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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Trachsel, Mets struggle vs. Brewers — Ohka notches first Shea Stadium win as bats fall silent — NEW YORK — It was the first game this season the Mets didn't play well enough to win. It was the second game this season they lost. — So now, 161-1 is off the table.
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Ronald Blum / sports.yahoo.com:
Milwaukee 8, NY Mets 2 — Tony Gwynn: Brewers & Mets: Early season surprises — NEW YORK (AP) — Tomo Ohka came up to the plate with the score tied in the fourth inning and two on, just after Chad Moeller's bloop near the right-field line popped out of Xavier Nady's glove for a single.
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Back injury will keep Casey out 6-8 weeks — Anyone who feels baseball is not a contact sport should check with first baseman Sean Casey. — The Pirates' first baseman will miss 6-8 weeks because of two fractures in his lower back, the team announced yesterday, in placing him on the 15-day disable list …
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David Briggs / MLB.com:
Notes: Bucs have strong sub in Wilson — Double the honor for Bay; club pays tribute to Robinson — PITTSBURGH — Craig Wilson has the everyday first-base job he wanted. But the way it came about — Sean Casey suffering two fractures in his lower back — curbs any excitement.
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Notes: Novoa replaces Wuertz on roster — Cubs surprised at Casey's injury; Barrett racking up ribbies — PITTSBURGH — The Chicago Cubs' bullpen got a fresh arm on Saturday when right-hander Roberto Novoa was called up from Triple-A Iowa. — Right-hander Michael Wuertz …
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Chris Haft / Contra Costa Times:
No free pass for the Giants offense — San Francisco's struggles at plate continue against the Dodgers — LOS ANGELES - Jason Schmidt was good enough to overcome most of his shortcomings Saturday night. The same couldn't be said of the Giants' hitters.
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Ted Brock / MLB.com:
Perez shines as Dodgers even series — Lofton triples home run in first start with Los Angeles — LOS ANGELES — The eighth-largest crowd in Dodger Stadium history — 55,132 paid — got a two-fer Saturday night. It got to see Odalis Perez corral the San Francisco Giants, 3-1, and also got ample opportunity to heckle Barry Bonds.
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Fox Sports:
Bonds threatens to quit if bone chips worsen — The problems continue to pile on for Giants outfielder Barry Bonds. The latest setback for the embattled slugger is bone chips in his left elbow. — Bonds told MLB.com that he has "10 to 12 bone chips floating" in his left elbow …
Baltimore Sun:
Newest star gathering is at 3rd in NL — At this decade's start, the trio was hyped as the Holy Trinity of Shortstops. — Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Nomar Garciaparra. — Quickly, Miguel Tejada joined them, beginning his streak of five straight 100 RBI seasons in 2000.
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Losses Keep Coming For Nats — Drese Hurts Elbow, Season in Question: Marlins 5, Nationals 3 — MIAMI, April 14 — Less than two weeks into the season, it already seems destined to be a summer-long battle for the cellar. The Florida Marlins and the Washington Nationals play 18 games that represent …
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Notes: Boomer lands on DL — DiNardo likely moves to rotation, Van Buren called up — BOSTON — A durable workhorse for most of his career, left-hander David Wells is suddenly feeling his age. After coming off the disabled list and making one start, recurring woes in his right knee …
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Chris Snow / Boston Globe:Top to bottom — Schilling comes up aces; Gonzalez provides punch
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Pat Borzi / New York Times:
Yanks Cover for Wright, Then Rivera Blows Save — MINNEAPOLIS, April 15 — Mariano Rivera's cut fastball bored in to break Justin Morneau's bat, but a game-winning two-run single dribbled into right field, leaving Rivera as stunned as the Yankees behind him on the field.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Pedro eyeing win No. 200 — Pedro Martinez has the baseball from his 100th win, which came Aug. 8, 199,9 against the Angels. Tomorrow, the ace tries to notch No. 200 and get another souvenir, when the Mets open their first series with the Braves. — Martinez said the milestone …
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Associated Press:
Padres-Braves Preview — John Smoltz is familiar with starting a season slowly. — The hard-throwing right-hander looks to rebound from two difficult outings when the Atlanta Braves host the San Diego Padres on Saturday in the second game of a three-game series.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' loss a four-gone conclusion for Padilla — OAKLAND, Calif. - Maybe it was blues legend John Lee Hooker, with an assist from Jimmie Vaughan, who put it best: — "Boom, boom, boom, boom." — That pretty much summed up Vicente Padilla's outing against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday in the Rangers' 5-4 loss.
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Re-creating a classic — Before this story gets to the part where the kid lands his dream job because of a video game, some tired fingers and Bill Buckner, let's go back about 20 years. — On Oct. 25, 1986, Conor Lastowka was 5 years old. He lived in Virginia, and bedtime was long …
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Struggling Izzy gropes for solutions — Not yet two weeks into the season, Jason Isringhausen already has walked into some strange places. — Isringhausen entered the eighth inning of a one-run game last Sunday at Wrigley Field. Instead of earning what would have been only his fourth six …
Murray Chass / New York Times:
New Season, New Closer for Red Sox and Others — TERRY FRANCONA sat in his hotel room in Arlington, Tex., on the afternoon of the third game of the season. He was mentally making pitching plans for that night's game with the Rangers. That was when Jonathan Papelbon, a 25-year-old rookie, became the new Boston Red Sox closer.
blackathlete.net:
GRAVE AGAIN — MLB'S ONCE A YEAR CHARADE — WHY ARE THE TOP 20 EXECUTIVES — IN BASEBALL ALL WHITE BUD — Glorifying Jackie Robinson on April 15th — Baseball is also secretly very secretly celebrating its Great Relief that the likes of Jackie Robinson are dead and buried.
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Brazelton sent to bullpen; Hensley starter — MIAMI - Manager Bruce Bochy made it official yesterday, demoting Dewon Brazelton into a long-relief job and filling the No. 4 starting spot with Clay Hensley for Tuesday's game in Denver. — "Hopefully it'll be the best for both pitchers," Bochy said.
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