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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Milledge caught looking — PHILADELPHIA - Willie Randolph gave Lastings Milledge a lecture in the dugout after the rookie was thrown out at the plate trying to score from first base on Julio Franco's two-out double to right-center in the seventh. The manager believed Milledge should have scored.
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Simply the best in baseball — Every starting player gets a hit as Mets pass Tigers for top record — PHILADELPHIA — It's impossible, of course, for the Mets to go undefeated for the remainder of this season. But after the first two games here at Citizens Bank Park …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Getting plunked, skunked — Rangers pound Sox, Vazquez as 'armed' combat breaks out — ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers put a dent in Javier Vazquez's ERA Wednesday night. — But that paled in comparison to the anger the White Sox displayed during an 8- loss at Ameriquest Field …
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Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Zeroed in: Rangers shut out White Sox, 8-0 — ARLINGTON - The big inning went Vicente Padilla's way Wednesday: The Rangers had one, and Padilla made sure the White Sox didn't. — In fact, Padilla made sure Chicago didn't even get a little inning, shutting them out for eight innings in an 8-0 Rangers win.
Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Padilla dominant against White Sox — ARLINGTON — The Rangers hadn't seen the Vicente Padilla they saw Wednesday night in a long time, if ever. — The Padilla who showed up to face the White Sox — make that to dominate the White Sox — was different, more effective.
Jack Curry / New York Times:
Soriano's Numbers Won't Come Cheap — WASHINGTON, June 14 — Alfonso Soriano is the king of his corner in the Washington Nationals' clubhouse and an even bigger king in the baseball universe. Soriano acts like a star, he is a star and he wants to remain a star — here, there and everywhere.
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Associated Press:
Dodgers-Padres Preview — The last time the Los Angeles Dodgers were swept by the San Diego Padres on the road, right-hander Chad Billingsley was in rookie ball. — Now a major league rookie, Billingsley makes his debut when the Dodgers (35-30) and Padres conclude their three-game series at Petco Park on Thursday.
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Amanda Branam / MLB.com:
Streaking Young takes on Dodgers — Los Angeles (35-30) at San Diego (34-31), 3:35 p.m. PT — The Padres will take a sweep against the Dodgers anytime, but if they could pull it off in Thursday's matinee, they would be just about where they want to be. — With a win on Thursday …
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Jan Hubbard / Dallas Star-Telegram:
And this lefty likes the Rangers — ARLINGTON - About 45 minutes before the first pitch was thrown Wednesday night, approximately 75 people were lined up on the concourse on the first base side of Ameriquest Field waiting for an autograph from 18-year-old Kasey Kiker. — You think Ranger fans like their left-handers?
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Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:
RANGERS NOTES — Hicks gives OK to make late moves — ARLINGTON - Rangers owner Tom Hicks reiterated Wednesday that he will ensure general manager Jon Daniels has the resources necessary to make any trade-deadline moves that will help the team's playoff hopes. — "Absolutely," Hicks said.
Jason Brummond / MLB.com:
Red Sox slammed again by Twins — Clement leaves with arm trouble, will return to Boston for MRI — MINNEAPOLIS — When Matt Clement finally took the mound on Wednesday, he didn't know what to expect from his own arm. — Making his first start in 10 days, Clement left the game in the fifth inning …
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Ryan Crawford / MLB.com:
Sunday start a possibility for Prior — Pitch count the only concern for rehabbing Cubs right-hander — CHICAGO — Mark Prior's next start may be for the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. — Cubs manager Dusty Baker did not rule out the possibility that Prior could make his first Major League start …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Pujols' guru gets his support — PUJOLS — "I have nothing to worry about." — PLEASANT VALLEY, MO. — The wall inside the entrance to Millhouse AEP is covered with framed autographed photos of major league first basemen Albert Pujols and Mike Sweeney.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
David righting self in field — PHILADELPHIA - David Wright is collecting quite an assortment of highlight-reel plays for someone who tied for the major-league lead in errors at third base last season. — There was the over-the-shoulder, barehanded catch in San Diego in August, which has earned him an invite to ESPN's ESPY Awards.
