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| Angels top Yankees, clinch AL West crown |
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| win. Kevin Jepsen, Jose Arredondo, Scot Shields and Francisco Rodriguez finished things from there by combining for four innings of scoreless relief. Rodriguez earned his 56th save, just one off the big league record recorded by Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox in 1990. Jason Giambi was 1-for-2 with an RBI for the listless Yankees, who managed just four hits and have dropped five of their last seven games. Andy Pettitte (13-13) was touched for four runs -- three earned -- on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings en r |
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| Angels top Yankees to clinch share of AL West crown |
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| win. Kevin Jepsen, Jose Arredondo, Scot Shields and Francisco Rodriguez finished things from there by combining for four innings of scoreless relief. Rodriguez earned his 56th save, just one off the big league record recorded by Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox in 1990. Jason Giambi was 1-for-2 with an RBI for the listless Yankees, who managed just four hits and have dropped five of their last seven games. Andy Pettitte (13-13) was touched for four runs -- three earned -- on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings en r |
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| Twins resume set with Royals |
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| neau had a two-run homer and Joe Mauer also drove in two runs, lifting the Twins to a 7-2 win. Brian Buscher went 3-for-4 with an RBI and scored for Minnesota, which despite only having two wins in their last seven games, pulled within a game of the Chicago White Sox for the top spot in the AL Central. The Pale Hose were swept in a doubleheader by the Blue Jays on Tuesday. Nick Blackburn (10-8) got the win after lasting seven innings and giving up just two runs on five hits, while fanning three and walking one b |
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| Halladay leads Jays in third test with White Sox |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays keep on winning, while the Chicago White Sox continue to lose players. Toronto will attempt to extend its winning streak to 11 games against the injury-depleted White Sox in tonight's third test of a four-game series between the clubs from U.S. Cellular Field. The Blue Jays maintained their remarkable run with a doubleheader sweep of American Central-leading Chicago on Tuesday. After claiming a 3-1 victory behind A.J. Burnett in the opener, Toronto got three home runs en |
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| White Sox 1B Konerko hurts knee |
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09/10/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago White Sox, already smarting from an injury to standout outfielder Carlos Quentin, lost first baseman Paul Konerko with a sprained knee Tuesday. Konerko sprained the medial collateral ligament in his right knee during the fifth inning of an 8-2 loss to Toronto in the nightcap of a doubleheader. The White Sox said it was a mild sprain, and that x-rays were negative. Konerko will have an MRI on Wednesday. In the fifth inning, Alex Rios stroked an RBI hit to right field. R |
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| ChiSox 2B Ramirez selected as AL's top rookie for August |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Chicago White Sox second baseman Alexei Ramirez has been selected as the American League Rookie of the Month for August. Ramirez batted .308 with six homers and 22 runs batted in last month. He recorded a four-hit game against Baltimore on August 25. Others considered for the honor were Minnesota pitcher Glen Perkins and Twins outfielder Denard Span. Perkins was 4-0 with a 3.31 earned run average in August, while Span hit .292 for the month with 23 runs batted in and 20 runs scor |
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| Blue Jays, White Sox set for Windy City doubleheader |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays are expected to get their four-game series off to a delayed start with a day-night doubleheader that begins this afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field. The teams were scheduled to square off on Monday, but the contest was postponed due to rain and will be replayed this afternoon. Poor weather is about the only thing that has stopped the Blue Jays from winning lately. Toronto enters this twinbill having ripped off eight consecutive victories, with the thr |
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| Twins open series with Royals |
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09/09/2008 |
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| ome this past weekend to drop two of three to the Detroit Tigers, including a 7-5 loss in Sunday's finale. Justin Morneau drove in four runs in Sunday's loss for the Twins, who have dropped five of six overall and have fallen 2 1/2 games back of the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central. Glen Perkins (12-4) took the loss and was charged with nine hits and five runs -- three earned -- over 5 2/3 innings. Minnesota will pin its hopes tonight on rookie right-hander Nick Blackburn, who is 9-8 with a 3.71 ERA. Blackbur |
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| Orioles, Indians meet again at Camden Yards |
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| collected three hits, two of them doubles, and drove in two for the Indians, who have lost three of five. Cleveland will hand the ball to lefty Jeremy Sowers, who has lost his last two starts. Sowers was tagged with the loss on Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox, as he allowed four runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings to drop him to 2-8 on the year, while raising his earned run average to 5.97. Sowers is 0-2 lifetime against the Orioles with a 9.50 ERA in four starts. Baltimore will counter with righty Radham |
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| Rain postpones Toronto/Chicago game |
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09/08/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Monday's game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Chicago White Sox has been postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a day/night doubleheader on Tuesday. The rained-out game will begin at 2:05 p.m (et), with the nightcap starting at the originally scheduled 8:11 p.m. (et). Javier Vazquez will start on the mound for Chicago and be opposed by A.J. Burnett in the first game. Clayton Richard will toe the rubber for Chicago and Jesse Litsch will oppose him for Toro |
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