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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Reverse gear — Tigers halt skid by ending Sox' winning streak — No one should presume that the Detroit Tigers are a mere warmup act this week to the Yankees, not when the Tigers arrive in Fenway Park with the best record in baseball, even if burdened with a five-game losing streak.
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers beat Sox, end five-game skid — BOSTON — As Jim Leyland said over the weekend, the Tigers' struggles are nothing a big home run or a well-pitched game can't solve. — The latter came on Monday night — in Fenway Park, of all places, and against David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, of all people.
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The Baseball Desert
Associated Press:
Tigers knock off Red Sox, end season-worst losing streak — CBS SportsLine.com wire reports — BOSTON — Jim Leyland wouldn't let the Detroit Tigers start worrying, even after a five-game losing streak left them in their longest slump of the season. — "I think he realizes we don't need …
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers handed fifth straight defeat — Slide pushed to season-high five games as Sox charge closer — CHICAGO — The last time the Tigers lost five straight games, their 2005 season was over. They're not thinking that way now that they've finally done it in 2006.
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Tiger Tales
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Even Near-Miss Hits the Spot for the Yankees — The record will show that Alex Rodriguez came through when the Yankees needed him last night, driving in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. Yet the moment left Rodriguez and the crowd craving more.
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Bronx Banter
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NY Daily News:
Jeter shows how to let loose and have a blast — Why does it have to be a competition, a popularity contest? But it is, always, and in this matter Derek Jeter will forever be the winner. He is homegrown, he has four rings, he is the captain, and he hits the two-run homer in the third inning …
Dom Amore / Hartford Courant:
Posada Snaps 0-For-25 Slump — NEW YORK — Jorge Posada wasn't getting any sympathy. — "Jason [Giambi] and I both went 0-for-32 in [2004]," Derek Jeter said. "We told him, if he goes another seven at-bats we'll sit down and have a talk." — As it was, Posada was 0-for-25, the longest hitless streak of his career.
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New York Times
Mike Scarr / MLB.com:
Angels settle for split after losing finale — Halos can't find a way to solve Yanks left-hander Johnson — NEW YORK — The Angels seem to be running in place. — After posting the best record in the Majors in July by winning 19 out of 26 games, they've split their last 14.
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6-4-2
Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Angels Are Past Break-Even Point — They lose to Yankees, 7-2, and split series in New York — normally a satisfactory result, but not when it drops them 5 1/2 behind A's in West. — NEW YORK — The Angels may hold a long-term lease on the New York Yankees — they're the only team …
Rich Draper / MLB.com:
Notes: Frandsen recalled — Utility infielder takes roster spot of departing Vizcaino — SAN DIEGO — You know a ballplayer is a "gamer" when he shows up in the clubhouse smiling despite a still-healing scratch on his face and swollen left cheek and jaw from being hit by a 90-something-mph pitch only the night before.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Notes: Marlins monitoring rookie hurlers — Four first-year starters expected to exceed 2005 workload — LOS ANGELES — Going with four rookies in the rotation has the Marlins closely monitoring innings. — Ideally, the organization is eyeing its first-year starters to log between 180-200 innings for the season.
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FishStripes
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Dan Gelston / Associated Press:
Pedro Martinez leaves with injury after first inning as Phillies pound Mets 13-0 — PHILADELPHIA — Pedro Martinez felt a twinge in his calf before the game, and felt the effects during a terrible first inning. — The New York Mets could only hope a bad outing was the worst of his problems.
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Hot Foot
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Scheinder quiet following blowup — Catcher not available to media following incident on Sunday — WASHINGTON — A day after losing his temper during a postgame interview, catcher Brian Schneider was not available to talk to the media on Monday. — After the Nationals lost …
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District of Baseball
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Gordon Wittenmyer / TwinCities.com:
Center fielder's left hand was hit by pitch Saturday — TWINS REPORT — Scheduled to have X-rays on his swollen left hand, Torii Hunter instead canceled those plans when he got to the Metrodome on Sunday morning and said he was ready to play. — "I didn't want them,'' said Hunter …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Letdown? Not in this slap-down — Never complacent, Sox put up 8 in 4th, cruise to 5th straight — With first-place Detroit in the early stages of snapping a five-game losing streak Monday night at Boston, the White Sox provided their own form of satisfaction.
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Exile in Wrigleyville
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Ace's Injury Is Cause for Concern — The Mets managed for a month without their ace, Pedro Martínez, and now there is a good chance they will have to do without him again. Martínez strained his right calf muscle Monday night while warming up before the Mets' 13-0 loss against the Phillies …
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Archie Bunker's Army
Associated Press:
Castilla signs minor league contract — DENVER (AP) - Vinny Castilla couldn't contain the ear-to-ear grin. He smiled as photos were snapped, and grinned when he answered questions. — Castilla was elated to be back with the Colorado Rockies, agreeing to terms on a minor-league contract Monday …
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Bad Altitude
Mike McGann / NY Baseball Central:
Sports Media 'Experts' On Gambling, Illicit Sex — There's a phrase for what happened to Paul Lo Duca this week: witch hunt. First, in the New York Post when after the catcher and made all kinds of extravagant claims about the catcher's personal life. Then The Daily News, having been …
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Mike's Mets
