May 20, 2013

MLB – AL Roundup: Rangers slides away from Tigers 11-8

(PhatzRadio / AP) — ARLINGTON, Texas – David Murphy put Texas ahead with a three-run home run, and the Rangers spoiled a three-homer game from Miguel Cabrera with an 11-8 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night. Murphy’s shot just over the fence in right field gave Texas an 8-7 lead and answered a [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Moore remains unbeaten, Rays tie for major league lead in wins

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Matt Moore pitched six solid innings to remain unbeaten and tie for the major league lead in wins, sending the surging Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Moore (7-0) yielded a three-run homer to David Ortiz in the [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: David Price, Rays handle White Sox

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BOSTON (AP) — John Lackey returned from the disabled list and pitched six solid innings, David Ortiz drove in two more runs and the Boston Red Sox matched a team record with their 18th win in April by beating the Houston Astros 6-1 Sunday for a four-game sweep. Lackey (1-1) missed all of last season [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Ichiro hits 2-run single in ninth as Yankees beat Rays 4-3

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Ichiro Suzuki hit a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Tuesday night. Robinson Cano ended AL Cy Young Award winner David Price’s night with a leadoff single in the ninth. Tampa Bay is winless in [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Red Sox beat Indians away from tragedy in Boston

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — CLEVELAND – Converted closer Alfredo Aceves coasted through five innings, Mike Napoli and Daniel Nava drove in two runs apiece and the Red Sox, bonded by the tragedy in Boston, struck quickly against Justin Masterson and beat the Cleveland Indians 6-3 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight win. Aceves (1-0), [...]

MLB – NL Roundup: A.J. Burnett takes no-hitter into 7th for Pirates against Cards

MLB: Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A.J. Burnett took a no-hitter into the seventh inning nearly 12 years after throwing the only one of his career, pitching the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. Burnett (1-2) lost his bid with two outs in the seventh on Carlos Beltran’s double to [...]

MLB – NL Roundup: Zack Greinke injured during bench clearing brawl against Padres / Interleague: Nationals 7, White Sox 4

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — SAN DIEGO — Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke broke his left collarbone in a bench-clearing brawl with the San Diego Padres during Los Angeles’ 3-2 victory Thursday night. Juan Uribe’s pinch-hit home run in the eighth put the Dodgers ahead, two innings after Greinke hit Carlos Quentin on the left shoulder with [...]

MLB News and Notes: MLB paid Biogenesis clinic for documents

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(Milwaukee Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun was among those named in reports of players who worked with Biogenesis in South Florida. Nam Y. Huh/AP) NEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball paid a former employee of a Florida anti-aging clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs for documents, The New York Times reported Thursday on its website. The newspaper [...]

MLB – NL Roundup: Marlins manage only 4 hits and lose to Braves 3-2

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(AP Photo) (PhatzRadio / AP) — MIAMI — Kris Medlen allowed only an unearned run in seven innings Tuesday night, and the Atlanta Braves earned their fifth consecutive victory by beating the punchless Miami Marlins 3-2. The Braves improved to 7-1, their best start since 2007. The Marlins fell to 1-7 with their fourth consecutive [...]

MLB – NL Roundup: Braves chase Roy Halladay, beat Phillies / InterLeague – Reds 5, Angels 4

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — ATLANTA — Justin Upton, Jason Heyward and rookie Evan Gattis homered, helping Paul Maholm and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-2 on Wednesday night. Freddie Freeman had three RBIs as the Braves chased Roy Halladay in the fourth inning. Upton belted a two-run shot in the first to give [...]