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| Mariners head to Oakland on huge slide |
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09/19/2008 |
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| even innings of his team's 4-3 loss. Hernandez defeated the A's the last time he faced them and is 7-3 with a 2.59 ERA lifetime against them. Oakland, meanwhile, will counter with lefty Dana Eveland, who is 8-8 with a 4.27 ERA. On Sunday against the Texas Rangers, Eveland surrendered three runs and four hits in five innings but did not factor in the decision of his team's 7-4 win. Eveland has beaten the Mariners three times this season, while pitching to a 3.57 ERA in those contests. Oakland had a four-game |
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| Angels open series at Rangers Ballpark |
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09/19/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Angels continue to tune up for the postseason this evening, as they start a three-game series with the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The Angels, who are the only team to clinch a postseason berth thus far, avoided a sweep at the hands of the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, as Joe Saunders tossed seven shutout innings and Los Angeles held on for a 6-4 win. Saunders (16-7) scattered six hits with four strikeouts and three walks to pick up the win. Gary Matth |
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| MLB suspends, fines Tigers manager Leyland |
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09/19/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Major League Baseball suspended Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland three games for inappropriate conduct during the September 15th and 16th contests against the Texas Rangers. Leyland was also fined an undisclosed amount and will begin the suspension Friday in the series opener at Cleveland. The Tigers have underachieved to a 71-80 record this season and are 12 1/2 games behind the White Sox for the top spot in the AL Central. |
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| Cabrera, Tigers rout Rangers |
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09/18/2008 |
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| , TX (MySportsbook) - Miguel Cabrera went 4-for-5, including a three-run homer, and missed the cycle by a triple, as the Detroit Tigers scored a combined 14 runs over the fifth and sixth innings to avoid a three- game sweep with a 17-4 rout of the Texas Rangers. Edgar Renteria finished with three RBI for the Tigers, who saw their six-game slide become history. Dusty Ryan went 4-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored. Brandon Inge and Ryan Raburn each ended with two RBI in the win. Freddy Garcia (1-0), who |
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| The night is still Young, Rangers SS exits early |
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09/18/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Texas Rangers shortstop Michael Young left Wednesday's 17-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers after aggravating a fracture in his right ring finger. Young has been playing the last few weeks with a fracture in the finger and also has a cyst on his right wrist. Young was 0-for-2 before leaving and Ramon Vazquez replaced him in the field. Vazquez ended 0-for-3 with a strikeout. For the season, Young is batting .276 with 12 homers and 76 RBI in 148 games. |
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| Major League Baseball |
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09/18/2008 |
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| Suspended Texas Rangers minor league pitcher Miguel Munoz 50 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. |
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| Garcia makes season debut in Arlington |
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09/17/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Six-time double-digit winner Freddy Garcia makes his first major league start of 2008 tonight when the Detroit Tigers visit Rangers Park for the third and final game of their series with the Texas Rangers. A 32-year-old Venezuelan, Garcia won 17 games as recently as 2006 with the Chicago White Sox, before being limited to just 11 starts with the Philadelphia Phillies last season. He had shoulder surgery and had not pitched competitively in 2008 until signing a minor-league deal with the T |
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| Tigers, Rangers resume set in Arlington |
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09/16/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Veteran right-hander Kevin Millwood can reach double-digit wins for the third straight season and eighth time overall tonight when the Texas Rangers host the Detroit Tigers in the middle test of a three-game set at Rangers Park. The North Carolina native, who'll turn 34 on Christmas Eve, won 17, 18 and 10 games with the Atlanta Braves from 1998-200, earned 18 and 14 wins with the Braves in 2002-03 and then picked up 16 and 10 wins with the Rangers in 2006-07. He got to win No. 9 this seas |
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| Teagarden, four-run eighth helps Rangers upend Tigers |
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09/16/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Taylor Teagarden hit his first career grand slam and finished with a career-high five runs driven in and Travis Metcalf cracked a three-run homer, as the Texas Rangers outslugged the Detroit Tigers, 11-8, in the first of a three-game set. Marlon Byrd had a two-run triple to cap a four-run eighth inning for Texas, which has won three of its last five games. Michael Young drove in a run in the win. Starter Brandon McCarthy lasted just 2/3 of an inning after suffering a straine |
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| Rangers' McCarthy leaves early |
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09/16/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Texas Rangers pitcher Brandon McCarthy left Monday's 11-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers with a strained flexor tendon in his right middle finger after retiring the first two batters. After throwing a pitch to Magglio Ordonez, which was just his seventh delivery of the game, McCarthy began shaking his hand. The righty called catcher Taylor Teagarden to the mound and manager Ron Washington pulled McCarthy in favor of Luis Mendoza. |
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