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| Lee wins league-leading 14th as Indians hold on to beat Twins |
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07/25/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Cliff Lee struck out 10 batters in eight innings as the Cleveland Indians hung on for a 5-4 victory in the three-game series opener with the Minnesota Twins. Lee (14-2) yielded two runs on six hits while Rafael Perez closed out the ninth for his first save. Franklin Gutierrez was 2-for-3 with a home run and a double while Grady Sizemore was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored to help snap Cleveland's two-game slide. Livan Hernandez (10-7) went eight innings allowing five ru |
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| Indians already looking to the future |
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07/25/2008 |
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| won seven of their last 10. That stretch does, however, include back-to-back losses to the Los Angeles of Anaheim Angels on Tuesday and Wednesday. After an off day Thursday, the Tribe will kick off a seven-game homestand with three games against the Minnesota Twins, then four against the Detroit Tigers. BLAKE STAYING OR GOING? The soon-to-be expired contract of infielder Casey Blake has left Cleveland's management with a tough call to make. Common logic would suggest it's a good idea to bring back a guy who ca |
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| Tigers open crucial AL Central set vs. Chicago |
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07/25/2008 |
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| e White Sox earlier in the year and is 6-6 lifetime against them with a 5.02 ERA in 18 starts. Chicago, meanwhile, won the final two games of its three-game series with the Detroit Tigers to up their advantage in the division to 2 1/2 games over the Minnesota Twins, who were having their problems with the New York Yankees. The White Sox will be starting a 10-game road trip tonight that will also include stops in Minnesota and Kansas City. Like just about everyone else in the league Chicago is under .500 on the |
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| Surging Yankees pay a visit to rival Red Sox |
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07/25/2008 |
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| naheim, as the Angels touched him up for four runs and nine hits in eight innings. The Yankees, meanwhile, enter tonight's opener as one of the hottest teams in the league after completing their second straight sweep, taking all three games from the Minnesota Twins and running their winning streak to six games overall. Second baseman Robinson Cano has been the offensive catalyst, hitting .519 with two home runs and seven RBI in the six games since the All-Star break. New York has also gotten tremendous startin |
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| Twins continue to struggle against AL East |
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07/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - It's a good thing the Minnesota Twins don't play in the American League East. The Twins ventured into Yankee Stadium this week and got swept right out of town by the Bronx Bombers. It was the seventh straight time Minnesota has lost a series at Yankee Stadium, as they've lost 19 of 22 there during that span. Just prior to the All-Star break they went into Fenway Park for a three-game set with the Boston Red Sox, and got swept. "You wanted to show yourself a little better in this series, and |
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| Nationals begin building for future |
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07/23/2008 |
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| already 24 games below .500 with a week to play in July, Guzman appears to be the last ray of hope for a club that continues to be in need of finding its own identity. The 30-year old, who spent the first six of his 10 major league seasons with the Minnesota Twins, could have tested the market and offered up his services for what some believe may have led to a four-year contract, but instead chose to show his thanks by signing a two-year deal worth $16 million. Guzman, who was the lone representative for Wash |
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| Richard makes debut for White Sox against Texas |
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07/23/2008 |
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| Chicago's 10-2 win. Nick Swisher hit a three-run homer and Alexei Ramirez clubbed a game-breaking grand slam in the seventh for the White Sox, who snapped a three-game losing streak and increased their lead in the AL Central to 1 1/2 games over the Minnesota Twins. The Twins lost to the Yankees on Tuesday. Buehrle (8-8), in his first start against the Rangers since no-hitting them last season, scattered six hits without a walk and three strikeouts in winning for the sixth time in his last eight decisions. Lui |
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| Yanks go for perfect homestand in finale with Twins |
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07/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Mike Mussina takes aim at win No. 13 this afternoon when the New York Yankees try and cap an unbeaten six-game homestand with a three- game sweep of the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium. Mussina, who is one win behind Cleveland's Cliff Lee for the league lead, bettered his win total from all of last season in his last start on Friday against Oakland, as he allowed a run and nine hits in six innings to run his record to 12-6 on the season, while lowering his earned run average to 3.49. The |
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| Nationals, Guzman agree to two-year extension |
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07/23/2008 |
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| shington's lone representative at this season's All-Star Game. Guzman leads the National League with 129 hits and has compiled a team-best .307 average to go with 56 runs scored and 26 doubles. Guzman spent the first six years of his career with the Minnesota Twins before signing a free agent contract with Washington in 2004. He missed the entire 2006 season with a right shoulder injury, but hit .328 a year ago in 46 games. Over his career, Guzman has recorded a .268 average with 193 doubles, 76 triples, 368 R |
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| Abreu keeps Yanks rolling in Bronx |
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07/23/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - Bobby Abreu hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs, as the New York Yankees crushed the Minnesota Twins, 8-2, in the middle duel of a three-game set from Yankee Stadium. Derek Jeter drove in two runs for the Yankees, who have won five straight overall and nine in a row at home; NY had not won nine straight in the Bronx since May 2005. Robinson Cano went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI, as he now has five straight multi-hit games. Jason Giambi was responsible for driving in the oth |
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