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| Marlins acquire Rhodes from Mariners |
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07/31/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins bolstered their bullpen before the non-waiver trading deadline on Thursday, acquiring left-handed reliever Arthur Rhodes from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for minor league pitcher Gaby Hernandez. Rhodes, 38, is 2-1 with a 2.86 earned-run average in 36 appearances for the Mariners this season. The 17-season veteran missed all of 2007 after undergoing "Tommy John" surgery. Rhodes, who saw his streak of 18 consecutive scoreless appearances end Wednesday, is |
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| Rangers shoot for third straight win over Mariners |
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07/31/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Texas Rangers try for a series win this evening, when they wrap up their four-game set with the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. In the third game of this matchup on Wednesday, Michael Young's sacrifice fly drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning, lifting Texas to a 4-3 win. Josh Hamilton and Brandon Boggs each clubbed solo home runs for the Rangers, who have won the last two games of this series and four of their last six contests overall. Eddie Gu |
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| Young's late RBI pushes Rangers past M's |
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07/30/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Michael Young's sacrifice fly drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the Texas Rangers clipped the Seattle Mariners, 4-3, in the third installment of a four-game set. Josh Hamilton and Brandon Boggs each clubbed solo home runs for the Rangers, who have won four of their last six contests. David Murphy was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and two runs scored. Eddie Guardado (2-2) pitched a scoreless frame to get the win for Texas in relief of starter Vicen |
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| Padilla leads Rangers in third test with M's |
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07/30/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Vicente Padilla tries for his third win in as many starts since the All-Star break this evening when Texas plays the third of four contests against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Padilla won for the fifth time in his last seven starts on Friday in Oakland, as he held the Athletics to five runs and seven hits in six innings to run his record to 12-5 this season to go along with a 4.56 ERA. The 30-year-old right-hander is 3-5 lifetime against the Mariners with a 4.98 ER |
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| Ichiro Suzuki collects 3,000th professional hit |
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07/29/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Seattle Mariners center fielder Ichiro Suzuki opened Tuesday's game 11-10 loss to the Texas Rangers by slapping a single to left for his 3,000th professional career hit. Suzuki played his first seven years in Japan's Pacific League, where he racked up 1,278 of his 3,001 hits in professional baseball. His 1,722 hits in his Major League career over 1,224 games gives him an average of 1.41 hits per game. The seven-time All-Star collected his seventh consecutive 200-hit season in 2 |
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| Ichiro vies for milestone in Mariners' tilt in Texas |
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07/29/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ichiro Suzuki is just one hit away from reaching a monumental milestone and will lead the Seattle Mariners this evening in the second test of a four-game series against the Texas Rangers. Suzuki went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Monday's 7-5 win at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, and the Japanese phenom is now just one hit shy of 3,000 for his professional career. Suzuki played his first seven years in Japan's Pacific League, where he racked up 1,278 of his 2,999 hits in professional baseball. Adri |
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| Rangers' SS Young exits early |
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07/29/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Texas Rangers shortstop Michael Young left Monday night's 7-5 loss to the Seattle Mariners with a fracture in his right ring finger. Early estimates are that the All-Star will miss five-to-seven days with the injury. Young drove in teammate Ian Kinsler in the first inning with a single but suffered the injury diving back to first on a pickoff attempt with Josh Hamilton batting. Young took second on the play and later scored on a David Murphy ground out. Young stayed in for the |
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| Washburn, M's avoid sweep with win over Jays |
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07/27/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Jarrod Washburn tossed eight innings of one-run ball as the Seattle Mariners avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays with a 5-1 victory at Rogers Centre. Washburn (5-9), who is widely speculated to change uniforms as the trade deadline approaches, raised his stock with Sunday's performance, as he allowed just four hits to go with a pair of walks and strikeouts in halting Seattle's seven-game slide. "I'd be lying if I said it wasn't on my mind," Washburn s |
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| Gossage inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame |
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07/27/2008 |
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| ves - leading the league three times in that category - and was 124-107 with a 3.01 earned run average for the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Yankees, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners. He also had 1,502 strikeouts in 1,809 1/3 innings. "I think I had a lot to do with setting the bar for relievers and doing the job the way it should be done," Gossage said. "Nobody did it the way I did it. Nothing beats pure power." After starting |
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| Jays try to extend win streak vs. Mariners |
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07/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays will try to push their winning streak to six games when they host the Seattle Mariners this afternoon in the final matchup of a three-game series at Rogers Centre. Shawn Marcum, who was unimpressive in his return from the disabled list, will try to regain his form from earlier in the season. Marcum was placed on the DL back in late June with arm issues, but after a month off the mound, the right-hander returned to the hill this past Tuesday. Unfortunately, Marcum did no |
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