a full-time starter and saw him make 25 starts in 26 appearances and post a 5.15 ERA in 148 2/3 innings. In his career against Houston, |
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| With heavy hearts, Angels welcome Boston into Anaheim |
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04/10/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Still coping with the shocking and sudden loss of a teammate, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will take the field tonight against the Boston Red Sox in the first meeting between the clubs since last October's American League Division Series. The Angels have yet to play since the tragic death of pitcher Nick Adenhart, who was among three people killed in a car accident with an alleged drunk driver early Thursday morning, just hours after the 22-year-old made his season debut in the team's |
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| Rays renew acquaintances with O's in Baltimore |
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04/10/2009 |
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| top of the AL heap last season, winning 13 times in 32 starts as his ERA dropped nearly a run-and-a-half down to 4.38 in 193 1/3 innings. More success followed in the postseason, where Sonnanstine won a game apiece against the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox, while giving up nine hits and five runs in 13 innings. However, he lost his lone start in the World Series against Philadelphia. Lifetime against Baltimore, Sonnanstine is 2-2 with a 6.67 ERA in 27 innings over five games. Lanky left-hander Mark He |
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| Longoria helps Rays edge Red Sox |
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04/09/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Evan Longoria went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run, as the Tampa Bay Rays slipped past the Boston Red Sox, 4-3, in the conclusion of a three-game set at Fenway Park. Matt Joyce and Shawn Riggans each hit a solo home run for the Rays, who dropped the opener of the series but took the final two games. Matt Garza (1-0), who beat the Red Sox twice in 2008's ALCS to grab the series MVP, got the win as he gave up just one run on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts in seven |
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| Mets hope to get the brooms out in Cincy |
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04/09/2009 |
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| gs. For Cincinnati, veteran right-hander Bronson Arroyo takes the mound for the first time in 2009 as he tries to follow up on a season that saw him win a career-best 15 games. A 32-year-old product of Key West, Florida, Arroyo won 10 games with the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and 14 in 2005 before coming to the Reds in an offseason trade for outfielder Wily Mo Pena. He was 14-11 in 2006 with Cincinnati, but slumped to 9-15 in 2007 before the bounce-back to 15-11 with a 4.77 ERA in 200 innings last season. It was |
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| Garza, Dice-K square off in Boston |
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04/09/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Tampa Bay right-hander Matt Garza faces the team against whom he became a postseason star last fall when the Rays visit Fenway Park in the finale of a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox. A first-round selection of the Minnesota Twins in the 2005 draft, Garza pitched in 26 games over two seasons before coming to the Rays with shortstop Jason Bartlett in a deal that saw Delmon Young, Brendan Harris and Jason Pridie head north. He was 11-9 with a 3.70 earned run average in 30 starts fo |
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| Beckett goes seven strong as Sox down Rays in opener |
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04/07/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Josh Beckett had 10 strikeouts in a seven-inning performance to help the Boston Red Sox to a 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in the season opener for both squads at Fenway Park. This series was supposed to get underway on Monday, but rain in the Boston area prompted a postponement. Beckett (1-0), who went 12-10 last season, was charged with just one run on two hits along with three walks for the Red Sox, who were upended by Tampa Bay in the American League Championship Series la |
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| Rays to begin belated AL title defense in Boston |
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04/07/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - For the first time in team history, the Tampa Bay Rays open a season with huge expectations. They will lift the lid off the 2009 campaign with today's opener of a three-game set against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. This series was supposed to get underway on Monday, but rain in the Boston area prompted a postponement. After finishing in last place in nine of its first 10 seasons, Tampa Bay shocked the baseball world a year ago, winning the American League East and advancing to the Wo |
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| Blue Jays, Tigers ready to begin season |
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04/06/2009 |
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| ason. Toronto, meanwhile, has produced three straight winning seasons for the first time in almost a decade. Unfortunately for the Jays, they just happen to play in the best division in all of baseball. Not only does Toronto have to contend with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, but now the once-perennial doormat Tampa Bay Rays have emerged as a powerhouse in the East. After John Gibbons was fired on June 20, former skipper Cito Gaston, who guided the franchise to its two World Series titles in 1992-93 |
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