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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Detroit deals Maroth to St. Louis — FOXSports.com, Updated 25 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — Seeking to bolster their rotation, the Cardinals have acquired left-handed pitcher Mike Maroth from the Tigers, FOXSports.com has learned. — The trade is the Tigers' second in three days …
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Associated Press:
Cardinals acquire lefty pitcher Maroth from Tigers — ATLANTA — The Detroit Tigers traded lefty Mike Maroth to the pitching-desperate St. Louis Cardinals on Friday in a deal between last year's World Series opponents. — The trade came with St. Louis struggling at 32-37 and the Tigers tied for the AL Central lead.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals get lefty Mike Maroth — For the second time this week, the Cardinals moved to acquire a major-league starting pitcher who had just shaken loose from another club's rotation. The Cardinals traded for Detroit lefthander Mike Maroth in a deal finalized today, major-league sources confirmed to the Post-Dispatch.
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
O's place Tejada on DL, ending streak … PHOENIX // The Orioles placed Miguel Tejada on the 15-day disabled list today with a non-displaced fracture in his left wrist, ending the shortstop's consecutive games streak at 1,152. — It was the fifth-longest streak all time, behind only Cal Ripken Jr. …
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Associated Press:
Orioles place Tejada on DL, end streak at 1,152 — PHOENIX (AP) — Baltimore shortstop Miguel Tejada was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a broken left wrist, ending his streak of consecutive games played at 1,152, the fifth-longest in big league history.
MLB.com:
Orioles place Miguel Tejada on disabled list; Consecutive game streak ends at 1,152 games — Hernandez activated, Knott recalled; Castillo designated for assignment — The Orioles today announced that SS MIGUEL TEJADA has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a non-displaced fracture …
Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Bradley-to-Royals deal voided — Trade cancelled after A's learn of outfielder's oblique injury — MILWAUKEE — Outfielder Milton Bradley was traded to the Royals — almost. The deal was cancelled before it actually happened. — The Royals, on Friday, had agreed to a trade with the Oakland A's …
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Andrew Seligman / Associated Press:
Zambrano has 12 Ks, leads Cubs by ChiSox — CHICAGO (AP) — Now, Carlos Zambrano is punching out the opposition. — Zambrano matched a career high with 12 strikeouts, leading the Chicago Cubs over the White Sox 5-1 Friday and sending their crosstown rivals to their 20th loss in 25 games.
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Joe Hamrahi / Baseball Digest Daily:
Dukes Goes Down — Photo: Bill Richardson, Baseball Digest Daily — Uh oh... The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have optioned outfielder Elijah Dukes to the minor leagues and placed him on the temporary inactive list. The Rays also selected veteran outfielder Dustan Mohr from Durham (AAA) …
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Drew, Lowell sitting out — SAN DIEGO — J. D. Drew and Mike Lowell are not in the lineup tonight, but Red Sox manager Terry Francona indicated both would probably be ready to play tomorrow. Meanwhile, Curt Schilling worked out today (non-throwing workout) in Boston and was en route to San Diego Friday afternoon.
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
The lineups — SAN DIEGO — Terrry Francona has already put together his lineup and J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell are on the bench for the start of tonight's game against Greg Maddux and the Padres. Drew pulled up lame hitting a double Wednesday in Atlanta and Lowell has a strained ligament in his left thumb.
Bill Konigsberg / Associated Press:
Glavine earns 296th victory, beats A's — NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Glavine, leading off first base, saw the ball jump off Jose Reyes' bat and knew it was time to put on the burners. Still, the not-so-speedy Glavine was gunned down at the plate. — It was pretty much the only thing that went wrong for him all night.
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Associated Press:
Morneau taken to hospital with chest injury — Associated Press, Updated 40 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — MIAMI (AP) - Minnesota Twins slugger Justin Morneau was taken to a hospital Friday night with an injury to his upper right chest after he collided with Florida Marlins catcher Miguel Olivo at home plate.
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Jim Ingraham / zwire.com:
What's poking Pronk? — Views and reviews on what we've seen from the Indians thus far ... The longer Travis Hafner's slump continues, the more likely it seems that it's something other than a lack of the proper mechanical adjustments at the plate that is the problem. — Hafner's beyond that.
