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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Texas still leads Roy Oswalt hunt — The Los Angeles Dodgers watched pitcher Roy Oswalt throw last week in Starkville, Miss., but team officials are convinced that Oswalt is going to sign with the Texas Rangers — possibly as early as this week. — Oswalt, who had previously auditioned …
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Associated Press:
Ramirez Helps Rally Brewers Past Dodgers 3-2 — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aramis Ramirez tied the game with a homer and singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, helping the Milwaukee Brewers defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Monday night. — Shaun Marcum (3-3) allowed one run …
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Mark Saxon / ESPN:
Angels ace Weaver exits with lower-back injury — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver left his start against the New York Yankeesin the first inning Monday night after failing to record and out. — The Angels announced Weaver suffered a lower-back injury.
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Greg Beacham / Associated Press:
Angels ace Jered Weaver leaves with back injury — ANAHEIM, Calif.—Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver left his start against the Yankees in the first inning Monday night after just 12 pitches with excruciating lower back pain. — Weaver will have an MRI exam Tuesday …
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Greg Beacham / Associated Press:
Trumbo's HR ends Angels' wild 9-8 win over Yankees — ANAHEIM, Calif.—Mark Trumbo hit a game-ending homer to left, and the Los Angeles Angels overcame Jered Weaver's first-inning injury exit for their seventh consecutive victory, a wild 9-8 win over the New York Yankees on Monday night.
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Associated Press:
Sale has 15 strikeouts as White Sox beat Rays 2-1 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Chris Sale struck out a career-high 15, Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox extended their winning streak to six games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.
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Toni Ginnetti / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs president Theo Epstein won't rule out Ryan Dempster — Cubs first baseman Bryan LeHair comes up empty on a liner by Padres batter Chris Denorfia in the third inning of the Chicago Cubs 11-7 win over the San Diego Padres Monday May 28, 2012 at Wrigley Field.
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Cubs bash Padres to finally stop slide at 12
Cubs bash Padres to finally stop slide at 12
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Michael Vega / Boston Globe:
Final: Red Sox 7, Tigers 4 — Game over: Red Sox 7, Tigers 4: For the sixth time this season, the Red Sox climbed back to the .500 mark, improving to 24-24 after scoring a 7-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers Monday before a Fenway Park crowd of 37,921 in the first game of a four-game series that will conclude this seven-game homestand.
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Craig Glaser / Baseball Prospectus:
No No-No, No Cry — Believe it or not, most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an @baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else. In an effort to up your reading pleasure while tipping our caps to some of the most illuminating work …
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NBCSports.com:
Schilling says RI played role in company's trouble — PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Curt Schilling is blaming Rhode Island economic development officials and the governor for much of the financial troubles facing his video game company. — The former Red Sox pitcher tells The Providence Journal …
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Rick Freeman / Associated Press:
Wigginton's 6 RBIs send Hamels, Phillies past Mets — NEW YORK—Ty Wigginton drove in a career-high six runs with a homer and a pair of two-out hits and Cole Hamels won his eighth straight decision as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 8-4 Monday.
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Associated Press:
Descalso Hits HR, Cards Beat Reeling Braves, 8-2 — ATLANTA (AP) — Lance Lynn joined Philadelphia's Cole Hamels as the major leagues' first eight-game winners, and the St. Louis Cardinals' extended the Atlanta Braves' longest losing streak in two years to eight games with an 8-2 victory Monday.
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Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Acosta to be DFA'd; Schwinden, Quintanilla en route to NY — Chris Schwinden and Omar Quintanilla are on their way to New York, according to the team's beat reporters on Twitter. — 6:54 pm: Mike Puma of the New York Post says Manny Acosta will be designated for assignment to make room for Quintanilla on the 40-man roster.
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