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| Toronto sends Marcum to minors |
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08/23/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays optioned struggling right-handed pitcher Shaun Marcum to Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday, the day after the starter had a rough outing against the Boston Red Sox. The Blue Jays also recalled left-hander John Parrish from Syracuse on Saturday. Marcum, 26, has gone 3-2 with a 6.19 ERA in seven starts since returning from the disabled list, where he spent a month with a right elbow injury. The Red Sox roughed him up for five runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings on Fr |
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| Red Sox go for rare back-to-back wins over Jays |
MLB Baseball |
08/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Jon Lester goes for win No. 13 this afternoon when the Boston Red Sox play the middle test of their three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Lester posted his second straight victorious start and won for the ninth time in 10 decisions Monday in Baltimore, as he allowed a run and four hits in seven innings to up his season mark to 12-4 and lower his earned run average to 3.17. The 24-year-old lefty has been terrific in two starts against the Jays, surrendering just a r |
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| Red Sox recall Smith, sign Ross |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox recalled pitcher Chris Smith from Triple-A Pawtucket and signed catcher David Ross to a minor-league contract Friday. The moves come prior to the start of a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays. Smith was 1-4 with a 3.20 earned run average in 35 games with the PawSox this season. He went 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA in five relief appearances in 2008. Ross was released by Cincinnati on August 19, hitting .231 with three homers and 13 RBI in 52 games with the R |
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| Blue Jays place OF Wilkerson on DL |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays placed outfielder Brad Wilkerson on the 15-day disabled list Friday with lower back spasms. Wilkerson is hitting .215 with three home runs and 21 RBI in 74 games with Toronto this season. The 31-year-old recorded five RBI and a .232 average in 19 games with Seattle earlier this year. New acquisition Tony Bautista will take his place on the roster. Bautista hit .242 with 12 homers, 15 doubles and 44 RBI in 107 games for Pittsburgh in 2008. |
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| Jays' offense explodes in victory over Yankees |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Roy Halladay was his usual dominant self on the mound and Marco Scutaro matched a career-high with four hits and four runs driven in and also scored three times, as the Toronto Blue Jays crushed the New York Yankees, 14-3, to cap a three-game set. Halladay (15-9) yielded just three runs on five hits while fanning nine and walking two batters over seven frames. Alex Rios and Matt Stairs both had three RBI for the Blue Jays, who have won seven of their last nine. John McDonald also |
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| Blue Jays trade for Pirates INF Bautista |
MLB Baseball |
08/21/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays acquired infielder Jose Bautista from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday for a player to be named later. The Pirates demoted the third baseman Bautista to Triple-A Indianapolis last week after he hit .242 with 12 home runs and 44 RBI in 107 games with the big club. Toronto will be the 27-year-old's fifth stop in the big leagues since debuting in 2004. In 441 career games with Baltimore, Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay, Bautista has compiled 43 home runs |
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| Pettitte, Jeter lead Yankees past Blue Jays |
MLB Baseball |
08/20/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Andy Pettitte was dazzling on the mound and Derek Jeter had three hits, including a two-run homer, as the New York Yankees crushed the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-1, in the middle contest of a three-game set. Pettitte (13-9) gave up just one run on five hits while fanning four over seven innings to get the win, which snapped a four-start winless streak for the lefty. Brian Bruney tossed two scoreless innings in relief. "I really felt good with all my pitches," said Pettitte. "I felt like |
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| Royals, Indians resume three-game series in Cleveland |
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08/20/2008 |
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| twork) - Lefty Zach Jackson makes his second appearance in a Cleveland uniform tonight when the Indians take on the visiting Kansas City Royals in the second of three midweek games at Progressive Field. Jackson, a supplemental 2004 draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays, initially reached the majors with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006 and made seven starts before beginning this season with the Brewers as a reliever. He came to the Indians as part of the deal that sent ace CC Sabathia to Milwaukee shortly before the |
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| Yankees get Matsui back, lose faith in Christian |
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08/19/2008 |
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| ork Yankees activated outfielder/designated hitter Hideki Matsui from the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday and optioned outfielder Justin Christian to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes- Barre. Matsui went 0-for-3 with a strikeout in New York's 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. After playing in three games for the Class A Tampa Yankees, Matsui had 15 simulated at-bats on Sunday in Tampa. The slugger's left knee, which has kept him sidelined since June 22, showed no signs of swelling after the workout. As a prec |
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| Bronx Bombers head north to face Jays |
MLB Baseball |
08/19/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees are focused on catching the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox in the American League East race. They might want to turn their attention to the Toronto Blue Jays as well. Toronto takes aim at a third straight victory over a divisional foe when the Blue Jays begin a key three-game series with the Bronx Bombers tonight at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays enter this set just two games back of the struggling Yankees for third place in the AL East after winning five times during la |
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