Royals rally in the eighth to beat Rangers 6-2
(AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 16 August 2007 11:58:28 PM. © MLB News Blog

Mark Teahen drove in the tiebreaking run on an eighth-inning fielder’s choice, and John Buck added a three-run double as the Kansas City Royals beat Texas 6-2 Thursday night to snap the Rangers’ three-game winning streak. With the game tied at 2, the Royals put runners on first and third in the eighth against reliever [...]

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Top Young

post from Baseball Musings on 16 August 2007 11:53:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

Photo: Richard C. Lewis/Icon SMI It's not clear why Chris Young is at the top of the Diamondbacks' order, but he did well in Florida this week. He went three for four tonight with a double and a homer,...

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Pirates rally from 5 runs down, prevent Mets
sweep by winning 10-7 (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 16 August 2007 11:29:18 PM. © MLB News Blog

Two costly New York errors and Adam LaRoche’s third hit of the game helped finish off Pittsburgh’s comeback from a five-run deficit, and the Pirates avoided being swept at home by the Mets for the first time since 2001 by winning 10-7 Thursday night. Jason Bay had three run-scoring singles and LaRoche hit a two-run [...]

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Rockies promote Dessens, put Cook on disabled
list (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 16 August 2007 11:28:15 PM. © MLB News Blog

The Colorado Rockies purchased the contract of right-hander Elmer Dessens on Thursday in time for him to start against the San Diego Padres. To make room on the roster, right-hander Aaron Cook was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Saturday, with a strained left oblique muscle. Dessens hadn’t pitched in the big leagues [...]

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Hensley back with Pads, Thatcher optioned to
Triple-A (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 16 August 2007 11:26:07 PM. © MLB News Blog

Clay Hensley, who surrendered Barry Bonds’ 755th homer, was recalled Thursday from Triple-A Portland and started for the Padres against the Colorado Rockies. To make room on the roster, the Padres optioned left-hander Joe Thatcher to the Beavers. Hensley was on the opening day roster but was twice sent down to Portland.Read the full story. [...]

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Scout.coms Around the Horn: Signing Deadline

post from MLB News Blog on 16 August 2007 11:20:05 PM. © MLB News Blog

Before this year, teams had nearly a year in which to sign their draft selections before they returned to next year’s pool. Now, ballclubs have just two months to do so. The past few days have been hectic as teams scurried to corral their remaining unsigned selections before Wednesday night’s deadline, and Scout.com [...]

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Road Win

post from Baseball Musings on 16 August 2007 11:16:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

The LAnaheim Angels avoided a sweep in Toronto with a 4-3 win over the Blue Jays. Toronto mounted a comeback in the bottom of the ninth, picking up three hits and two runs against Francisco Rodriguez. However, K-Rod got Stairs...

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Say Hello to Heaven

post from SBG Nation, Home of The World's Greatest Online Magazine on 16 August 2007 11:15:52 PM. © SBG Nation, Home of The World's Greatest Online Magazine

RIP, Bernadine.

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Even without Bonds, Giants hit 4 homers in 9-3
rout of Braves (AP)

Even with Barry Bonds on the bench, the San Francisco Giants put on quite a power display. The Giants homered in each of the first four innings off Chuck James, scored in every inning until the eighth and went on to beat the Atlanta Braves 9-3 Thursday night, salvaging the finale of a three-game series.Read [...]

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Guillens slam powers Tigers past Yanks

Carlos Guillen hit a first-inning grand slam off Mike Mussina, and Ivan Rodriguez also homered to help the Detroit Tigers beat the suddenly struggling New York Yankees 8-5 on Thursday night.Justin Verlander held New York’s lineup in check and the Tigers won the opener of a key four-game series to move back into first place [...]

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