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6:35 PM ET, May 6, 2006

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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Notes: Lima time could come Sunday  —  Veteran righty may get call from Minors to start for Maine  —  NEW YORK — John Maine had just finished his bullpen session Friday when, clearly frustrated, the right-hander threw his cap into his locker.  —  The Mets announced that Maine has been suffering …
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Wright delivers game-winning double  —  Third baseman's third hit of the night caps Mets' 16-hit attack  —  NEW YORK — The television replays don't lie, and apparently — somewhere within a frenzy of ecstatic New York Mets and exhausted Atlanta Braves — David Wright had the presence of mind to touch second base.
Bob Herzog / Newsday:
Kaz gets little love but chips in with bat, glove  —  That noted baseball sage, 47-year-old Julio Franco, made the observation before Thursday night's game at Shea Stadium.  "If they were really good fans, they wouldn't boo Kaz so much," the veteran said of Kaz Matsui, a favorite target …
Discussion: Mike's Mets
Peter Botte / NY Daily News:   Mets' ending is all Wright
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves squander chances, fall in 14th
Discussion: It's Mets For Me
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Zambrano looks to repeat solid outing
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
Tom Durso / Shallow • Center:
San Francisco Bray  —  Bonds Gets an Earful and an Eyeful, but It's the Phillies Who Make the Real News  —  POLICE OFFICERS, security officials, and television news crews saturated Citizens Bank Park last night, and while the expected abuse of Barry Bonds rained down all night long, there were plenty of surprises that deserve mention.
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USA Today:
Phils shut down Bonds, outslug Giants  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants combined for seven home runs Friday night, but history-chasing Barry Bonds didn't contribute to the power surge.  —  BOX SCORE: Giants-Phillies  —  Bonds, 41, who needs two home runs …
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:   Alou sprains ankle, headed for DL
Dylan Hernandez / Contra Costa Times:
Battered and bruised: Giants lose game, Alou
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
A Royal blush  —  Jenks blows save, Sox lose 3rd to MLB's worst team  —  There's such a thing as home-field advantage and then there's what the White Sox had Friday night.  Oddsmakers would call it about as sure a thing as you can have.  —  Not only had the Sox won more home games, 11 …
Discussion: Exile in Wrigleyville
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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
'Out of patience,' Glass hints at imminent changes  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Royals owner David Glass sounds like a man reaching for the trigger as his club continues to pile losses one upon another.  —  "I'm out of patience," he said Thursday.  "I have never been this frustrated.  I've got to do something.
Bob Dutton / Wichita Eagle:
Glass: Change coming  —  CHICAGO - The anticipated shakeup in the Royals' front office could be just hours away.  —  Club owner David Glass reaffirmed his intention Friday to implement major changes in response to the Royals' disappointing performance in the season's first five weeks.
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Brains and brawn  —  Loretta's bunt sets up Ortiz to do damage  —  When Mark Loretta stepped to the plate in the sixth inning last night with two outs, two runners on base, and the game tied, he had no idea that what he was about to do had been done last summer, also by the No. 2 hitter …
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Karen Guregian / Boston Herald:
Solid Schilling takes his fifth  —  Perhaps the worst part about Curt Schilling's night was it took him three tries to figure out how to retire Kevin Millar.  —  Millar touched up the right-hander for a pair of hard-hit singles before Schilling fanned his former teammate on a called third strike …
Discussion: Boston Red Sox
Chris Snow / Boston Globe:   Crisp won't swing into action early
Amanda Branam / MLB.com:
Notes: Navarro lands on disabled list  —  Dodgers catcher has bone bruise from foul tip on Thursday  —  LOS ANGELES — It isn't the news the Dodgers hoped for concerning Dioner Navarro's wrist, but it could have been worse.  —  The catcher was placed on the 15-day disabled list after suffering …
Discussion: Dodger Hill
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Ben Bolch / Los Angeles Times:
Perez's Role Looks in Limbo  —  The Dodgers plan to place Odalis Perez on the bereavement list today, a move that will allow them to supplant the inconsistent left-hander in the rotation for at least one start.  —  Perez, who is visiting his ailing mother in the Dominican Republic …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Guzman elects to end season  —  After surgery, shortstop should be ready for 2007 return  —  WASHINGTON — Shortstop Cristian Guzman was scheduled to have an infield session and test his injured right shoulder in front of manager Frank Robinson and general manager Jim Bowden on Friday afternoon …
Discussion: BallWonk
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Steven Goff / Washington Post:
Guzman Will Have Surgery, Is Out for Year
NY Daily News:
A-Rod bumped from cleanup spot  —  ARLINGTON - Alex Rodriguez was moved out of the cleanup spot last night but it wasn't a demotion; it was more like an accident.  —  As Joe Torre and bench coach Lee Mazzilli were discussing potential lineups before the game, Torre told Mazzilli …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
In Control Through 7, the Yanks Just Escape
Discussion: Bronx Banter
Mike Scarr / MLB.com:
Angels pitching staff roughed up  —  Santana allows six runs, nine hits over four-plus frames  —  TORONTO — Few things went right for the Angels on Friday.  —  Their starting pitcher struggled while the offense continued to exhibit signs of basic malaise.
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Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:   Bottom Falls Out for Angels Again
Damian Cristodero / St. Petersburg Times:
Familiar faces rejoin lineup  —  OAKLAND - How nice for the Devil Rays they finally got a chance to add instead of subtract.  —  Shortstop Julio Lugo, who hadn't played since the opener because of a strained intercostal muscle, and third baseman Aubrey Huff, out since April 12 with a sprained left knee, returned to the lineup Friday.
Discussion: MLB.com and DRays Bay
Bleed Cubbie Blue:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!  —  I walked into the vending-machine room here at work early this morning, and some of the crew that comes in to clean the building were watching CSN's replay of last night's game during their break time.  —  I looked up at the TV and saw that the tape was in the 9th inning, 0-0 score.
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Quick return for Rangers' Wilkerson  —  Wilkerson plays a day after running into wall, bruising his shoulder  —  ARLINGTON - Outfielder Brad Wilkerson, who crashed into the left-field wall Thursday, said his concussion symptoms faded by early Friday.  Wilkerson, who left Thursday's game early, was back in the lineup.
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Associated Press:
Kendall suspended, Lackey fined for brawl  —  NEW YORK (AP) - Oakland Athletics catcher Jason Kendall has been suspended four games for charging the mound and Los Angeles Angels pitcher John Lackey was fined for his actions in the altercation.  —  Kendall was also fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Friday.
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ESPN:   Kendall suspended, Lackey fined
 
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