Another home run from Albert Pujols got the St. Louis Cardinals close. Opportunistic play put them over the top. Pujols homered for the fourth straight game and St. Louis scored four runs in the eighth inning to beat the slumping Florida Marlins 5-2 on Tuesday night. “They gave us a chance to do it, and [...]
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Add to myYahoo!Lou Piniella pulled Cliff Floyd aside before the game and reminded the slugger of his importance to the Chicago Cubs’ playoff hopes. Floyd had been away from the team for nine days dealing with the death of his father, then found his rhythm in a hurry. Floyd hit a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth [...]
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Add to myYahoo!Garret Anderson drove in a club-record 10 runs for the Los Angeles Angels against the New York Yankees on Tuesday night — all in the first six innings. Anderson hit a grand slam, a three-run homer, a two-run double and an RBI double to become the first major leaguer with 10 RBIs in a game [...]
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Add to myYahoo!Ian Stewart hit a third-inning grand slam in his ninth career at-bat — one of four Colorado home runs — and the Rockies overpowered the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-2 on Tuesday night. Matt Holliday, Troy Tulowitzki and Brad Hawpe also homered for the Rockies, who closed to within 2 1/2 games on NL wild-card leaders San [...]
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Add to myYahoo!Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-run homer and had four RBIs and the Washington Nationals ended Wandy Rodriguez’s recent dominance at Minute Maid Park with an 11-6 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Nook Logan had a career-high five hits, including three RBI singles, as Washington snapped Rodriguez’s six-game home unbeaten streak.Read the full [...]
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Add to myYahoo!GM Ken Williams made it sound in Wednesday?s story that it?s not a given at all that Joe Crede will be back. If he is healthy and does return, though, the question is what will the team do with Fields? He will stay on the roster, Williams said. As far as[...]
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Add to myYahoo!Cliff Floyd had been away from the Chicago Cubs for nine days dealing with the death of his father. He found his stroke in a hurry. Floyd hit a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth inning, when the Cubs rallied against Tim Lincecum for a 5-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. [...]
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Add to myYahoo!In what's turning into a slugfest in Anaheim, Alex Rodriguez picked up his second RBI of the night, giving him 120 on the season. It's the eighth time he's reached that plateau. That's tied for third all-time. Jimmy Foxx and...
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Add to myYahoo!Albert Pujols homered for the fourth straight game and the St. Louis Cardinals scored four times in the eighth inning to beat the slumping Florida Marlins 5-2 on Tuesday night. Yadier Molina knocked in the tying run in the eighth, and Aaron Miles drove home the go-ahead run after St. Louis was aided by two [...]
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Add to myYahoo!The names caught Jim Thome’s attention: Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff.Thome hit his 493rd homer, pulling into a tie with those two sluggers for 23rd on the career list, and Javier Vazquez won his third straight decision as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Tuesday night.“Those are awesome names,” Thome [...]
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