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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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Kelsie Smith / Boston Globe:
Trouble for Beckett right off the bat — Ragged first inning set an ominous tone — Recently, it seems, there is little variation to the theme: Red Sox starter gets in trouble, has to come out early, and leaves several innings for his bullpen to handle. — Last night the plot didn't change …
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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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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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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats belted by Braves — Ortiz takes the loss; Jones hits three homers off Nats pitching — WASHINGTON — The Nationals had no answers for Chipper Jones and Matt Diaz as they were pounded by the Braves, 10-4, in front of a crowd of 21,550 on Monday night at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium.
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Steven Goff / Washington Post:
Ortiz and Nationals Battered by Braves — Washington Nationals Manager Frank Robinson would've liked to have sat back in the dugout last night at RFK Stadium, set aside the mounting concerns about his last-place team and admired another outstanding effort by Ramon Ortiz, his most reliable starting pitcher of late.
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Los Angeles Times:
For Drew, It's a Living With Very Little Life — The other day, J.D. Drew singled in the first inning, and while that should've been enough to stop the game and award him the ball, he drove in a run. — And I swore, as Drew rounded first base and came to a stop, I saw him clap both hands together almost as if he were excited.
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Elizabeth Aguilar / MLB.com:
Nomar, Lowe drive Dodgers over Fish — Garciaparra homers, has three RBIs; righty goes seven strong — LOS ANGELES — The pitching and clutch-hitting performances continued on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. This time, it was Derek Lowe tossing seven innings of one-run ball …
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Jim Molony / MLB.com:
Rockies, Astros discussing Wilson deal — Houston outfielder one of 12 'designated' players available — Will it be a Rockies' redux for Preston Wilson? — Colorado and Houston have been discussing a deal that would reunite the outfielder with the franchise he played for from 2003 through the first half of last season.
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Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Castilla back with Rockies — Original Rockie signs minor league deal, will end career here — For all practical purposes, Vinny Castilla said, his big league career began with the Rockies. — It is going to end with the Rockies, too. — Castilla, whom the Rockies took from the Atlanta Braves …
New York Post:
BORN TO HIT — MANNY WIELDS ONE MEAN BAT — MAYBE Manny being Manny simply means this: He is the best hitter of the generation. — Manny Ramirez had his 27-game hitting streak end on Sunday, in part because he did not run hard on a grounder that bizarrely spun from routine to beyond pitcher Todd Williams' initial stab.
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Fox Sports:
S. Florida may need to bid farewell to Loria — Jeffrey Loria is at it again. — The Florida Marlins owner has proved adept at embarrassing himself and the game of baseball, but his latest misstep is an uncharacteristic one. As you may have heard, Loria was reportedly a hairsbreadth …
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Kevin Baxter / Miami Herald:
Treanor's special bat — Marlins catcher Matt Treanor planned to get up early this morning and make the short drive from his home in Long Beach, Calif., to his brother Michael's place in suburban Orange County to help commemorate his birthday. — ''I haven't seen him in a while …
New York Post:
A REELING RODRIGUEZ TOSSES INJURY CARD IN — WHEN the lineups were announced before yesterday's Angels-Yankees game, the Stadium crowd once again amped up an ovation for Alex Rodriguez hoping, obviously, that the brew of encouragement and support would finally spur the most talented player to the most wonderful deeds.
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.
