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Associated Press:
Glaus, Jays hand M's 8th straight loss — TORONTO (AP) — The Seattle Mariners are paying a big price for not doing the little things. — Troy Glaus singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Mariners 2-1 on Saturday, sending Seattle to its season-high eighth straight loss.
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John Hickey / seattlepi.com Mariners blog:
Things a little out of order in Toronto — One of the few truly weird moments of the 2007 season took place in the bottom of the second inning Saturday in Toronto. — With the Mariners and the Blue Jays scoreless in the bottom of the second, Toronto second baseman Aaron Hill came …
John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:Mariners Notebook: Short-armed M's nearly turn to Felix
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D.J. Short / MetsBlog.com:
preGame: Mets at Braves (Game Two) — The Game: — The first-place Mets (74-60) continue their weekend series with the Braves (69-66) this afternoon at Turner Field, starting at 3:55 pm EDT. — The Lineup: — SS Jose Reyes leads off, followed in order by 2B Luis Castillo …
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets' John Maine baffles Braves to snap skid, keep lead at 2 — ATLANTA - Step back from the ledge. For one day, at least. — Carlos Delgado and Jose Reyes homered and John Maine took a scoreless effort into the sixth as the Mets recovered from a gut-wrenching four-game sweep in Philly …
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mike Pelfrey (0-7) starting over for Mets — ATLANTA - Mike Pelfrey will start today's game against the Braves, while the Mets also will add righthanders Philip Humber and Willie Collazo to the bullpen as rosters expand. — Willie Randolph said Pelfrey's major-league experience …
Paul Meyer / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Pearce, Morgan coming up today — MILWAUKEE — After their 3-2 loss to Milwaukee tonight, the Pirates announced first baseman Steve Pearce, outfielder Nyjer Morgan and left-hander Juan Perez will join the team tomorrow from Class AAA Indianapolis when major league rosters expand from 25 players.
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Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Notes: Pirates announce callups — Pearce, Perez, Morgan to be brought up from Triple-A — MILWAUKEE — The Sept. 1 callups began on Aug. 31 for the Pirates. Well, at least that's when the announcement came. — Following the Pirates' loss to the Brewers on Friday …
Chris Jenkins / Associated Press:
Gallardo, Brewers inch closer in Central — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Yovani Gallardo was way more fired up about escaping a big jam than he was about his second career homer. — The rookie right-hander pitched seven sharp innings and went deep in the fourth inning, helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat …
Brian Costello / New York Post:
YANKEES TURN TO KENNEDY — The latest rookie gets to take his turn in the Yankees rotation. — Ian Kennedy, the team's No. 1 pick in 2006, gets the start today against Tampa Bay in place of slumping Mike Mussina. — Kennedy showed up at Yankee Stadium on Thursday and threw in the outfield and from the pitcher's mound.
Fluto Shinzawa / Boston Globe:
Painful defeat for Sox — Drew exits after Wakefield scratched — For an instant, the ball that blasted off Miguel Tejada's bat found its way into the glove of Coco Crisp, who had raced to the depths of center field to make the play. — But once Crisp ran full speed into the wall …
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Ozzie: No more Mr. Nice Guy — Says he'll go back to his old ways; MacDougal roughed up in latest loss — CLEVELAND — Gather the children, tell them to press their hands to the sides of their heads and ''make earmuffs,'' because Ozzie ''Bleeping'' Guillen is back, and he doesn't care whom he offends.
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Notes: Jaramillo a wanted man — Rangers hope to extend contract of popular hitting coach — ANAHEIM — The Rangers have addressed manager Ron Washington's contract. The next step is to bring back all his coaches. — At the top of the list is hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, whose contract is up at the end of the season.
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Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Astros to call up seven in September — Anderson to join club Saturday, six more to arrive Wednesday — CHICAGO — As the calendar flips to September, the Astros' traveling party can expect to become much bigger in the next few days. — Seven Minor Leaguers will join the team in the very near future.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Rolen to DL; Branyan on board — The Cardinals moved to fill a sudden need at third base Friday even as they encouraged Scott Rolen to seek an additional opinion before shutting down for the season. — As Rolen visited with the doctor who performed his second shoulder surgery of 2005 …
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