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Report: Rookie to be demoted for missing Blalock — White Sox rookie pitcher Sean Tracey got into hot water with his manager Ozzie Guillen — for getting an out. — Tracey was summoned to start the seventh inning and got Hank Blalock to ground out, but getting an out might not have been the reason Tracey was brought into the game.
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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 …
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Finley notches 300th career homer — 41-year-old outfielder reaches milestone at former home — PHOENIX — During a season of milestones for the San Francisco Giants, Steve Finley returned to his old Chase Field stomping grounds and added another on Wednesday night.
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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.
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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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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Marc Carig / Washington Post:
Nationals' Pitching Is Left In Tatters — Rockies Collect 18 Hits in Rout: Rockies 14, Nationals 8 — Caught in the crossfire of a slugfest, the Washington Nationals turned to relief pitcher Bill Bray to restore a little sanity to what had been a weird game last night at RFK Stadium.
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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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.
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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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Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Sox are out of control — Walks allow Twins to run away with it — Jermaine Van Buren is pulled after walking home Jason Bartlett in the sixth, one of 10 walks allowed by Sox pitchers. (Reuters Photo) — MINNEAPOLIS — In the bottom of the eighth inning last night …
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Joe Gergen / Newsday:
Reyes is exciting and igniting — PHILADELPHIA — Among the lessons Jose Reyes has absorbed during his brief tenure in the major leagues is that a little hit can cause great damage. Especially when it's accompanied by a pair of the fastest legs in the game.
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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.