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| Anaheim Angels Team Report - July 11 |
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| === Anaheim Angels Team Report - July 11 === (MySportsbook) - Anaheim righthander Ramon Ortiz goes after his 11th win of the season, as the Angels open a three-game series against the struggling Minnesota Twins tonight at Edison Field. The Angels will try for their third straight victory tonight. Yesterday, Garret Anderson belted a pair of two-run homers to lead Anaheim to a 7-1 win over Kansas City in the rubber match of a three-game set at Edison Field. Adam Kennedy also hit a home run for the Angels, who |
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| Minnesota Twins Team Report - July 11 |
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| === Minnesota Twins Team Report - July 11 === (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins, who have lost five in a row, will send lefthander Johan Santana to the mound tonight in the opener of a three-game series against the Anaheim Angels at Edison Field. Minnesota has dropped nine of its last 10 overall to sit two games under .500 (44-46) on the season. As a result, the Twins are 4 1/2 games behind Kansas City for the top spot in the AL Central. Santana will make just his fourth start of the season after having |
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| Texas Rangers Team Report - July 11 |
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07/11/2003 |
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| = (MySportsbook) - The Texas Rangers attempt their fifth straight win this evening when they start a three-game set against the Kansas City Royals at the Ballpark in Arlington. Texas enters Friday's affair following its a three-game sweep over the Minnesota Twins that culminated on Thursday with a 9-4 win. Juan Gonzalez hit two home runs and racked up four RBI in the victory, as the Rangers won for the sixth time in their last seven tries. John Thomson (6-9) won his second straight start, allowing just two r |
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| Kansas City Royals Team Report - July 11 |
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| he Texas Rangers at the Ballpark in the final series before the All-Star break for both teams. Hernandez, 4-3 on the season with a 2.79 ERA, has been sidelined since May 27 with inflammation in his right elbow and has not pitched since losing to the Minnesota Twins on May 14. After opening the year by winning his first four decisions, the 25-year-old righthander has lost his last three starts and the six runs allowed in his last outing matched the total he had given up in his first six starts. Hernandez has fa |
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| Cleveland Indians Team Report - July 11 |
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| he mound tonight for Cleveland will be 31-year-ol lefthander Brian Anderson, who has won his last two starts and last three decisions. Anderson, 6-6 on the year with a 4.15 ERA, is coming off a great effort in his last start on Saturday. Against the Minnesota Twins, Anderson surrendered one run on six hits over seven innings. He struck out four and walked one in the 13-2 win. Anderson has faced the White Sox three times this season and is 2-1 against them with a 3.18 ERA. On June 2, he limited Chicago to two r |
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| Chicago White Sox Team Report - July 11 |
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| be righthander Danny Wright, who is still looking for his first win of the season. The 25-year-old hurler is 0-3 on the year with a 5.33 earned run average, but has failed to pick up a decision in his last five starts. In his last outing against the Minnesota Twins, Wright allowed four runs on eight hits over four innings before leaving. The Sox went on to win the game and have won four of his last five starts. Wright's last decision came against the Indians back on May 30 when he absorbed the loss after he wa |
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| Twins sign Kevin Young |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins and first baseman Kevin Young agreed to terms on a minor league contract Thursday. The 34-year-old Young hit .202 with a pair of home runs and seven RBI for the Pittsburgh Pirates this season. He played 52 games for Pittsburgh before his release on June 28. Young was in the final year of his $24 million, four-year contract. Young became the third player at his position to collect 100 runs, 40 doubles, 20 homers, 100 RBI and 20 stolen bases in the same sea |
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| Texas Rangers Team Report - July 10 |
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| === Texas Rangers Team Report - July 10 === (MySportsbook) - The Texas Rangers try to complete a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins tonight at the Ballpark in Arlington. A victory by the Rangers would give them their first sweep of the Twins since August 2-4, 1999. Last night, Alex Rodriguez snapped a sixth-inning tie with a two-run homer and Joaquin Benoit pitched seven strong innings, lifting the Rangers to a 4-1 victory. Mark Teixeira also homered for the Rangers, who have won three in a row and 10 |
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| Cleveland Indians Team Report - July 10 |
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07/10/2003 |
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| on Davis, who will be facing the Yankees for the first time in his career. Davis, 7-7 on the year with a 4.79 ERA, enters tonight's contest on a losing note after getting torched for four runs on four hits in just 2 1/3 innings on Friday against the Minnesota Twins. Cleveland dropped six of its nine meetings last year to New York, but split the six matchups at The Jake. Since the start of the 2000 season, the Yankees hold a 17-13 edge over the Tribe and are 10-7 in Cleveland in that time. The Indians have not |
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| Royals Relaxing atop the AL Central |
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07/10/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Royals are trying to take full advantage of the latest struggles of the Minnesota Twins. The Twins are currently on a tough losing streak, dropping eight of their last nine games dating back to June 30th. In the same time span the Royals have posted a 6-3 record and now have a comfortable 4 1/2 game lead in the AL Central. Although the Royals were defeated last night, 5-3 by the Anaheim Angels, Kansas City has kept its composure throughout the good and the bad times this season. The Roy |
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