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Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Notes: Confidence in Cabrera — Perlozzo says right-hander is still growing into his body — BALTIMORE — It was ugly, but it was just one game. The Orioles aren't reading too much into Daniel Cabrera's seven-walk performance on Friday night, preferring to treat it as an aberration.
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Camden Chat
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Sox seek sweeping success — Boston (3-1) at Baltimore (2-2), 1:35 p.m. ET — The Red Sox enter Sunday's contest with proverbial brooms in hand, looking to finish off their first road trip of the season with a three-game sweep over the Orioles. — To accomplish that mission …
Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
O's look to avoid sweep — Boston (3-1) at Baltimore (2-3), 1:35 p.m. ET — The Orioles and Red Sox waited out a 90-minute rain delay to play a tight, one-run ballgame Saturday night. Starting pitchers Curt Schilling and Bruce Chen dueled through the fifth inning, but Schilling went deeper in the game and earned a 2-1 win.
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Chilling in Charm City — Red Sox ace dominates Birds to notch second victory — BALTIMORE — Frigid air filled Camden Yards on Saturday afternoon, with one exception. It came in the form of the heat that emanated from Curt Schilling's right arm. — With two on and two outs in the bottom …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Red Sox follow familiar path for win on road — BALTIMORE — Who would have thought a quick trip to Kinkos would result in another win for the Red Sox? — After all, last night's 2-1 win over the Orioles was a virtual carbon copy of the Sox' 2-1 victory over the Rangers Wednesday in Arlington, Texas.
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Surviving Grady
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Schilling again provides right answers — BALTIMORE — If many of the questions about Curt Schilling's readiness for this season were answered when he allowed just two runs to the Texas Rangers to open the season, a good deal of the rest were dealt with after his stifling performance in Camden Yards last night.
Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Notes: Lopez looks to catch on — Reserve backstop to get first start behind dish on Saturday — BALTIMORE — Ready or not, Javy Lopez is going back behind the plate on Saturday. Lopez has worked at designated hitter for most of the last two weeks and hasn't practiced his catching skills …
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The Baltimore Chop
Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins shift for Delgado — NEW YORK — Marlins coach Perry Hill is not a big proponent of over-shifting his infielders. But Hill had a different scouting report on Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado. — One that included 521 at-bats. — "I don't like to shift,'' said Hill, who coaches the infielders. "
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FishStripes
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nats Stage a Big Comeback — Soriano, Vidro Lead the Way After Washington Falls Behind 5-0 Against Oswalt : Nationals 12, Astros 8 — HOUSTON, April 8 — They were the center of the controversy all spring, the newcomer who wanted to play the elder statesman's position …
Peter Schrager / Fox Sports:
Bonds' detractors are loud ... and proud — Growing up as baseball fans in the 1980s, my friends and I were reared by our fathers to follow a very simple three-point plan: — Choose a favorite team. — Pick a favorite player. — Throw everything you have into supporting both.
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Out in the Desert
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Carpenter overcomes pain — CHICAGO — Chris Carpenter gave the Cardinals a quality start in Saturday afternoon's 3-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs, but manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan arrived at Wrigley Field unsure if Carpenter would give them a start at all.
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Viva El Birdos
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Defense, Not Bat, Is Rescuing Hernandez — When Anderson Hernandez singled in the second inning of Friday's game against the Florida Marlins, he notched his first hit of the season and doubled his career total over 34 at-bats. — Batting eighth in a powerful lineup, Hernandez …
Mark Newman / MLB.com:
It's Little League Baseball Opening Day — Ceremony in Harlem kicks off the road to Williamsport — NEW YORK — It was Little League Opening Day, and 6-year-old Noah Brown couldn't stop laughing. — Brian Cashman, the general manager of another local baseball team called the New York Yankees …
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Notes: Belliard sits with odd injury — Tribe second baseman strains calf walking to the dugout — CLEVELAND — It's not often a player gets injured between innings. — But that's just what happened to Ronnie Belliard on Friday night. — The Indians' second baseman suffered a mild strain …
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Let's Go Tribe
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Notes: Lee relaxes deal deadline — Young Cedeno opens season on a hot streak — CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee softened his call for a Saturday deadline to resolve his possible contract extension, but he did reiterate that he wants the matter resolved soon so he can focus on baseball.
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