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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' Mench gets another break — Showalter is trying to manage outfielder's streaky nature — CHICAGO - Kevin Mench continues to puzzle the Rangers. He has taken streakiness to new levels this season. — Mench, who sat out Saturday's game, went the first 41 at-bats of the season without an RBI …
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Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Bauer providing steady relief — CHICAGO — Right-hander Rick Bauer was barely, if at all, in the plans for the Rangers on Opening Day. — He was reassigned to minor league camp March 18, with about two weeks left in spring training. Yet, Bauer has become one of the more trusted relievers in the Rangers' bullpen.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Notes: Kinsler inches up — Rookie moves into No. 7 spot in batting order — CHICAGO — Ian Kinsler was given a promotion on Saturday. — Manager Buck Showalter moved him to the seventh spot in the batting order, only the second time in 16 starts that Kinsler did not bat ninth.
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals lose Pujols — First baseman Albert Pujols will be re-evaluated Sunday, but the Cardinals believe he could miss "significant" time after suffering a strained right oblique muscle in Saturday's second inning against the Chicago Cubs. — Pujols, the NL's reigning Most Valuable Player …
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Lboros / Viva El Birdos:
strained oblique grief counseling and Game 56 Open Thread: June 4, 2006 — it's like i keep saying: you can beat the cardinals this year, but you still can't beat . . . . . . . um . . . . . . . .(cough). — the official word on albert's injury is "right oblique strain"; prognosis is 2 to 6 weeks on the shelf, maybe longer.
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Clement set to face rookie in series finale — Boston (32-21) at Detroit (37-19), 1:05 p.m. ET — The Red Sox will not be able to capitalize on familiarity as a recipe for success on Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of this three-game series against the Tigers.
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:Notes: Mound meeting a Leyland no-no
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Mike Kiley / Chicago Sun Times:
Miller comeback gets a setback — ST. LOUIS — Right-hander Wade Miller had hoped to be close to joining the Cubs by at least the middle of June. But now it looks questionable whether he can make it to the big leagues this month. — Miller has been shut down the last week after being set back in his right shoulder rehab.
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Mike Kiley / Chicago Sun Times:
Wood's next start bumped to Tuesday — ST. LOUIS — Kerry Wood won't start today as scheduled against the St. Louis Cardinals. — With his surgically repaired right shoulder experiencing more stiffness in between starts after he threw Friday in the Busch Stadium bullpen …
NY Daily News:
After 1st, Randy rolls — BALTIMORE - Randy Johnson continues to have problems in the first inning but that was about the only thing he struggled with yesterday. — Johnson allowed just one hit after the opening frame and pitched into the eighth inning in his second straight strong outing.
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Joe Lapointe / New York Times:
Yankees' S O S's Continue: Two More Are Sick or Sore — BALTIMORE, June 3 — The Yankees' spiral of illness and injury continued downward Saturday, when two more players were unable to perform against the Orioles in the second game of a three-game series at Camden Yards.
Joe Lapointe / New York Times:
Replacement Yankees Are Winning Like the Real Thing — BALTIMORE, June 3 — As he left the Yankees' clubhouse after a 6-5 victory against the Orioles on Saturday, Alex Rodriguez wore a pink shirt emblazoned with a movie title: "House of the Dead." — The humor was macabre and certainly appropriate.
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Bronx Banter
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Barmes not part of roster moves — Considering Rockies shortstop Clint Barmes entered Saturday night's game against Florida in a 13-for-104 slump, it would not have been a big surprise to find him apartment shopping in Colorado Springs today. — But instead of getting sent to the Triple-A Sky Sox …
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Matthew Borenstein / MLB.com:
Notes: S. Kim and Smith set free — Coaching staff, front office evaluate needed changes — DENVER — The Rockies recalled right-handed relief pitcher Scott Dohmann and infielder Omar Quintanilla from Triple-A Colorado Springs and designated right-handed pitcher Sun-Woo Kim and infielder Jason Smith …
CBS SportsLine.com:
OPP AB R H HR RBI BB SB — Albert Pujols, the major league leader in home runs and RBI, was set to be placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a strained muscle on his right side. "He's sore," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "I think we'll disable him."
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Ed Eagle / MLB.com:
Pirates sink Padres rookie to even series — Duke settles down after shaky first inning, gets win — PITTSBURGH — Zach Duke knows a little something about bouncing back from rough starts. — In an outing that was somewhat emblematic of his rollercoaster sophomore season …
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Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Romero Continues to Struggle — CLEVELAND — Saturday's game was well out of reach when Angels reliever J.C. Romero walked the first two batters in the eighth inning, prompting Manager Mike Scioscia to practically sprint to the mound. — Scioscia didn't issue Romero his walking papers.
