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Charlie Nobles / MLB.com:
Alou's streak sets Mets, MLB '07 marks — Outfielder's eighth-inning RBI single also ties Sunday's game — MIAMI — Moises Alou is atop the Mets' record books. — Alou singled to center field on a 1-2 pitch in his fourth at-bat Sunday, extending his hitting streak to a franchise-record 27 games.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
David Wright's RBI-single lifts Mets past Marlins in 11 — MIAMI - Damn the masseuse. Bless David Wright's bat. — Rubdowns loosened Billy Wagner's cranky back enough for the closer to take the mound yesterday ... and blow a save. But two innings later Wright's RBI single scored Jose Reyes …
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Marc Raimondi / SNY.tv:
Alou carrying Mets down the stretch — Despite missing first half, veteran has been clutch for New York — The muscles bulge, the hands are strong and the gait is noticeably stiff. A machine, well-oiled at that, comes immediately to mind — especially the way Moises Alou is hitting the baseball these days.
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Trying to get back in swing — Ramírez, Youkilis are slated for BP — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - There is no game scheduled today for the Red Sox, but it won't be an offday for everyone. Manager Terry Francona said Kevin Youkilis and Manny Ramírez will come out to Fenway Park today to take batting practice.
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Red Sox are ready to take their position — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The champagne flowed yesterday in Cleveland, where the Indians don't win a big game without Trot Nixon sticking a whipped cream pie in somebody's face. And there wasn't a dry shirt in Anaheim, where the Angels …
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
He's serious: Rays to shine by '09 — Rays manager Joe Maddon, 53, whose contract recently was extended through 2009, insists better days are ahead. And not as far away as you might think. — Times] — The Devil Rays this week wrap up their 10th consecutive losing season, and have the worst record in the major leagues.
Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Bradley injured after getting tossed — Padres outfielder has MRI after bizarre incident with ump — SAN DIEGO — This qualifies as bizarre, even for San Diego outfielder Milton Bradley. — Bradley, who has earned a reputation as being temperamental in his career …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Notes: More power, but more strikeouts — Marlins have set team record for going deep and striking out — MIAMI — Sometimes strikeouts come as a byproduct of power. — So it isn't that startling that in a year when the Marlins have already established a team record for home runs in a season …
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins coaching staff expected to return — MIAMI GARDENS — The Marlins are about to finish one of the franchise's worst seasons, but there apparently won't be any changes to the team's field staff. — Manager Fredi Gonzalez said Sunday he expects his entire coaching staff to return next year.
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Sun-Sentinel:
Uggla's homer in ninth can't hold back Mets — By Jackie Friedman South Florida Sun-Sentinel — MIAMI GARDENS - Dan Uggla may have spoiled Billy Wagner's day, but he couldn't ruin the New York Mets' plans to gain a game on the fast-closing Philadelphia Phillies.
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Will Leitch / New York Magazine:
Going, Going... The greatest baseball player in the world is about to lead the game's most storied franchise to its thirteenth consecutive October in the playoffs. And then he might leave town. Inside A-Rod's Endgame. — T — he last time the New York Yankees didn't make the postseason, there was no postseason.
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NY Daily News:
Roger Clemens' hamstring still tender, start moved again — The Yankees have moved Roger Clemens' next start from today to tomorrow with an eye toward giving his tight left hamstring an extra day of rest. It is the third time in four days that the his start has been moved.
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Charlie Nobles / MLB.com:
Notes: Humber the man on Wednesday — Former No. 1 pick to make first career start against Nationals — MIAMI — Mets manager Willie Randolph has chosen to start rookie Philip Humber against the Nationals on Wednesday in what could be a crucial game for the Mets and their playoff hopes.
Vic Ziegel / NY Daily News:
Joba Chamberlain's save steals Mike Mussina's thunder — Mike Mussina won his 250th game yesterday, moved another step closer to Cy Young and Secretariat, and you wouldn't have believed the crowd surrounding his locker after the game. There were probably enough of us to fit into a toll booth …
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Andrew Bagnato / Associated Press:
Dodgers end 7-game skid, rip Arizona — PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks know exactly who's chasing them — and what they must do to wrap up the NL West title. — But the Diamondbacks wasted a chance to extend their division lead Sunday, losing 7-1 to Chad Billingsley and the Dodgers as Los Angeles stopped a seven-game skid.
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Aaron / AaronGleeman.com:
Hunter's Home Farewell — Saturday afternoon was the inaugural Stick and Ball Guy Convention, so I headed downtown for some breakfast at Hubert's before taking in the Twins-White Sox game at the Metrodome with a dozen other citizens of SBG Nation. A good time was had by all despite the fact …
