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Mariners tee off on Red Sox pitching, sail to easy win — CBS SportsLine.com wire reports — SEATTLE — Finally, Jeff Weaver has something to shout about. — Seattle's early season flop continued his flip back toward respectability by holding the potent Boston Red Sox to one earned run …
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Tavarez, Red Sox trip up: Seattle leagues better in series-opening win — SEATTLE - Returning to the American League for good this season, the Red Sox [team stats] responded as if they had no idea where they were. — Looking lost at the wrong end of Interstate 90, the Red Sox' 9-4 loss …
Geoff Baker / Seattle Times:
Weaver fires up M's in 9-4 win over Red Sox — Some cuss words and other vocal barrages Jeff Weaver let fly on the mound left little doubt as to the state of his intensity level. — The rest of the Mariners seemed as pumped up as Weaver later admitted to being after Monday night's game.
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Hudson, McCann get it right for a night — Battery's performance ends losing streak at 5 — Not only had the Braves gone six days without a win, they had gone six days without a lead. — So when Brian McCann hit an RBI single for a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning Monday, the Braves were relieved.
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Bergmann Returns, But Nats Fall Short — By this point, the Washington Nationals need some sort of spreadsheet to keep track of their players. Perhaps a daily roll call instituted by Manager Manny Acta. "Bergmann!" Acta could yell in the clubhouse. "Here!" the right-hander would reply — for now.
Charles Odum / Associated Press:Nats SS Guzman to miss rest of season
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ailing Birds are on the mend — NEW YORK — A parade of regulars returning from the disabled list on this trip is expected to culminate with the Cardinals sending ace Chris Carpenter on a rehab assignment as early as this weekend. — Carpenter, recovering from elbow surgery …
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
One Swing Is Difference vs. Cardinals Again — The teams were the same. So was the site. The Mets' pitcher of record was the same, and the game was again decided by a home run. — Only this time, it was the Mets who were whooping it up at home plate while the St. Louis Cardinals retreated …
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Lester the spottier starter — So it's Gabbard who will fill in — SEATTLE — While Kason Gabbard was preparing to make a start in the place he made his big-league debut last season, Washington native son Jon Lester was enduring one of the worst starts of his minor league career last night in Louisville, Ky.
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Steve Silva / Boston Globe:Music from the Mound — More on Dice-K's CD courtesy of the Red Sox media department:
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs win in wild ninth — Alfonso Soriano earned a $136 million contract last winter because of his ability to hit a baseball. — Wrigley Field security guard Anton Migursky earns considerably less than that for ensuring a safe atmosphere at the Friendly Confines.
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Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Mets voices whiff on Paul's tantrum — Paul Lo Duca, the Mets' All-Star poster child, acted like a spoiled one Saturday night in the sixth inning (A's-Mets, Ch. 11), snapping on home plate umpire Marvin Hudson over a called strike. Gary Cohen and Ron Darling quickly took Lo Duca to task.
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Ben Bolch / Los Angeles Times:
Penny plays the ace card — He is the first 10-game winner in the National League as Dodgers rout the Diamondbacks, 8-1. Garciaparra to move from first to third. — PHOENIX — This was like driving the station wagon to work so that the sports car would stay spotless for the big date.
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Dejan Kovacevic / Associated Press:
Kuwata's sushi-ball has the raw material — Pirates' Japanese legend leans on ultra-slow pitch for early success — Pitcher Masumi Kuwata gets high fives from teammates in the dugout after leaving in the seventh inning against the Angels Sunday in Anaheim, Calif.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Notes: Eyre to make first big-league start — Right-hander is 2-3 with a 3.00 ERA in 19 relief appearances — DETROIT — The Rangers are planning to bring reliever Willie Eyre out of the bullpen and start him on Tuesday night against the Detroit Tigers. — Eyre is replacing Vicente Padilla …
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Baseball Time in Arlington
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Companies Not Chasing Bonds's Home Run Chase — You might have noticed that corporate America has taken a pass on Barry Bonds, that major companies have exhibited little interest in linking their brands to the near-certainty of Bonds hitting his 756th home run this year.
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Fielder holds All-Star vote lead — Slugger could be club's first All-Star starter since 1999 — MILWAUKEE — With some help from his friends, it was another very good week at the All-Star polls for Brewers star Prince Fielder. — For the second straight week, Fielder was at the top …
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