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| Abreu's big night helps keep Yanks in playoff hunt |
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| attle, WA (MySportsbook) - Bobby Abreu had a solo home run and finished 3-for-4 with three runs driven in and two scored, missing the cycle by a double, as the New York Yankees kept their fleeting postseason hopes alive with a 7-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners in the middle duel of a three- game set. Jason Giambi went 3-for-5 with a solo blast, two RBI and a pair of runs scored for the Yankees, who have won four of six and moved within 7 1/2 games of the Boston Red Sox for the lead in the Wild Card race. |
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| American League Game Capsules |
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09/07/2008 |
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| attle, WA (MySportsbook) - Bobby Abreu had a solo home run and finished 3-for-4 with three runs driven in and two scored, missing the cycle by a double, as the New York Yankees kept their fleeting postseason hopes alive with a 7-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners in the middle duel of a three- game set. Jason Giambi went 3-for-5 with a solo blast, two RBI and a pair of runs scored for the Yankees, who have won four of six and moved within 7 1/2 games of the Boston Red Sox for the lead in the Wild Card race. |
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| Mariners C Clement to go under the knife |
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09/07/2008 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - Seattle Mariners catcher Jeff Clement will have surgery on his left knee on Tuesday, the club announced late Saturday. Mariners medical director Dr. Edward Khalfayan will perform the arthroscopic procedure to repair a lateral meniscus tear and a medial meniscus tear in the backstop's left knee. Rehabilitation time for such a procedure is typically three to four weeks. The 25-year-old Clement hit .227 with 10 doubles, one triple, five homers and 23 RBI in 66 games for Seattle this |
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| Ranger domination: Boston shoots for 10th straight win over Texas |
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09/06/2008 |
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| nst them with four saves and a 5.66 ERA in 32 games, 25 of which have been starts. Texas will counter with rookie left-hander Matt Harrison, who is 6-3 with a 5.73 ERA. Harrison did not factor in the decision of his team's 12-6 loss on Monday to the Seattle Mariners, as he allowed five runs (four earned) and 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings. He has never faced the Red Sox. Texas, which has lost nine straight in the series, is 2-14 over its last 16 meetings with Boston, which swept a three-game set in its most recent vi |
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09/06/2008 |
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| tillo and Ricciard Rodriguez, Detroit Tigers minor league pitchers Eduardo Gonzalez and Wilsen Palacios, Washington Nationals minor league outfielder Weesley Hernandez, Oakland Athletics minor league pitcher Eyffer Peralta, Chicago White Sox minor league outfielder Luis Ramos, Seattle Mariners minor league outfielder Cristian Rijo, Atlanta Braves minor league pitcher Milton Roman and Texas Rangers minor league outfielder Cristian Zapata each 50 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing susbstance. |
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| Beckett returns to face Rangers |
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09/05/2008 |
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| versus the Red Sox at Fenway Park back in April. In that game, Millwood allowed two runs and fanned seven in six innings of work. Texas has won two straight and three of its last four games and is fresh off Wednesday's 1-0 decision over the visiting Seattle Mariners, in which Dustin Nippert combined with two Ranger relievers on an eight-hit shutout. Nippert (2-4) threw the first seven innings and gave up seven hits while issuing no walks. Warner Madrigal pitched a scoreless eighth before turning the game over t |
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| Sliding Brewers hoping for rebound against Padres |
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09/04/2008 |
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| isions in his final three pre- injury starts, including a 6-4 loss to Washington on May 28. In 24 1/3 overall innings of work this season, Estes has allowed 18 hits and nine earned runs while walking 10 and striking out 14. A first-round pick of the Seattle Mariners in 1991, Estes reached the majors in 1995 with the San Francisco Giants and has also pitched for Cincinnati, the New York Mets, the Cubs, Colorado and Arizona. Estes' defeat of the Cubs earlier this season was the 100th win of his career. The Padres |
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| Nippert, Rangers clip Mariners |
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09/03/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Dustin Nippert was stellar on the hill and Milton Bradley drove in the game's lone run, as the Texas Rangers edged the Seattle Mariners, 1-0, in the rubber match of a three-game set. Nippert (2-4) surrendered just seven hits over seven frames while fanning four batters to take the win. Frank Francisco worked a scoreless ninth to pick up his fourth save. Josh Hamilton went 3-for-4 and Michael Young scored the run for the Rangers, who have won three of four. Felix Hernandez (9-9) |
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| King Felix goes for Mariners in Arlington |
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09/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Hard-throwing phenom Felix Hernandez can reach double- digit wins for the third straight season this afternoon when the Seattle Mariners close out a three-game series with the host Texas Rangers at Rangers Park. Hernandez, who reached the majors and made 12 starts as a 19-year-old in 2005, has since strung together 12 and 14 wins as a full-time member of the Seattle rotation in 2006 and 2007. Now 22, he picked up win No. 9 of 2008 with a six-inning performance at Cleveland on Friday, during |
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| Hamilton leads Rangers over Mariners |
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09/03/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Josh Hamilton went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs, while Hank Blalock had a pair of hits to go with two RBI, as the Texas Rangers edged the Seattle Mariners, 6-4, in the middle contest of a three-game set. Gerald Laird went 3-for-4 and had an RBI for the Rangers, who have won two of three. Brandon McCarthy (1-0) got the win after lasting six frames and yielding just two runs on four hits while fanning four. Frank Francisco struck out the side in the ninth for his third save of |
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