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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Shawn Green lifts Mets over Braves — Guillermo Mota won't need to go into hiding thanks to Shawn Green. — Summoned to protect a two-run lead with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth, Mota surrendered a game-tying single to Jeff Francoeur. But Green's RBI single a half-inning later …
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Shawn Green's single lifts Mets and bails out bullpen — The Braves are done. The Phillies are nearly finished, too, even before they arrive in Flushing tomorrow. — Yet even with a 4-3 win last night over Atlanta salvaged by Shawn Green's eighth-inning RBI single …
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Mussina sharp as Yankees win seventh in a row — TORONTO - When Joe Torre ambled out to the mound last night, Mike Mussina thought the manager was going to ask how he felt about pitching to lefty Lyle Overbay with two runners on base. Torre stood close to his righthander and spoke quietly until …
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Joba Chamberlain's scoreless run over — TORONTO - After giving up the first run of his big-league career last night, Joba Chamberlain is no Slow Joe Doyle. — Chamberlain allowed an unearned run in the eighth inning last night when Alex Rodriguez made a bad throw on a grounder that would've ended the inning.
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John Delcos / The LoHud Mets Blog:
Mets Notes: Hernandez not right — Do you remember what I wrote last night, that Hernandez's problems was rust related? Well, he's complaining about his foot again. I should have seen it coming. The Mets say he'll make his next start, but that's why they call them ``probables'' and not ``definites.''
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Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Notes: El Duque ailing just a bit — Despite the pain, veteran is still scheduled to pitch on Monday — NEW YORK — Orlando Hernandez insisted that he was feeling fine on Tuesday night — as fine, at least, as a pitcher can feel after allowing eight runs in three-plus unattractive innings.
Amy Shipley / Washington Post:
Ump Tells Lout To Not Shout, So He's Out — There were so few fans at Dolphin Stadium for Wednesday's game, a season ticket holder got thrown out for heckling the umpire too loudly. — In the fifth inning of the Florida Marlins' 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers square set with Padres — Billingsley delivers in place of late-scratch Lowe — LOS ANGELES — Derek Lowe wasn't trying to take one for the team. It just turned out that way. — With Lowe sidelined by a freak injury suffered while playing catch a day earlier …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs back in 1st with win — Despite Dempster's bizarre 9th, Cubs grab share of Central lead — HOUSTON — When Houston shortstop Mark Loretta started the bottom of the ninth inning with a ground ball that took a freakish bounce off the first base bag and wound up in right field for a base hit …
Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com:
Puerto Rico wants out of the Draft — Island's sport secretary proposes 10-year hiatus — Puerto Rico wants out of the First-Year Player Draft. — In a meeting with Major League Baseball officials last week in New York, Dr. David Bernier, the island's Secretary of Sport …
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Hamilton, Gonzalez banged up — Outfielder strains hamstring, shortstop bothered by knee — CINCINNATI — The Reds' attempt to finish the season positively might have taken a hit when two regular players exited early with injuries during Wednesday's 5-1 win over the Cardinals.
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Associated Press:
Phillies turn triple play against Rockies — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies turned their second triple play of the season Wednesday night, doing it on a line drive by Colorado's Matt Holliday. — Cory Sullivan led off the game with a single and Troy Tulowitzki bunted for a single …
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Dates, opponents set for finales at NYC stadiums — NEW YORK — Yankee Stadium is set to host its final regular-season game on Sept. 21, 2008, with New York playing Baltimore. — Shea Stadium will hold its regular-season wrapup a week later, on Sept. 28 against Florida.
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What's Craig Biggio Got to Do with Paula Marshall? Not Much, But Hear Us Out. — I'm watching the Astros battle the Cubs last night, and Jim Deshaies and Bill Brown start talking about how Cecil Cooper's not playing J.R. Towles in the games against the Cubs because he doesn't want to mess with the dreaded integrity of the game.
