A-Rod wont play in opener vs. Twins (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 17 August 2011 11:27:25 PM. © MLB News Blog

With cameras flashing for every at-bat, A-Rod the minor leaguer moved closer to rejoining the New York Yankees. His return to the big-league lineup, however, will have to wait. Alex Rodriguez has ruled himself out for Thursday’s opener of New York’s four-game series at Minnesota. Rodriguez had surgery last month for a torn meniscus and [...]

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A-Rod rules himself out for Thursday (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 17 August 2011 11:27:25 PM. © MLB News Blog

With cameras flashing for every at-bat, A-Rod the minor leaguer moved closer to rejoining the New York Yankees. His return to the big-league lineup, however, will have to wait. Alex Rodriguez has ruled himself out for Thursday’s opener of New York’s four-game series at Minnesota. Rodriguez had surgery last month for a torn meniscus and [...]

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A-Rod not ready to join lineup yet (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 17 August 2011 11:27:25 PM. © MLB News Blog

With cameras flashing for every at-bat, A-Rod the minor leaguer moved closer to rejoining the New York Yankees. His return to the big-league lineup, however, will have to wait. Alex Rodriguez has ruled himself out for Thursday’s opener of New York’s four-game series at Minnesota. Rodriguez had surgery last month for a torn meniscus and [...]

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New York Yankees: Alex Rodriguez Not Returning
Tomorrow

post from Lady Loves Pinstripes on 17 August 2011 11:13:30 PM. © Lady Loves Pinstripes

Any informed baseball fan knows that the New York Yankees went dead silent at the trade and that is very unusual. Regardless of the sparse market, no teams were going to give the Yankees a break especially with the new loaded farm system. On July 9th,[...]

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Game 124 Overflow Thread

post from Royals Review on 17 August 2011 11:01:20 PM. © Royals Review

Game 124 Overflow Thread

2 hours and we are in the 6th inning, the game is flying tonight

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Braves Rally Comes Up Short Against Giants, Lose
7-5

post from Talking Chop on 17 August 2011 11:01:18 PM. © Talking Chop

Did Matt Cain make a cameo in "The Untouchables"? Because that's what he was.

Atlanta's offense was absent for much of the game, but a ninth-inning comeback fell just short against the Giants, losing 7-5.

Jair Jurrjens was making his first start since August 1, and the Giants got to him in the first inning with consecutive doubles from Mike Fontenot and Pablo Sandoval. The Braves tied the game in the bottom of the inning against Matt Cain when two hits and an error loaded the bases for Chipper Jones, and he drew a walk to force in a run.

Outside of that, Atlanta's offense disappeared against Cain. The Braves left two on in the second and wasted Dan Uggla's leadoff double in the third. Cain retired 18 straight hitters after the double in his eight innings of work.

The Giants knocked around Jurrjens in the fourth. Aubrey Huff doubled leading off and scored following two straight singles. After a walk, Eli Whiteside drove in another run. Cain and Orlando Cabrera hit sacrifice flies to put the Braves in a 5-1 hole.

Scott Linebrink gave up two more runs in the top of the ninth, and they turned out to be the difference in the game. Jason Heyward's RBI single off Dan Runzler cut the lead to 7-2; an error on Michael Bourn's grounder scored another. Martin Prado doubled home two more off Jeremy Affeldt with two outs, and the score was 7-5. Unfortunately, Brian McCann struck out to end the rally.

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Morneaus single lifts Twins over Tigers (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 17 August 2011 10:53:27 PM. © MLB News Blog

Justin Morneau’s bases-loaded single in the ninth inning gave the Minnesota Twins a 6-5 victory over the first-place Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night. With the game tied at 4, Rene Tosoni led off the top of the ninth with a single off Jose Valverde (2-4). Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Ben Revere both reached when the Tigers [...]

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Mets get rare series win in San Diego (AP)

David Wright hit a three-run homer and Angel Pagan had three RBIs as the New York Mets won their first series in San Diego in more than nine years with a 7-3 win over the Padres on Wednesday night. Rookie Dillon Gee (11-4) limited the Padres to one run on five hits. The right-hander, who [...]

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Craigs 2 HRs power Cards over Pirates (AP)

Allen Craig homered twice to break out of a slump and lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Craig went 4 for 5 with three RBIs and Yadier Molina added three hits for the Cardinals, who are trying to stay within shouting distance of front-running Milwaukee [...]

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Cain stifles Braves as Giants hold on (AP)

Matt Cain snapped his three-game losing streak with five-hit ball over eight innings, and the San Francisco Giants barely avoided another loss to Atlanta in the final at-bat, holding on for a 7-5 victory over the Braves on Wednesday night. The Giants broke it open with four runs in the fourth, one of them driven [...]

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