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| Awesome and Awful April performances |
MLB Baseball |
05/02/2003 |
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| starters are off to an incredible beginning to 2003. Up until an April 24th loss in Anaheim, Yankee starters had recorded wins in 20 straight regular-season decisions dating back to last season, breaking the previous AL record of 18 set by the 1906 Chicago White Sox. Despite injuries to closer Mariano Rivera and All-Star shortstop Derek Jeter, the Yankees received adequate contributions from Erick Almonte and Juan Acevedo. ROCCO BALDELLI - What else can you say, but "the kid is awesome!" The 21-year- old center |
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| Oakland Athletics Team Report - May 1 |
MLB Baseball |
05/01/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Oakland A's will shoot for their seventh straight win this evening when they try to complete a three-game sweep over the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Mark Mulder notched his second complete game of the season to lead Oakland to a 4-1 win in the second games of the set on Wednesday. Ramon Hernandez finished with three hits and Eric Chavez added two, including a homer, for the Athletics, who have won six straight and have pulled even with the Seattle Mariners atop the AL West s |
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| Chicago White Sox Team Report - May 1 |
MLB Baseball |
05/01/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - In order to avoid a three-game sweep at U.S. Cellular Field by Oakland, the Chicago White Sox must snap the Athletics' seven-game winning streak. Yesterday, Chicago managed only four hits and yielded nine in a 4-1 loss to the Athletics. Jose Valentin, Frank Thomas, Carlos Lee and Paul Konerko each had hits for the White Sox, who have lost two straight and seven of their last 10. Chicago has scored just 24 runs in its last nine games and is 3-6 during the stretch. Mark Buehrle (2-4) absorbed t |
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| Minnesota Twins Team Report - May 1 |
MLB Baseball |
05/01/2003 |
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| /3 innings of work. He gave up four runs on seven hits, including a home run, and struck out three. Joe Mays will take the hill today for the Twins and will try to improve on his last start, a solid four-hit, one-run, seven inning effort against the Chicago White Sox on Friday. Mays, who is 3-2 on the year with a 4.85 ERA, has started four games against the Devil Rays in his career and is 0-2 with a 6.63 ERA. The Twins took five of the seven meetings between the two teams last season, including all four games pl |
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| Rangers to remove Kreuter from roster |
MLB Baseball |
04/28/2003 |
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| e was informed Sunday that he will no longer will be with the team. An official roster move is expected Tuesday. Kreuter made the club out of spring training after being signed as a non- roster player. He was batting just .111 with two hits in 18 at-bats over seven games. The 38-year-old veteran began his career with Texas in 1988 and has also played for Detroit, Seattle, the Chicago White Sox, Anaheim, Kansas City and Los Angeles. He has a career .237 average with 54 homers and 274 RBI in 944 big league games. |
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| Chicago's Loaiza named AL Player of the Week |
MLB Baseball |
04/28/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Esteban Loaiza was named American League Player of the Week for the period ending April 27. Loaiza, who is 5-0 with a 1.25 ERA this season, has recorded 35 strikeouts and walked just five batters, while holding opponents to a major league best .151 batting average. He and New York Yankees' pitcher Mike Mussina are the only pitchers in the majors to post 5-0 records. Last week, Loaiza went 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA with 16 strikeouts and no walks in 15 |
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| Chicago White Sox Team Report - April 28 |
MLB Baseball |
04/28/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Esteban Loaiza allowed just one run through seven solid innings of work to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Twins at U.S. Cellular Field on Sunday. Twins at U.S. Cellular Field on Sunday. Jose Valentin homered and Carlos Lee drove in a run for the White Sox, who despite managing just three hits, won their second in a row after a three-game losing skid. The three runs were all Loaiza (5-0) needed to pick up the win. The righthander struck out eight and did not permit |
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| Minnesota Twins Team Report - April 28 |
MLB Baseball |
04/28/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins ran into one of the hottest pitchers in the American League on Sunday in Esteban Loaiza and suffered a 3-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Rick Reed (1-4) took the loss after allowing three runs -- two earned -- on three hits. He struck out five and walked one. Reed is now 1-5 lifetime against the White Sox, but he was able to retire 17 of the final 19 batters he faced on Sunday. A.J. Pierzynski drove in the lone run for Minnesota, which has now lost seven of its last eight |
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| Chicago White Sox Team Report - April 27 |
MLB Baseball |
04/28/2003 |
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| n in 8 1/3 innings in a victory at Baltimore on Tuesday. The 31-year-old Mexican owns a 7-5 record against the Twins with an ERA of 3.78 in 12 starts. Last night, Magglio Ordonez hit two home runs and Carlos Lee went 3-for-4 with a homer to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Minnesota Twins, 7-4. Frank Thomas added two hits, including a home run, for Chicago, which has won for only the second time in its last seven. Jon Garland (1-2) earned his first win of the season after throwing 5 2/3 innings and allowing t |
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| Angels salvage finale |
MLB Baseball |
04/25/2003 |
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| rotation had won a modern day record 17 straight decisions to open the 2003 campaign. New York starters had also recorded wins in 20 straight regular-season decisions dating back to last season, breaking the previous AL record of 18 set by the 1906 Chicago White Sox. New York finished three wins short of the major league record posted by the 1916 New York Giants. "They're as billed," Scioscia said. "They've been pitching as well as any group of guys can for the first month of the season." SARS CONCERNS Anaheim |
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