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Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 38: Twins at Yankees — YANKEES (20-17) — Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (3-1, 4.00 ERA) — TWINS (18-20) — ROLLING: After losing four games in a row from May 4-7, the Yankees have won seven of their last nine games including the past five straight.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Six-run first gives Yanks sixth straight win — Teixeira homers twice, once back-to-back with A-Rod — NEW YORK — Phil Coke tried to fool his mind into rolling back the innings on the center-field scoreboard, breathing deeply and promising himself that the situation was just like any other of his brief big league career.
Associated Press:Teixeira, A-Rod go deep as Yankees complete sweep of Twins
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Dodgers beat banged-up, error-prone Mets 3-2 in extras — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Errors by Gold Glove center fielder Carlos Beltran and fill-in first baseman Jeremy Reed in the 11th inning cost the New York Mets, who had the go-ahead run taken away on an appeal play after Ryan Church missed third base …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Wild 11th gives Dodgers win over Mets — LA wins appeal in top half, then scores on error — LOS ANGELES — Mets first baseman Jeremy Reed's throwing error to the plate allowed Mark Loretta to score from third base with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning Monday night to give …
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Los Angeles Times:
Mets throw it away in the 11th — Reed's toss to the plate while trying to force out Loretta on Hudson's grounder is wide of the mark. — Mark Loretta scored on a throwing error by first baseman Jeremy Reed and the Dodgers beat the New York Mets, 3-2, in 11 innings Monday night at Dodger Stadium.
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Mike Nichols / MetsBlog.com:
Delgado To Have Surgery — The Mets have announced Carlos Delgado will undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove a bone spur and repair a torn labrum in his hip tomorrow in New York. — ...from what i can gather, delgado will likely be out until the all-star break... RSS 2.0 You can skip to the end and leave a response.
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Keitholbermann / Baseball Nerd:
Vin Scully, Voice Of The Yankees — The advent of the Mets' annual visit to Dodger Stadium always reminds me of one of the greatest baseball stories nobody tells. — Let's correct that. — A decade ago, when I was still working full-time in sports and in Los Angeles …
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Given a chance to play, Pierre thriving — Speedster flourishing in the spot previously held by the currently suspended Ramirez — The mayor of JuanPierreWood, an idyllic subdivision of Chavez Ravine, believes in giving an honest effort for a day's pay. He's making $10 million this year.
JSOnline:
Weeks out for season — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — St. Louis - General manager Doug Melvin just gave us the very bad news that second baseman Rickie Weeks is out for the season with the wrist injury he suffered Sunday. — Weeks has a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist that must be repaired surgically.
Michael Hiestand / USA Today:
MLB, Fox turn back World Series clock with earlier start times — Major League Baseball and Fox will announce today a real TV throwback: World Series action starting before 8 p.m. ET. — That hasn't happened, in a regularly scheduled weeknight Series game, in at least 34 years.
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Marksheldon / Mark My Word:
Some medical updates — This email from the Reds came a short time ago: — LHP Bill Bray was examined today by Reds medical director Timothy Kremchek, who tomorrow will perform surgery on Bray's left elbow. Bray has been on Louisville's disabled list since April 16 with a strained left elbow.
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Los Angeles Times:
Angels' John Lackey has to start someplace, gets win — The right-hander, pitching two days after being ejected in first inning of his season debut at Texas, makes it through five shaky innings and benefits when Angels rally from 4-1 deficit to beat Marine — Reporting from Seattle …
Ted Berg / SNY.tv:
Things Steve Phillips said — GM turned analyst speeds ESPN's long-predicted jump of shark — This is the first of a two-part series inspired by things Steve Phillips said in ESPN's broadcast of the Mets' 2-0 loss to the Giants on Sunday night. — Listen: Phillips has every right to his opinion and I don't begrudge him that.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Wagner announces surprise retirement — Reliever baffles front office with decision to hang up spikes — WASHINGTON — Nationals right-hander Ryan Wagner decided on Sunday to retire from baseball, and the team is baffled as to why Wagner called it quits.
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Dejan Kovacevic / PBC Blog:
Pirates claim Jackson from Yankees — The Pirates have claimed right-handed reliever Steven Jackson off waivers from the New York Yankees. — Jackson, 27, had a 1.88 ERA and one save in seven appearances for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before being designated for assignment May 8.
Daniel Kaplan / SportsBusiness Journal:
Three banks set to finance Cubs purchase — Chicago Cubs buyer Tom Ricketts is close to lining up three banks to arrange the $450 million financing necessary to complete his acquisition of the team, financial sources said, positioning him to clear a substantial hurdle in the long-running sale of the club.
Associated Press:
Bartlett's career-high five RBI helps Rays rout A's — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jason Bartlett drove in a career-high five runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the struggling Oakland Athletics 13-4 Monday night for a season-best four-game winning streak.
