Archive for September, 2009
US beats Cuba 5-3 at baseball World Cup
Former major leaguer Terry Tiffee hit his fourth home run of the baseball World Cup and the United States beat Cuba 5-3 on Thursday in a likely preview of this weekends final. The United States stretched its winning streak to 12 games after opening the tournament with a loss to Venezuela. Lucas Harrell earned the [...]
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Sweeney leaves after being hit in foot by pitch
Seattle Mariners designated hitter Mike Sweeney left Thursdays game against the Toronto Blue Jays after being hit in the right foot by a pitch. Sweeney stayed in the game and ran the bases after Toronto left-hander Ricky Romero hit him to start the second inning. He later scored on a sacrifice fly by Matt Tuiasosopo. [...]
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AL Capsules
ANAHEIM, Calif -A J Burnett struck out 11 in his second win since July, and New York won a series at Anaheim for the first time since May 2004 with a 3-2 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday. On Tuesday night, New York became the first major league team to clinch a playoff berth. Robinson [...]
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X-rays negative on Yankees C Posadas foot
Yankees catcher Jorge Posada has no broken bones in his foot after fouling a ball off his toes. New York manager Joe Girardi will wait until the club returns home before deciding when Posada will play in the Yankees key weekend series against the Boston Red Sox. Hes sore, limping a little bit, but theres [...]
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Gonzalez leaves game with tight hamstring
Carlos Gonzalez left the Colorado Rockies game Tuesday night against San Diego with a tight left hamstring. Gonzalez, who led off the bottom of the first inning with a standup triple and scored on a balk, was replaced in left field in the bottom of the second inning by Seth Smith, who doubled and scored [...]
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