Bautistas 23rd HR gets Jays by Cards (AP)

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Jose Bautista’s major league-leading 23rd home run in the top of the ninth inning helped the Toronto Blue Jays snap a four-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Bautista’s one-out drive off Fernando Salas (4-2) barely cleared the wall in right field, landing just past the outstretched [...]

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Murphys Law

post from Atlanta Baseball Talk on 24 June 2011 11:36:24 PM. © Atlanta Baseball Talk

When growing up, I had a clouded sense of reality. I read about tragedy in newspapers and watched disease and devastation unfold live on the 6 o?clock news but never thought about it happening to me. Over the past few…[...]

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Pirates bullpen shuts down BoSox in win (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 24 June 2011 11:25:28 PM. © MLB News Blog

David Ortiz walked to the plate representing the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the thousands of Boston Red Sox fans who crammed PNC Park on Friday night waited for Big Papi to send the ball over the right-field wall and into the Allegheny River. Mother Nature and Pittsburgh reliever Jose Veras had other [...]

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Bucs deny Lester 10th win, beat Red Sox (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 24 June 2011 11:25:28 PM. © MLB News Blog

David Ortiz walked to the plate representing the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the thousands of Boston Red Sox fans who crammed PNC Park on Friday night waited for Big Papi to send the ball over the right-field wall and into the Allegheny River. Mother Nature and Pittsburgh reliever Jose Veras had other [...]

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Rangers 8 Mets 1 June 24, 2011

post from The Mets Report on 24 June 2011 11:06:13 PM. © The Mets Report

The Mets couldn’t get anything going on offense and Mike Pelfrey put them in hole by giving up 3 runs in the first inning. That’s a combination for a loss, which the Mets did tonight. It’s clear that the Mets aren’t even close to the class of team that the Rangers are right now. The ... Continue Reading

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Shields throws third straight CG in win (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 24 June 2011 11:03:24 PM. © MLB News Blog

James Shields became the first pitcher in Tampa Bay franchise history to throw three straight complete games and Evan Longoria homered and drove in three runs to lead the Rays to a 5-1 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night. Shields (8-4) allowed three hits and struck out nine with one walk. He leads [...]

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Fielders 2-run double lifts Brewers (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 24 June 2011 10:53:28 PM. © MLB News Blog

Prince Fielder doubled in the go-ahead runs with two outs in seventh inning to raise his NL-leading RBI total to 65 and rally the Milwaukee Brewers over the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on Friday night. Milwaukee is 2-2 on this interleague homestand after a back-and-forth affair with their border rivals. The Brewers led 2-0 on doubles [...]

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Nats McLaren ejected in first game (AP)

Washington interim manager John McLaren was ejected in his first game at the Nationals’ helm. He was tossed along with left fielder Jerry Hairston Jr. in the eighth inning Friday night after umpires reversed a ruling in favor of the Chicago White Sox. McLaren was made interim manager Friday after Jim Riggleman’s abrupt resignation Thursday [...]

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Phillies top Athletics 1-0 on hit in 9th (AP)

Ben Francisco’s transition back to the bench is easier to accept when he delivers clutch hits. Francisco’s pinch-hit RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Philadelphia Phillies to a 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night. “It’s not easy not playing,” said Francisco, who began the season [...]

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Penas long homer lifts Diamondbacks (AP)

Wily Mo Pena hit a towering solo home run in the eighth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 on Friday night. Pena, called up from the minor leagues earlier this week for his first big league stint since 2008, hit a two-out homer an estimated 454 feet over the left-field fence [...]

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