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Rogers, Tigers end Indians' 6-game run — DETROIT (AP) — Kenny Rogers wasn't at his best Wednesday. — Thanks to Detroit's defense and a friendly bounce, it didn't matter. — Rogers allowed two runs — one earned — in 5 1-3 innings as the Tigers snapped Cleveland's six-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory.
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Blake's HR in 11th lifts Tribe by Tigers — DETROIT (AP) — Ivan Rodriguez just missed his storybook ending. — On the night he caught his 2,000th game, the Detroit Tigers All-Star almost hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning to beat the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.
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BoSox unite with Valentine's Japan team — TOKYO (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have formed an alliance with Bobby Valentine's team, the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League, to share player evaluations and statistical analysis. — The Marines are managed by Valentine, a former manager of the New York Mets and Texas Rangers.
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Red Sox to Enter Japanese Player Development Agreement — Written by The Staff — The Boston Red Sox will hold a press conference, Weds. at 11:00 a.m. ET to announce that the club has entered into a strategic alliance with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball in the areas …
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PADRES — SAN DIEGO (AP) -During his pre-game media session, Florida Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez kept telling anyone and everyone that Hanley Ramirez would be available to pinch hit. — Ramirez, the 2006 National League Rookie of the Year, had tweaked his left hamstring legging out a double Monday night.
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Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins expect Johnson reversal — SAN DIEGO — Josh Johnson has yet to pitch into the fifth inning since returning three starts and a rehab assignment ago from eight months of inactivity. — But the Marlins see progress in their right-hander. — Johnson's fastball was livelier and his mechanics more sound in his last outing.
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Marlins spit Padres' hook with four runs in seventh — Greg Maddux aimed his 0-2 curveball for the dirt near home plate. Instead, the ball floated, and Marlins pinch-hitter Hanley Ramirez hit a tying two-run home run in the seventh inning, sending the Padres toward a 6-4 defeat last night at Petco Park.
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Wolf placed on 15-day DL — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Dodgers' pitching staff took another hit Wednesday when Randy Wolf, one of three starters with at least eight victories, went on the 15-day disabled list because of soreness in his left shoulder. — Wolf joins starter Hong-Chih Kuo …
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John Perrotto / Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times:
Column: Littlefield's dubious distinction — PITTSBURGH - Dave Littlefield, barely more than a week away from the sixth anniversary of his hiring as the Pittsburgh Pirates' general manager, has provided more than his share of memorable moments during that time. — Sadly, most of those moments have been bad ones.
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Betemit gets back at Braves again — Los Angeles — Wilson Betemit hasn't lived up to expectations most nights with the Dodgers, but the ex-Braves infielder certainly steps it up against his former employers. — He hit a two-run homer and a two-run double in the first three innings …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Another One and Done For Nationals' Offense — Lenny Harris wasn't supposed to be in this position, standing on the top step of the dugout at RFK Stadium, peering out at a collection of hitters who, right now, look like they couldn't define the phrase "three-run double."
Chicagosports / Hardball:
Reds interested in Brenly? — WASHINGTON — According to reports out of Cincinnati, Cubs broadcaster Bob Brenly is among the candidates the Reds are looking at to replace fired manager Jerry Narron. — Pete Mackanin, the interim manager, is considered to be a seat-holder for the next manager …
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Burnett to see elbow specialist — Sean Burnett's career could be in jeopardy again. — Citing continuing pain in his surgically repaired left elbow, the Pirates' first-round draft pick in 2000 pulled himself out of Class AAA Indianapolis' game last night in Louisville, Ky., after pitching one inning.
