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| Yankees' Rivera to undergo shoulder surgery |
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09/29/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New York Yankees star closer Mariano Rivera revealed Monday that he has decided to undergo surgery on his sore right shoulder in the offseason. The 38-year-old pitched through discomfort throughout the 2008 campaign but was still dominant, converting 39-of-40 save opportunities and compiling a 6-5 record with a team-best 1.40 earned-run average. After tests taken on Rivera's shoulder revealed inflammation and calcification, the reliever opted for surgery rather than a series of |
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| Red Sox earn DH split with Yankees |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Jonathan Van Every singled home the game-winning run in the 10th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees to split a regular season-ending doubleheader. In the first game, Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina recorded his first 20-win season in a 6-2 victory. In a game played by mostly reserves, Alex Cora went 2-for-4 and scored twice for the Red Sox (95-67), who will face the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Wednesday at 10 p.m. (et) to start their title def |
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| Padres close set with visiting Pirates |
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09/28/2008 |
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| n to highlight the offense while Steve Pearce and Freddy Sanchez both ended with a pair of hits. Taking the mound for the Pirates on Sunday will be Ross Ohlendorf, who is 0-3 with a 7.50 ERA in four starts with the club since being acquired from the New York Yankees in July. He has dropped three straight mound appearances and was nailed for four runs and 10 hits in five frames in his previous outing on September 21, a 6-2 loss to the Houston Astros. Ohlendorf has never faced San Diego. The Pirates lost three of |
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| Yankees, Red Sox play two to end regular season at Fenway |
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09/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Mike Mussina tries to win 20 games for the first time in his 18-year career this afternoon, as the New York Yankees conclude a disappointing season with a day/night doubleheader against the playoff-bound Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Today's double dip was made necessary when Saturday's scheduled contest was postponed due to rain. The 39-year-old Mussina has won 19 on two other occasions while pitching for the Baltimore Orioles in 1995 and 1996. He topped the 18-win mark for the first time |
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| Phils hold on against Nats and repeat as NL East champs |
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09/28/2008 |
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| miscue, leading off the bottom of the fifth with his 24th home run of the season. Game Notes With the victory, Moyer became just the second pitcher in baseball history, 45 years or older, to win 16 games in a season. Phil Niekro won 16 games for the New York Yankees in 1984 and 1985 at 45 and 46, respectively...Moyer has allowed more than three earned runs only twice over his last 21 starts and improved to 14-2 when pitching at least six innings...The Nationals left nine men on base, while Philadelphia stranded |
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| Santana cooks Fish to keep Mets in playoff picture |
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09/27/2008 |
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| s, giving up two runs on five hits with one walk. Santana pitched on three days' rest for the first time in the regular season in his career. He pitched on three days' rest for the Minnesota Twins in Game 4 of the 2004 AL Division Series against the New York Yankees, allowing one run in five innings in a no-decision, an eventual season-ending 6-5, 11-inning loss for the Twins. It was a playoff elimination game that brought Santana to the mound on three days' rest in 2004, while on Saturday he toed the rubber fo |
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| Red Sox-Yankees game postponed by rain |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Saturday's game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox was postponed because of rain. It will be made up on Sunday as part of a day/night doubleheader at Fenway Park. The teams will play Sunday's regularly scheduled game at 1:35 p.m. (et), then play Saturday's makeup game at 7:35 p.m. (et). New York won Friday's series-opener, 19-8, to end Boston's slim chance of winning the American League East division. The Red Sox will enter the postseason as the wild card. |
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| AL East-champion Rays continue set at Detroit |
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09/27/2008 |
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| y secured, the Tampa Bay Rays continue to tune up for the postseason with the third of four games against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Even though Tampa lost on Friday, it clinched its first-ever division crown with Boston's 19-8 loss to the New York Yankees. The Rays now await the winner of the AL Central in next week's ALDS. Detroit made it two straight wins on Friday, as Gary Sheffield homered twice -- Nos. 498 and 499 of his career -- in the Tigers' 6-4 win over the Rays. Justin Verlander (11-17) fa |
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| Red Sox, Yankees to battle again at Fenway |
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09/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With their chances of an AL East title now gone by the wayside, the Boston Red Sox tune up for the postseason in the second of three games against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park. In the opener of this set on Friday, Cody Ransom belted a pair of homers to highlight a 20-hit attack as New York routed Boston, 19-8, in a rain-soaked affair. The loss eliminated the Red Sox from the AL East race, giving Tampa Bay its first division title in franchise history. Boston is in the postseason, howe |
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| Sheffield, Tigers again deny Rays AL East title |
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09/27/2008 |
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| h clinched the first postseason berth in franchise history earlier this week, entered this series with a magic number of one, needing just a win or a Red Sox loss to clinch the division. The Rays didn't get either on Thursday. The Red Sox hosted the New York Yankees on Friday night. The Rays entered play Friday with a two-game lead over the Red Sox. "We were definitely disappointed, it would have been nice to win it on the field. We'll see what happens," Rays first baseman Carlos Pena said of having to wait on |
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