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Aye, Papi — Ortiz's walkoff HR in 10th lifts Red Sox over Phillies — BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz hits so many walkoff homers that one teammate even predicts them. — The Boston slugger hit the ninth of his career, a two-run blast to the center-field bleachers that gave the Red Sox …
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Baseball Musings
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Beckett baffles batters — Sox starter perfect for 5 1/3, goes eight for ninth victory — Refreshingly, Red Sox righthander Josh Beckett didn't sit at his postgame news conference last night and repeat what most pitchers say after being involved in an outing about which the words ``no-hitter" and ``perfect game" start to circulate.
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The House That Dewey Built
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Ortiz won't shift his approach to hitting — His 21 home runs are on target. His 64 RBIs, too. It's just that .264 batting average that requires a pause. — David Ortiz knows that. And the Red Sox designated hitter knows the problem. — ``Nobody said hitting was going to be easy …
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The Joy of Sox
Howard Kussoy / MLB.com:
Schilling aims for 10th victory — Philadelphia (35-38) at Boston (43-28), 1:20 p.m. ET — Curt Schilling seems to have outwitted the ravages of time. Through 19 seasons of injuries and fatigue, Schilling has been able to make numbers like 201 — his number of career wins — matter …
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The Joy of Sox
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Redemption for Orioles … It wasn't about rivalry or even revenge. For the home team, the first regular-season baseball game here between the Washington and Baltimore franchises since 1971 had nothing to do with the club in the visiting dugout. — It was all about the collective psyche of the Orioles …
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Jan Hubbard / Dallas Star-Telegram:
RANGERS NOTES — Manager has lots of faith in DeRosa — DENVER — Buck Showalter made it official Friday: — Mark DeRosa has earned a job as a Rangers starter. — In one sense, that's not news. DeRosa has been in the lineup in all 20 games in June.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' Francisco not ready to return — Club wants reliever to pitch in back-to-back games first — DENVER - Right-hander Frank Francisco reported some muscle soreness in his right elbow Friday and begged off pitching for Double-A Frisco. Francisco pitched a scoreless inning …
Associated Press:
Sox rally from four down, beat Astros — CHICAGO (AP) - Joe Crede provided a painful flashback for the Houston Astros and helped rally the surging Chicago White Sox to their ninth straight victory. — Crede hit reliever Chad Qualls' first pitch for a game-tying grand slam in the seventh …
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Tomko strong, but suffers injury in win — Righty tosses five scoreless innings, but strains oblique muscle — LOS ANGELES — Brett Tomko eliminated the bad pitches Friday night, but not the bad luck. — Tomko had to leave after five scoreless innings with a strained left oblique muscle …
Matthew Borenstein / MLB.com:
Rockies aim to even series with Rangers — Texas (40-34) at Colorado (36-37), 6:05 p.m. MT — For the first time this year, the Rockies will be looking to rebound Saturday night after the first game of an Interleague series. — After easily taking the first games against the Blue Jays …
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Purple Row
David Andriesen / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mariners Notebook: Putz settles in as closer — Guardado biting his lip, won't ask team to trade him — SAN DIEGO — J.J. Putz is the Mariners' closer. — Nobody will say it officially, but the company line when Eddie Guardado was demoted in early May — it's just temporary until he gets …
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
O's leading contender to sign Ortiz off scrapheap … The Baltimore Orioles are the leading candidates to sign pitcher Russ Ortiz, who was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks despite having $22 million left on his four-year, $33 million contract. — "The Orioles are the frontrunners …
Mark Maloney / Lexington Herald-Leader:
No place like home for Roe — LAFAYETTE GRAD HOLDS LEXINGTON TO TWO RUNS IN HOMECOMING — The Lexington Legends could have done without the return of the native last night. — Lafayette High School grad Chaz Roe held the Legends to two runs through six innings, then turned matters …
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Purple Row
Mike Scarr / MLB.com:
Santana, Angels polish off D-Backs — Rookie Napoli goes 3-for-3, including eighth home run — PHOENIX — The youth movement continues for the Angels. — A variety of factors, including injuries and subpar play, has forced a number of rookies and younger players in the lineup.
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6-4-2
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Texas designates Castro for assignment — Rule 5 pitcher may be traded to avoid a return to White Sox — DENVER — The Rangers' attempt to keep Rule 5 pitcher Fabio Castro on the roster has come to an end. — Forced to make room for pitcher Robinson Tejeda, the Rangers designated Castro …
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Lone Star Ball
