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| Mariners designate DH Vidro for assignment, recall OF Balentien |
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08/06/2008 |
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| ionalism," said Mariners vice president and general manager of baseball operations Lee Pelekoudas. "We wanted to have every opportunity to try and trade him. Even though that opportunity may still exist, now that we've passed the July 31 deadline it was important for us to continue our transition into a club that is looking towards the 2009 season, even as we try to win as many games as possible this season." The 24-year-old Balentien went 1-for-3 with an RBI in Tuesday's 8-7 victory over the Minnesota Twins. |
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| White Sox lose their grip on AL Central |
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08/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Chicago White Sox have had a stronghold on first place in the American League Central since May 17. But thanks to their recent struggles, particularly within their own division, they now share that lead with the Minnesota Twins. Chicago lost three out of four last week to the Twins, who just received a shot in the arm with the return of Francisco Liriano. The White Sox followed that up by dropping two of three to the Kansas City Royals over the weekend, and in ugly fashion. Not only did |
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| Now is the time for Tigers to regroup |
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08/05/2008 |
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| ore it's shut. The Tampa Bay Rays managed a three-game sweep of Detroit over the weekend, sending the Tigers to a fourth straight loss. At the moment, Detroit (55-56) is 6 1/2 games back in the American League Central, with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins tied for first. With Ken Griffey Jr. donning a Chicago White Sox uniform and Francisco Liriano back to throwing darts for the Minnesota Twins, the cards are stacked against the Tigers. But they've got an opportunity to do something about that right |
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| Twins, Mariners continue series at Safeco |
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08/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins try to rebound from last night's discouraging loss to the Seattle Mariners when the two teams continue a three- game set this evening at Safeco Field. Minnesota took a five-run lead into the bottom of the seventh inning of Monday's series opener, but the Mariners erupted for 10 unanswered runs to rally for an 11-6 victory and knock the Twins out of sole possession of first place in the American League Central. Raul Ibanez began the comeback with a grand slam off Twins st |
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| American League Game Capsules |
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08/05/2008 |
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| n three-plus innings of work. George Sherrill (3-5) was saddled with the loss. Final Score: Seattle 11, Minnesota 6 Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - Raul Ibanez's grand slam highlighted a 10-run seventh inning, as the Seattle Mariners rallied past the Minnesota Twins, 11-6 in the opener of a three-game series from Safeco Field. Ibanez finished 3- for-5 with six RBI and two runs scored for the Mariners, who have won two straight. Adrian Beltre and Jose Lopez also had three hits and a run scored, with Lopez drivin |
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| Ibanez's grand slam highlights 10-run inning as M's pound Twins |
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08/05/2008 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - Raul Ibanez's grand slam highlighted a 10-run seventh inning, as the Seattle Mariners rallied past the Minnesota Twins, 11-6 in the opener of a three-game series from Safeco Field. Ibanez finished 3-for-5 with six RBI and two runs scored for the Mariners, who have won two straight. Adrian Beltre and Jose Lopez also had three hits and a run scored, with Lopez driving in a run. Yuniesky Betancourt was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Seattle starter Miguel Batista was roug |
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| First-place Twins open set with Mariners |
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08/04/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The new leaders of the American League's Central Division, the Minnesota Twins, hit the road for a week-long trip that begins with tonight's opener of a three-game series with the Seattle Mariners from Safeco Field. Minnesota has moved past the struggling Chicago White Sox and into first place following Sunday's 6-2 home victory over Cleveland and yesterday's loss by the White Sox to Kansas City. The Twins, who have won seven times in their past nine games, enter tonight's play with a half- |
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| Cleveland's Lee goes for 15th win in matchup with Rays |
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08/04/2008 |
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| in five innings of his team's 14-12 setback. The 29-year-old lefty tossed six scoreless innings to beat the Rays earlier in the year and is 5-2 lifetime against them with a 2.30 ERA in nine starts. Cleveland lost two of three over the weekend to the Minnesota Twins and has dropped four of six overall. As big of a surprise as Lee has been, there have been none bigger this season than the Rays, who enter tonight's opener with a three-game lead on the Boston Red Sox in the American League East. However, the India |
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| Twins' Liriano set for return versus Indians |
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08/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Francisco Liriano makes his much-anticipated return to the majors this afternoon when the Minnesota Twins play the rubber match of their three-game series with the Cleveland Indians at the Metrodome. Liriano took the American League by storm as a 22-year-old rookie in 2006, compiling a 12-3 record and a stellar 2.16 earned run average over 16 starts and 12 relief appearances to help lead the Twins to an AL Central title. However, the Dominican phenom began to develop elbow problems during t |
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| White Sox end road trip with clash against Royals |
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08/03/2008 |
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| pener against Cleveland, lasting only 4 1/3 innings on eight runs and an astounding 14 hits while striking out just one. Kansas City hitters went 14-for-27 off him on the day. Despite the loss Chicago is still a half-game up in the AL Central on the Minnesota Twins, who lost to Cleveland on Saturday. Going for the White Sox today will be 24-year-old lefty Clayton Richard, who is still searching for his first big league win. Richard entered the loss column for the first time in the majors on Tuesday, as the Twi |
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