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Matt Cain throws perfect game, strikes out 14 as Giants drub Astros — SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Cain pitched the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for the Giants, striking out a career-high 14 and getting help from two spectacular catches to beat the Houston Astros 10-0 on Wednesday night.
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Cain, Giants join Dustin Johnson to hit golf balls — SAN FRANCISCO—As golfer Dustin Johnson crushed drives from home plate over the right-field wall and into San Francisco Bay, pitcher Matt Cain and manager Bruce Bochy glanced at each other before looking into the stands for approval from Giants general manager Brian Sabean.
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Matt Cain's Place in History — Matt Cain just threw the 22nd perfect game in baseball history, which is of course an amazing accomplishment. But, through the way he dominated on the way to his perfect game, Cain actually joined an even more exclusive club - guys who have posted a Game Score above 100 in a nine inning game.
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Steve Kroner / San Francisco Chronicle:
Matt Cain throws perfect game as Giants win 10-0
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ESPN:
Epstein admits to errors late in Red Sox tenure — While he was adamant that he was proud of his overall body of work with the team, former Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein acknowledged Wednesday that late in his tenure he veered from the philosophy of patience he helped to instill in order to try to win immediately.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
A quick trade involving Ryan Dempster is said to be possible
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John Fay / Cincinnati Reds:
Baker fires back at Lowe with explosive accusations — Dusty Baker responded angrily to Cleveland starter Derek Lowe's postgame rant against him. Lowe said he didn't respect Baker over some incident a few years ago. — Here's what Baker said: — “He had some words for me.
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Jordan Bastian / Major League Bastian:
Derek Lowe has “zero respect” for Dusty Baker
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Final: Red Sox 10, Marlins 2 — Game over: Red Sox 10, Marlins 2: The Sox score 10 runs, which is two less than they had scored in their previous five games to take two out of three here in South Florida. Felix Doubront pitched a very good game in improving his record to 7-3.
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Associated Press:
Inge Had Go-Ahead Double, Lifts A's Past Rockies — DENVER (AP) — Brandon Inge hit a go-ahead two-run double during a three-run ninth inning, and the Oakland Athletics rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 10-8 Wednesday night. — Todd Helton hit a grand slam and Michael Cuddyer had two homers …
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies, Betancourt blow lead in ninth, lose seventh consecutive game — Rafael Betancourt spoke just above a whisper. Anger was less obvious than disbelief. He's been the Rockies' best pitcher, and given a rare opportunity to shut the door, it slammed on his fingers.
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Purple Row
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Mets 9 Rays 1 — The Mets (34-29) defeated the Rays (35-27) tonight by the score of 9-1 in Tampa tonight. — The Least You Should Know: … The Elias Sports Bureau reports that Tom Glavine in 2006 is the only other Mets pitcher to be the first major league pitcher to reach 10 wins in a season.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Ben Sheets Throws For Teams — Righty Ben Sheets threw for scouts today in Monroe, Louisiana, MLBTR has learned. Scouts from the Phillies, Braves, Yankees, and Angels were in attendance. — Sheets, 33, signed a one-year, $10MM deal with the Athletics in January 2010 despite missing …
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Dave Skretta / Associated Press:
Royals beat Brewers on bases-loaded walk in 11th — KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Mike Moustakas walked with the bases loaded in the 11th inning Wednesday night, giving the Kansas City Royals a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. — Billy Butler singled to lead off the inning against Kameron Loe …
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Dejan Kovacevic / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Pirates' Morton faces possible Tommy John surgery — The Pirates' Charlie Morton has had his elbow rehabilitation shut down amid concerns of a major injury, two sources have told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. — More word is expected later today. — General manager Neal Huntington declined …
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Pirates Prospects and Bucs Dugout
Associated Press:
Aybar, Callaspo homer to lead Angels over Dodgers — LOS ANGELES—Erick Aybar led off the ninth inning with his first home run of the season, Alberto Callaspo also went deep and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Dodgers 2-1 Wednesday night in the rubber game of the season's first Freeway Series.
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Thome Powers Hamels, Phillies Past Twins 9-8 — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jim Thome drove in four runs against his former team, including a long homer to pad Philadelphia's lead, and the Phillies hung on for a 9-8 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.
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Twinkie Town
Associated Press:
Lance Lynn Wins 10th, Cardinals Edge White Sox 1-0 — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lance Lynn struck out a career-high 12 to stay tied for the major league lead in wins and Carlos Beltran hit his NL-best 19th home run Wednesday night, sending the St. Louis Cardinals to a 1- victory over the White Sox …
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Associated Press:
Phillips Leads Reds Past Indians 5-3 — CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Phillips helped the Cincinnati Reds get through their illness with another strong game against his former team, hitting a two-run homer and driving in three runs in a 5-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night.
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Strasburg shuts down Blue Jays, improves to 8-1 — TORONTO (AP) — Stephen Strasburg won his fifth straight start, Tyler Moore hit the first two home runs of his career and the Washington Nationals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
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