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Padres-Giants Preview — The NL wild-card leading San Diego Padres will probably be glad to finish up their season series with the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. — The Giants look to further cut into the Padres lead and win seven straight games over San Diego for the first time in 19 years …
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Williams squares off against Morris — San Diego (73-68) at San Francisco (72-70), 5:05 p.m. PT — The Padres will be banking on Woody Williams' experience and his big-game history when he takes on another veteran right-hander, the Giants' Matt Morris, in the series finale at AT&T Park.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Foes Realize That Wang, With 17 Wins, Is That Good — Chien-Ming Wang threw two warm-up pitches after being hit by a liner in the fourth. He stayed in the game, pitching seven and a third innings. — Kevin Millar, the famously gabby first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles …
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Sam Borden / NY Daily News:
Wang's still Cy-high — Has O's talkin' in Yank win — BALTIMORE - Johnny Damon was at first base in the fifth inning yesterday when he began chatting with his old Boston teammate, Kevin Millar. One of the topics was Chien-Ming Wang, and Damon said Millar, who now plays first for the Orioles …
Dan Le Batard / Miami Herald:
Win symbolizes amazing season — The Florida Marlins didn't win a wonderfully tense baseball game Saturday night as much as they slalomed on one ski in a panic through a treacherous field of land mines, bear traps and bottomless wells. The only way this night could have been more difficult …
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Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Howard smacks two in Moyer's gem — Slugger ups his Major League-leading homer total to 56 — MIAMI — Ryan Howard's dossier is already overflowing with reasons on why he should be the National League's Most Valuable Player. — He provided two more on Friday in another pivotal game against the Marlins.
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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Catalanotto solves puzzle of Escobar — Jays outfielder doubles in winning run off longtime nemesis — ANAHEIM — Frank Catalanotto had some homework to do. Prior to Saturday's game in Anaheim, the Toronto outfielder picked up his book on opposing pitchers and flipped to section "E."
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White Sox add three players to active roster — CHICAGO — Prior to today's game vs. Cleveland, the Chicago White Sox purchased the contract of third baseman Josh Fields from Class AAA Charlotte, returned outfielder Jerry Owens from his rehabilitation assignment to Charlotte and reinstated …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Royals pound staggering Sox one more time — The Red Sox may have crossed into the garbage time portion of their season, but there are still evaluations to be made that will affect decisions made in the offseason. And while owner John W. Henry responded to questions about the team's direction by saying …
Dom Amore / Hartford Courant:
Giambi Receives 2nd Shot — BALTIMORE — Jason Giambi received a second cortisone shot in his ailing left wrist Saturday, but this time he will take a few days off to let the injection work. — "The doctor said last time maybe we didn't give it a chance to set in," Giambi said.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Insider: What could the Cardinals buy with $26 million? — Last summer, the Cardinals played a 100-win season under the "Red Means Go" marketing slogan. It fell to pitcher Jeff Suppan last week to summarize this year's campaign — "a different team playing a different season."
HornsFan / Burnt Orange Nation:
Troy Smith 24 Greg Davis 7 — Just a few quick thoughts tonight before we get into the nitty gritty of what went wrong tomorrow: — *The better team won. Don't want to hear any USC bulls**t here. — *To all the Buckeye fans that are showing up to leave nasty comments - think before you post.
Tony DeMarco / MLB.com:
Notes: Soriano leaves all options open — Outfielder's top choice remains staying with Nationals — DENVER — In the midst of compiling a season that his manager has called possibly the best ever by a leadoff hitter, Alfonso Soriano is more concerned about reaching milestones than pondering his future.
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Webb silky smooth, one-hits Cards — Arizona ace tosses third shutout of the season — PHOENIX — As he warmed up before his start on Saturday night, Brandon Webb didn't have the feel for the sinker, his signature pitch. — "In the bullpen, it didn't seem like I had a whole lot of control with it," he said.
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Platoon at catcher new plan with Torrealba out — Opportunity was the reverberating theme Saturday with the Rockies' catching position. — Yorvit Torrealba will miss the remainder of the season with a strain in his right shoulder, injured while slipping on a throw between innings Thursday.
