Perfect Start

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Johan Santana retires the first nine Marlins he faces. He's just thrown 33 pitches while striking out two....

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Tigers Achilles heel exposed on opening day
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Denny Bautista might be the late-innings savior the Tigers need to shore up their bullpen — but he didn’t look like it on opening day.Read the full story.

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Elbow Room

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Albert Pujols makes up for not contributing in the first inning by hitting a solo home run in the second. He needs 17 more to reach 300, eight years into his major leauge career....

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Quick Yankees News and Notes

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Most importantly the game today was rained out and will take place 7:05 tomorrow night same lineups same pitching
Secondly Big Joe hauled the ice cream freezer out of the players lounge. The new manager also outlawed candy.

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Duel in the Dew Drops

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Ben Sheets and Carlos Zambrano are matching one-hitters through five innings. Sheets walked two and struck out seven. Zambrano struck out four with one walk. Fukudome doubled in his first at bat for the Cubs....

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Cubs Zambrano leaves with injury (PA
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Chicago Cubs righthander Carlos Zambrano left his Opening Day start in the seventh inning Monday with a cramp in his right forearm.Read the full story.

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Carlos Zambrano leaves game after hurting hand
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Chicago Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano left Monday’s opener against the Milwaukee Brewers in the seventh inning with a cramp in his right forearm, right after making a pickoff throw to second base. Milwaukee’s Bill Hall hit a one-out double in the seventh, moments after Zambrano made a catch of Ryan Braun’s popup near the mound [...]

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Shields hurls Rays past Orioles

A whirlwind offseason of change carried over into opening day for Tampa Bay, when the Rays reversed an annoying trend at the expense of the Baltimore Orioles.James Shields pitched seven innings of five-hit ball, Eric Hinske homered and the Rays coasted to a 6-2 victory Monday.Since its inception in 1998, Tampa Bay was 1-9 in [...]

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Lastings Blastings

Lastings Milledge hits his first home run for the Nationals, a two-run shot that extends the Nationals lead over the Phillies to 6-2. Utley leads off the bottom of the inning with a solo shot to cut the lead to...

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Royals Win

Soria comes in earns the save, although he allowed a double, but Leyland gives away an out with a sacrifice by Inge. Renteria strikes out, however, leaving Polanco to ground out to end the game. It's a nice way for...

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