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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Milton ready to get back to big leagues — Los Angeles (25-12) at Florida (17-19), 3:10 p.m. PT — MIAMI — On 12 occasions since 1947, the Dodgers started left-handers in four consecutive games, according to David Smith of Retrosheet. — They're about to do it again …
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Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
Pierre takes lead in 6-4 win — Reporting from Miami — There's nothing good about losing a slugger such as Manny Ramirez, no matter the reason. — But the loss can be a whole lot easier to take when you have someone like Juan Pierre to replace him, something Pierre proved again Friday night …
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Associated Press:
Yankees rally for win in A-Rod's new stadium debut — NEW YORK (AP) — Melky Cabrera capped a three-run rally in the ninth inning with a two-run single, and the New York Yankees stopped a five-game home losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
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Fred Kerber / New York Post:
CHILD'S GIFT GIVES GARDNER BOOST — After speaking to the media on one of the biggest nights of his young career, Brett Gardner reached into his locker stall in the Yankees clubhouse and found a small red bracelet attached to a pale yellow card. It was a special gift from a special child.
Associated Press:
Cabrera's two-run single delivers Yankees past Twins in A-Rod's N.Y. return — NEW YORK — Brett Gardner was visiting with a young girl at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital on Friday, when she gave him a bracelet. — “She told me that if I kept it, I would hit a home run,” he said.
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Coghlan, fan reach hard bargain — MILWAUKEE - In spite of a fan's efforts to shake down the Marlins for merchandise in exchange for Chris Coghlan's first home run ball, Coghlan ultimately took possession of it after Wednesday's game. — Nick Yohanek, aka “The Happy Youngster,” …
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies rally for big win — Colorado Rockies' Brad Hawpe, right, rounds third to greetings from coach Rich Dauer, left, after hitting a two-run ninth-inning home run off Pittsburgh Pirates closer Matt Capps in a baseball game in Pittsburgh Friday, May 15, 2009. The Rockies won 3-1. (AP |
Charles McGrath / New York Times:
Another Side of Kerouac: The Dharma Bum as Sports Nut — Almost all his life Jack Kerouac had a hobby that even close friends and fellow Beats like Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs never knew about. He obsessively played a fantasy baseball game of his own invention …
Associated Press:
White Sox OF Dye suspended for tossing helmet … TORONTO (AP) — Chicago White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye has been suspended two games and fined an undisclosed amount after he threw his helmet and it bounced off an umpire. — Major League Baseball imposed the penalty Friday.
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Mike Berardino / Florida Marlins:
Florida Marlins: Who wasn't ejected for the Marlins tonight? — Strange night out at the yard, where veteran umpire Ed Rapuano, working first base, turned a triple play of sorts. — In a span of two innings — separated by a 17-minute rain delay — Rap tossed Fredi Gonzalez, Dan Uggla and Emilio Bonifacio.
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Struggling Padres shake up roster — Towers makes flurry of moves, hints more may come — SAN DIEGO — A Padres team that has lost 20 of its last 24 games got a new look on Friday as several fresh faces stepped through the home clubhouse doors at PETCO Park.
John Marshall / Baltimore Sun:
Greinke, Royals easily beat Orioles — Kansas City right-hander earns seventh victory of season — Orioles starter Adam Eaton pitches in the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Eaton allowed seven runs and 10 hits in five innings during the Orioles' 8-1 loss.
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Associated Press:
Rays come back from 7-run deficit to top Indians — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — B.J. Upton's ninth-inning homer off Luis Vizcaino capped the biggest comeback in Tampa Bay history and the gave the Rays an 8-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.
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Mark Newman / MLB.com:
Rice enjoys memories during Hall tour — Red Sox slugger to be inducted to Cooperstown in July — COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — After all that time, Jim Rice was right at home. — “He always envisioned making it here,” his wife Corine said Friday in the chilly archives vault in the basement …
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