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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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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Only Mother Nature can stop Beckett — Righty nets win No. 10 with six shutout frames against Braves — ATLANTA — Until Tuesday night, Josh Beckett had no experience in 2007 trying to wipe away the sour taste of a loss. Judging by the way the right-hander responded, it might be a while before he has to do so again.
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Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Glove story: Josh cuckoo for Coco's catch — ATLANTA - Josh Beckett [stats] is aware that he has been repeating himself, but the Red Sox [team stats] pitcher said center fielder Coco Crisp [stats]'s diving catch in the fifth inning of last night's 4-0 win against the Atlanta Braves might have been the finest ever made for him.
Paul Newberry / Associated Press:
Red Sox's Beckett joins 10-win club — ATLANTA (AP) — Josh Beckett's slump lasted all of one game. — Bouncing back from his first loss, Beckett pitched six scoreless innings and even contributed a run-scoring double in his 10th win, leading the Boston Red Sox past the Atlanta Braves 4-0 Tuesday night.
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Washington Post
Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
Twins' Santana four-hits Mets, wins 9-0 — NEW YORK (AP) — Handed a huge lead against a struggling team, Johan Santana simply threw strikes and let 'em hit it. — The two-time Cy Young Award winner rarely has it so easy. — Santana pitched a four-hitter — with only one strikeout …
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Joe Christensen / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Santana's pitch count won't change — Despite his ace's frustrations, manager Ron Gardenhire says Johan Santana will face the usual limits on the number of pitches he can throw in a game. — NEW YORK - Johan Santana will face the same pitch-count restrictions he always has faced when he returns …
Associated Press:
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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Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Orioles move forward after dismissal — MacPhail reportedly being hired as chief operating officer — SAN DIEGO — One shoe dropped on Monday, leaving another one dangling in terms of Baltimore's organizational hierarchy. The Orioles dismissed Sam Perlozzo as their manager …
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Hardball Times
Washington Post:
Orioles Interview Girardi — Scarcely 24 hours after the Baltimore Orioles fired Manager Sam Perlozzo, a contingent of front-office personnel led by incoming Chief Operating Officer Andy MacPhail interviewed former Florida Marlins manager Joe Girardi for the opening yesterday …
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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D-Town Baseball, Bless You Boys, Mack Avenue Tigers, Tiger Tales and The Detroit Tiger Weblog
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Associated Press:
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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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.
David Briggs / MLB.com:
Dellucci strains left hamstring — Indians outfielder headed to 15-day disabled list — CLEVELAND — Indians left fielder David Dellucci is headed to the disabled list after straining his left hamstring in Tuesday night's game against the Phillies. — How long Dellucci …
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Let's Go, Tribe!
Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Giambi meeting with Mitchell almost set — DENVER — Injured Yankees slugger Jason Giambi is nearing an agreement to speak to former Senator George Mitchell in his investigation of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. The parameters of such a discussion are being worked out …
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The Biz of Baseball
Larry Santana / MLB.com:
Colon doesn't have best stuff — Righty allows 11 hits, seven runs in six innings vs. Astros — ANAHEIM — Reggie Willits anchored the Angels' offense with three hits and an RBI, but it did little to quell the hot bats of Houston in a 9-5 loss to their Interleague visitors at Angel Stadium on Tuesday.
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