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Orioles interview Girardi — BALTIMORE - Joe Girardi was interviewed Tuesday by Baltimore Orioles executives, a day after the team fired manager Sam Perlozzo. — The interview took place in Chicago, a baseball official familiar with the talks said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no public statements were authorized.
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Mike Burke / Cumberland Times-News:
Orioles fire Perlozzo — BALTIMORE - Sam Perlozzo was packing Monday morning for the Baltimore Orioles' upcoming West Coast roadtrip when a reporter called with some disturbing news. — "He said there were reports that I was going to be fired," Perlozzo said Monday afternoon, "and I said, 'I'm packing my suitcase for the road trip.'
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Schilling sent for medical tests — Francona cites shoulder as issue following rough outing — ATLANTA — A day after not striking out a batter in a start for the first time in 14 years, Red Sox ace Curt Schilling was sent back to Boston on Tuesday for a medical examination.
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Red Sox shut out Braves — LIKE THIS STORY? — ATLANTA (AP) - Josh Beckett nearly fell behind on the second hitter he faced. After that, he settled down to become baseball's second 10-game winner. — Beckett pitched six scoreless innings before heavy rains ended his night and even chipped …
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Schilling sent back to Boston for MRI — Associated Press, Updated 11 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — ATLANTA (AP) - After getting roughed up in two straight starts, Red Sox starter Curt Schilling was sent back to Boston on Tuesday to get an MRI exam on his right shoulder.
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Danny Knobler / Detroit Tigers Insider:
Miller to stay in the rotation — for now — WASHINGTON — OK, we've got the Tiger rotation through the weekend, and Andrew Miller is still in it. — Manager Jim Leyland announced that after Kenny Rogers debuts Friday in Atlanta, Justin Verlander will pitch Saturday and Miller in the ESPN Sunday night game.
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Tigers pound out 17 hits, rip Nats 15-1 — WASHINGTON (AP) — Sean Casey hit his first home run of the season, and the Detroit Tigers pounded out 17 hits in a 15-1 rout of the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. — Marcus Thames also homered for Detroit, which tied a season-high for runs …
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Lauren Kobylarz / MLB.com:
Ledee comes through as a fill-in — Left fielder goes 2-for-3 with a homer against Twins — NEW YORK — Ricky Ledee knows what it's like to be thrown into a lineup. He's been there before, and he knows how to prepare for it. — Ledee knows that in his position, preparation isn't a one-time deal, it's an all-the-time deal.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Yanks, Rangers should get this deal done — FOXSports.com, Updated 38 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — The following sentences will be written approximately 6,389,432 times before the July 31 non-waiver deadline: — The Yankees will not trade right-hander Phil Hughes, not even for Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira.
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Penny wins ninth as Dodgers rout Jays — TORONTO (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are going to have to make do without Jason Schmidt for a while. Fortunately for them, Brad Penny is still going strong. — Penny became the second nine-game winner in the National League …
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Unit has herniated disk; rotation return uncertain — PHOENIX — Randy Johnson has a herniated disk in his surgically repaired back, raising questions about when he'll return to the Arizona Diamondbacks' rotation. — The club revealed the diagnosis Tuesday, one day after Johnson visited with Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Andy Phillips returning to Yankees — Word is that Andy Phillips is being called up from Class AAA Scanton. He was hitting .301 with 11 homers and 36 in the International League. — I don't yet know who is off the roster but I suspect it will be Josh Phelps. More on this once I get back from the clubhouse.
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Note: MetsBlog and Franco Post — ...there is a blog post from another site making its way around the web, making very outrageous claims regarding Julio Franco and the Mets locker room... ...yes, the post's writer, Luke Halpert, a teenaged blogger, once helped out here at MetsBlog …
Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Keith seeks 1 leader among 2 Carloses — If Keith Hernandez were still playing, experiencing the slump the Mets are now mired in, he would not avoid the media. And Mex would not take kindly to any teammate who did. — This was the message the SportsNet New York analyst delivered …
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Buehrle doesn't want to be traded — With the White Sox struggling, trade rumors are floating around baseball, many of them involving free-agents-to-be Mark Buehrle and Jermaine Dye. — So does Buehrle, the longest-tenured Sox pitcher who has the staff's lowest earned-run average …
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