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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
A Broken Wrist Ends Matsui's Streak — On one gruesome play in the first inning at Yankee Stadium last night, a streak ended and a problem intensified. — Hideki Matsui, the Yankees' left fielder who had played in 1,768 consecutive games, fractured his left wrist while trying to catch …
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Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Rescue club — Red Sox strand 15 but survive to take 2 of 3 in New York — NEW YORK — When Mark Loretta came to bat in the seventh last night against Kyle Farnsworth, the Yankees' sixth pitcher in a game managed like this was October, the Red Sox had two men on and two outs.
Steve Buckley / Boston Herald:Curt says all is well: Medical issue unrelated to baseball
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The Soxaholix
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets blame it on the rain, Rowand — Phils can thank Aaron for victory in 4 1/2 — PHILADELPHIA - The Mets lost only their second series this season. It took bloodshed and rain to deliver that blow. — Aaron Rowand caught Xavier Nady's bases-loaded shot at the base of the wall …
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Joe Santoliquito / MLB.com:
Floyd pitches Phillies to victory — Righty shuts out Mets for five innings to earn rain-shortened win — PHILADELPHIA — When Aaron Rowand first arrived in Philadelphia in November, he pointed out to center field at Citizens Bank Park and made a prescient remark to the Phillies' brass …
David Lennon / Newsday:
Umps miffed? You make the call — PHILADELPHIA — The Mets have beaten up the Nationals, thrashed the Marlins and shown they are capable of dethroning the Braves. But in the pursuit of their first National League East title since 1988, are the Mets good enough to be infuriating the umpires, too?
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Zachary Levine / MLB.com:
Rowand to have surgery on Friday — Phillies unsure of how long center fielder will be sidelined — PHILADELPHIA — Phillies center fielder Aaron Rowand left Thursday's game with a broken nose and lacerations to the face after crashing into the center field fence to make an over-the-shoulder catch …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
It All Swings Wrong Way For Nationals — After Washington Takes Lead in Top of 11th, Griffey Hits Three-Run Homer in Bottom Half: Reds 5, Nationals 4 — CINCINNATI, May 11 — It was the kind of swing that replays on television screens and in minds for the rest of the night …
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Justice B. Hill / MLB.com:
Nats rally, but bullpen can't hold lead — Johnson homers in the 11th, but Reds rally for win — CINCINNATI — The Nationals couldn't possibly forget the first time this season that they faced Reds right-hander Bronson Arroyo, and they aren't likely to forget the second time they faced Arroyo either.
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Capitol Punishment
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers replace Triple-A manager — Texas also swaps minor-leaguers with San Diego — It was quiet on the major league front for the Rangers on Thursday, but they sent tremors through their struggling Triple-A Oklahoma club. — Manager Tim Ireland, still serving a 10-game suspension …
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Lone Star Ball
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Ira Berkow / New York Times:
Live Arm Puts Pelfrey on Mets' Fast Track — BINGHAMTON, N.Y., May 9 — Deep in the heart of the bushes, in upstate New York, a tall, lean young man in a Mets uniform stood on a pitcher's mound. — The ballpark was cozy, a third full with about 2,000 fans present on a pleasant Tuesday evening.
Joe Roderick / Contra Costa Times:
Infection sends Chavez to hospital — A's notebook — TORONTO — A's third baseman Eric Chavez missed his third straight game with what the team is calling a bacterial infection. — He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital on Thursday morning, receiving IV fluids and undergoing a blood test …
Tim Dahlberg / Associated Press:
Column: Well, at least Bonds can still hit — SAN FRANCISCO —Barry Bonds still uncoils at the plate like a striking cobra. Unfortunately, he plays left field like a hippopotamus looking for a good mud bath. — For one day, or even one historic homestand, it hardly matters.
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Baseball Musings
Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Koronka deal pays big dividends — ARLINGTON — John Koronka's wife, Ashlee, had things figured out long before he did. She kept telling him that he was going to wind up in Texas with the Rangers. — Ashlee had been predicting that Koronka would play for the Rangers since he was a Rule 5 pick of theirs in December 2002.
Amanda Branam / MLB.com:
Friars open series in Chicago — San Diego (19-16) at Chicago (15-19) 11:20 a.m. PT — The Padres hit the road for nine games, taking their sparkling record in May with them. — First up on the trip are the Cubs at Wrigley Field, a team the Padres swept in a four-game series last week at PETCO Park.
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Ducksnorts
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Yard Sticks: Will 2006 be bigger bang for Pujols? — In 1998: — Mark McGwire hit his 18th home run of the year in the 43rd game. He finished 1998 with 70 home runs. — In 2001: — Barry Bonds hit his 18th home run of the year in the 42nd game. He finished 2001 with 73 home runs.
