Oakland Athletics designated hitter Jack Cust struck out, for the 186th. And 187th time this season Friday night to break the American League record. Cust struck out on a checked swing against Seattle right-hander Felix Hernandez leading off the second inning and he fanned again with one out and a runner on second in the [...]
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Friday National League Capsules. FLORIDA 14, PHILADELPHIA 8 MIAMI The Philadelphia Phillies found out the hard way that there was a team hotter than them in the National League. Mike Jacobs drove in four runs and Cameron Maybin went 4-for-5 and scored three times as the Florida Marlins remained the hottest team in the major [...]
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Blue Jays right-hander Shaun Marcum needs ligament replacement surgery. In his right elbow, and is expected to miss the entire 2009 season. “It’s going to be tough,” the 26-year-old Marcum said of the long layoff ahead of him. “It’s tough just to sit there, you want to be part of the team so bad, it’s [...]
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Friday American League Capsules. BOSTON 4, TORONTO 3 TORONTO Jason Varitek snapped a tie in the eighth inning by plating Jason Bay with a fielders choice as the Boston Red Sox recorded a 4-3 triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. Kevin Youkilis plated Varitek with a run-scoring single in the fifth inning and [...]
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Carlos Quentin, who had surgery on his right wrist after breaking it in frustration on Sept 1. Did some range of motion exercises and took some practice swings before the Chicago White Sox game against the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. “It felt tight,” Quentin said. “It’s been in a soft cast, immobilized for [...]
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Brewers 2B Durham hurts hamstring. Brewers second baseman Ray Durham strained his right hamstring and left a game against the Cincinnati Reds in the fourth inning Friday night. Durham singled in the first inning and was caught stealing. He also struck out. The infielder has been one of the few Brewers hitting consistently lately. The [...]
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The Colorado Rockies activated first baseman Todd Helton from the 60-day disabled list on Friday. Helton did not start for the first game of a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he came in as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning of the Dodgers’ 7-2 win and struck out swinging. “It felt good [...]
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Storm systems throughout the country wreaked havoc on the baseball schedule. Postponing six games Friday night and creating a weekend full of doubleheaders. Hurricane Ike, a colossal storm nearly as big as Texas itself, began battering the Gulf Coast on Friday, a day after officials postponed the first two games of the weekend series in [...]
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Friday American League Capsules. BOSTON 7, TORONTO 0 BOSTON Rain apparently has a positive effect on Tim Wakefields knuckleball. Wakefield allowed three hits through constant rain and Jed Lowrie drove in a pair of runs to help the Boston Red Sox stifle the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-0. Kevin Cash hit a three-run homer and David [...]
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The San Diego Padres outrighted right-hander Bryan Falkenborg to Triple-A Portland on Friday. Falkenborg was claimed off waivers on Aug. 13 from the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was 0-1 with a 4.22 ERA in nine appearances with San Diego. In 25 games with the Padres and Dodgers combined, he was 2-3 with a 5.24 ERA. [...]
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