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| Twins visit A's in next stop on grueling trip |
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08/28/2008 |
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| trip with the first of four clashes against the Oakland Athletics at McAfee Coliseum. Minnesota, who will close the trip with a visit to Toronto after this series, is 3-4 thus far on the trek and enters tonight's tilt a game back of the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central and 2 1/2 behind the Boston Red Sox for the Wild Card. The Twins did not help their cause any earlier in the week, dropping two of three to the lowly Seattle Mariners, but salvaged the finale of the set on Wednesday. Brian Buscher' |
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| Dodgers recall DeWitt, designate Ozuna for assignment |
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08/27/2008 |
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| tarter at the hot corner for LA this season, was optioned to the minors to make room for the newly-acquired Casey Blake on July 26. The first-year player is hitting .257 with five home runs and 35 runs batted in over 88 games. Ozuna was released by the Chicago White Sox earlier in the season before scuffling to a .167 average (3-for-18) in 28 games for LA. He hit .281 in 34 games with the White Sox. The 34-year-old is a career .282 hitter over his seven seasons with Florida, Colorado, the White Sox and Dodgers. |
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| White Sox, O's close set in Baltimore |
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08/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Radhames Liz makes his second start since returning from a stint in the minors tonight when the Baltimore Orioles entertain the visiting Chicago White Sox in the finale of a three-game series at Camden Yards. Liz, a 25-year-old who was signed as an undrafted free agent and reached the majors last season, made 10 starts in 2008 before being sent to Triple-A Norfolk following a July 26 loss to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who touched him for seven hits and six runs in 5 2/3 i |
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| Floyd and Cabrera too much for Orioles |
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08/27/2008 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - Orlando Cabrera went 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles, a triple, two RBI and three runs scored as the Chicago White Sox downed the Baltimore Orioles, 8-3, in the second of three games from Camden Yards. Carlos Quentin went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, one RBI and one run scored, while Nick Swisher hit a two-run home run for the White Sox, who have won three straight. Gavin Floyd (14-6) got the win as he gave up just two runs on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts in eight |
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| Chicago OF Swisher leaves game |
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08/26/2008 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - Chicago White Sox center fielder Nick Swisher left Tuesday's 8-3 win against the Baltimore Orioles with a lower left leg contusion. Swisher, who hit a two-run homer in the first inning, fouled a ball off his shin before string out in the fourth inning and was replaced in center field by Brian Anderson to start the bottom of the fourth. In 126 games with Chicago this season, he is batting .234 with 22 home runs and 65 RBI. He spent his first four season in the majors with Oakland |
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| White Sox, O's resume set in Baltimore |
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08/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Lanky right-hander Gavin Floyd makes his second career start against Baltimore tonight when the Chicago White Sox head to Camden Yards to meet the homestanding Orioles in the middle game of a three-game series. Floyd, a first-round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies who broke in with the Phillies before heading to Chicago prior to the 2007 season, met the Orioles for the first and only time on April 17 of this year. He pitched six innings and allowed just two hits and two unearned runs in that |
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| ChiSox activate Crede |
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08/26/2008 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - Chicago White Sox third baseman Joe Crede has been activated off the 15-day disabled list. Crede had been sidelined since July 22 with back lumbar inflammation. In Monday's 4-3 win over Baltimore, the series opener with the Orioles, Crede started and finished 0-for-4 at the plate. He is batting .250 this season with 17 homers and 54 runs batted in. He had batted 2-for-16 in five games during a rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte. The White Sox opened a roster spot by placin |
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| White Sox scratch out win over O's |
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08/26/2008 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - Alexei Ramirez went 4-for-5 with two runs scored as the Chicago White Sox downed the Baltimore Orioles, 4-3, in the opener of a three-game set at Camden Yards. Jim Thome hit a solo home run while Ken Griffey Jr. drove in a run for the White Sox, who dropped two of three against Tampa Bay over the weekend. "He's hungry, he loves to play and he has a lot of abilities and he makes them work for him," said Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen about Ramirez, who tied a career-high with the |
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| Orioles win suspended game |
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08/26/2008 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - Lou Montanez's RBI single in the 14th inning gave the Baltimore Orioles a 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox to complete a rain-suspended game that had originally started on April 28. The game was originally played at U.S. Cellular Field, but since the teams would not meet in Chicago for the rest of the season, it was completed at Camden Yards with Chicago as the home team before the opener of a three-game set. In the 14th inning, Nick Markakis singled to start the frame and Kev |
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| K-Rod captures AL weekly honor |
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08/25/2008 |
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| e milestone save came in the Angels' 129th game, making Rodriguez the fastest to reach the 50-save plateau. The 26-year-old right-hander is on pace for 63 saves, which would shatter the all-time single-season record of 57 set by Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox in 1990. Other nominees for this week's honor included Chicago's Nick Swisher, who clubbed four homers, drove in eight runs and batted .318; Boston's Jason Bay, who batted .346 with three homers; and Baltimore's Aubrey Huff, who hit .320 with two ho |
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