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| White Sox closer Jenks placed on DL |
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07/09/2008 |
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| und closer has converted 18 of 21 save opportunities this season, with a miniscule 1.95 earned run average and a 2-0 record. Scott Linebrink has been handling the closing duties for the White Sox, but he blew a two-run, extra-inning lead against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday before the club came back to win, 8-7 in 13 innings. Pitcher D.J. Carrasco was recalled to take Jenks' spot on the roster. Carrasco hasn't pitched in the majors since 2005, when he went 6-8 with 4.79 ERA in 21 games, 20 of them starts, fo |
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| Longoria takes AL Rookie of Month award for June |
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07/09/2008 |
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| a .374 on-base percentage in June. The 22-year-old hit four home runs and drove in 12 in a six-game stretch from June 22-28 during which the Rays won six of seven games to close the month with an MLB-best 50-32 record. As of Tuesday night Longoria held the lead among five candidates for the final spot on the AL All-Star team. Other rookies receiving votes included Kansas City Royals shortstop Mike Aviles, Detroit Tigers right-handed pitcher Armando Galarraga, and Chicago White Sox second baseman Alexei Ramirez. |
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| White Sox, Royals resume series in KC |
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07/09/2008 |
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| - The Chicago bullpen knows the pressure is on with closer Bobby Jenks headed to the disabled list. After nearly costing the White Sox a game last night, the unit will try to rebound this evening in the middle portion of a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Jenks hasn't pitched for the White Sox since June 29, when he threw a scoreless inning of relief against the Cubs. However, he felt soreness near his left scapula the day before and has been dealing with discomfort ever since. T |
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| Yanks, Rays end quick set in the Bronx |
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07/09/2008 |
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| on lost to the Rays earlier this season and is 8-9 lifetime against them with a 4.29 ERA in 25 games (24 starts). Tampa will pin its hopes on righty Edwin Jackson, who is 5-6 with a 4.08 ERA this season. Jackson picked up a win on Friday against the Kansas City Royals, as he allowed two runs (one earned) and four hits in eight innings. Jackson tossed seven scoreless innings in a no-decision against the Yanks back on May 13, but is 2-2 in 10 games (six starts) against them with a 4.42 ERA in those outings. The Yan |
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| White Sox' Jenks headed to DL |
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07/09/2008 |
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| e sweep with a scoreless inning of relief. However, the reliever felt soreness near his left scapula the day before and has been dealing with discomfort ever since. The 6-foot-3, 275-pound closer has converted 18 of 21 save opportunities this season, with a miniscule 1.95 earned run average and a 2-0 record. Scott Linebrink has been handling the closing duties for the White Sox, but he blew a two-run, extra-inning lead against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday before the club came back to win, 8-7 in 13 innings. |
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| Padres' Tomko to DL, among other moves for San Diego |
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07/09/2008 |
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| cher Brett Tomko on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right elbow. The move is retroactive to July 1. The journeyman right-hander has made two relief appearances for the Padres since being signed by the club after his release from the Kansas City Royals on June 21. Tomko signed a one-year, $3 million contract in the off-season with Kansas City, but struggled to a 2-7 mark with a 6.97 earned run average. This is Tomko's third stint with the Padres, having pitched for the club in 2002 and again in 20 |
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| White Sox hang on to beat Royals in 13 innings |
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07/09/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - Orlando Cabrera went 2-for-6 and drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 13th inning, as the Chicago White Sox outlasted the Kansas City Royals, 8-7, in the opener of a three-game set. The ChiSox jumped on top in the 13th inning. Alexei Ramirez cracked a one-out single and came around as Cabrera followed with a double, giving Chicago an 8-7 cushion. Esteban German led the home half off with a single off Nick Masset. David DeJesus went down swinging for the first out, though |
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| White Sox activate 1B Konerko off DL |
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07/09/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Chicago White Sox activated first baseman Paul Konerko off the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, and he went 1-for-3 and drove in a run in Chicago's 8-7, 13-inning victory over the Kansas City Royals. Konerko, who had been rehabilitating at Triple-A Charlotte, was placed on the DL for the first time in his career on June 17 with a Grade 1 strain of his left oblique muscle. The slugger was batting just .215 with eight home runs and 30 runs batted in with the White Sox before the |
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| Rays take their surprise act to Yankee Stadium |
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07/08/2008 |
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| l into the opener of their brief two-game series with the New York Yankees this evening at Yankee Stadium. Tampa, though, had its seven-game winning streak stopped on Monday, as it found itself on the wrong end of a 7-4 decision in 10 innings to the Kansas City Royals at Tropicana Field. The Rays had tied the game in the bottom of the ninth on Carlos Pena's solo home run, but Dan Wheeler (2-4) served up four runs (three earned) in the 10th to seal their fate. Still and all, Tampa is 55-32, four games up on the Bo |
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| Cabrera leads O's into Toronto |
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07/08/2008 |
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| ankees in the Bronx on May 20. He's just 1-3 in eight starts since, however, as his record has plunged to 6-4 and his earned run average has ballooned to 4.34. The one victory did come in his last start, though, when he went the distance against the Kansas City Royals, allowing seven hits and two runs, while walking none and striking out two in a 5-2 win on July 2. He is 4-7 in 14 lifetime starts against Toronto with a 4.39 ERA in 82 innings. Toronto right-hander Dustin McGowan dropped a 4-3 decision to the Oriol |
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