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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Traber will be called up — Nats closer Cordero awaits some save opportunities — MIAMI — Right-hander Ryan Drese was scheduled to have an MRI on Saturday to determine why he experienced soreness in his right elbow on Friday night, but it was postponed, and he will have the procedure done …
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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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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.
Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Wells placed back on the DL — Lefty gets first of three injections in right knee — For now, at least, David Wells refuses to think that this could be the end of the line, the inevitable last stop in a 20-year major league career. — ''I've got to give this a legitimate shot," …
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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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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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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
For Now, Wright Happily Forgets How to Strike Out — As magnificent as David Wright's first two weeks have been, the number that impresses him most is not .421 (his batting average), .816 (his slugging percentage) or 13 (his runs batted in). It is the loneliest number, one, which is how many strikeouts he has in 38 at-bats.
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NY Daily News:
Cliff hangs tough through struggles — When asked for his postgame scouting report on Milwaukee starter Tomo Ohka, Cliff Floyd was either honest about his ongoing hitting woes or extremely complimentary to someone very dear to him. — "I wouldn't know ... because my grandmother could get me out right now," Floyd replied.
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Mike's Mets
Baltimore Sun:
For true read on O's finances, Angelos needs to open books — It was the baseball business equivalent of a hanging curveball. — Orioles owner Peter Angelos told a Washington radio audience Friday that his club lost $15 million last year. He threw that number out there and now I'm going to hit it out of the park.
Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
A weak accounting from Sox — They just don't line up well in shutout defeat — The writing was on the wall yesterday morning. Tacked up in the Red Sox clubhouse, just inside the door, it went like this: Stern CF, Cora 2B, Ortiz DH, Ramírez LF, Youkilis 3B, Snow 1B, Peña RF, Bard C, Gonzalez SS.
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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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Bannister to face off against Sheets — Milwaukee (7-4) at New York Mets (8-2), 1:10 p.m. ET — Another festival of firsts awaits the Mets and their fans on Sunday. Brian Bannister is the Mets starter, and he still has some entries on his rookie to-do list: his first complete game …
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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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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Can't Stop The Bleeding
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 …
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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