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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Making tracks — Red Sox get out of scary Safeco with series win — SEATTLE — Finally, it seemed, the Red Sox had put the "safe" back in Safeco. They'd throttled Ichiro, cracked the Mariners' vaunted bullpen, pounded out 13 extra-base hits in two days, including eight in yesterday's 9-2 win …
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Chris Hester / MLB.com:
Beckett, Red Sox cruise past Mariners — Right-hander becomes fourth pitcher to 14 wins in baseball — SEATTLE — Josh Beckett moved to the head of the class with his 14th win of the season as the Red Sox won Sunday afternoon's rubber match 9-2 over the Mariners on Sunday afternoon.
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Their only close call was a moose on the loose — SEATTLE — Watching the Red Sox these days makes me impatient. I just want the playoffs to start. — This is the way it felt with the Patriots the last few years. We endure the regular season thinking about first-round byes, home-field advantage, and potential playoff matchups.
Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
Schill, Sox look to future — SEATTLE - And so now, with eight weeks to go in the 2007 season, the Red Sox [team stats] are back at full throttle. Tonight, Curt Schilling [stats] returns to the team with the best record in baseball. Potentially, he is the difference between the Red Sox being a good team and a great one.
Yahoo! Sports:
Glavine wins No. 300, bests Cubs — CHICAGO (Ticker) - New York Mets pitcher Tom Glavine became the 23rd player in baseball history to win 300 games Sunday night after defeating the Chicago Cubs, 8-3. — The 41-year-old lefthander tied Lefty Grove and Early Wynn for 21st place on the all-time list.
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Rick Gano / Associated Press:
Glavine may be last to reach 300 wins — CHICAGO (AP) — Tom Glavine knows exactly why his 300th win should be savored. — "If I was the last one, I guess it would be pretty cool to be the last one to do something in the game," he said Sunday night after leading the New York Mets over the Chicago Cubs 8-3.
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Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
STEADY TOM TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS — The worst part was the seventh inning, of course, because whatever control Chris Glavine felt she held on fate, however peripheral that might have been, it was all gone. — Her husband, Tom, finally had called it a night after 61/3 innings and 102 pitches …
New York Post:
HERE'S JOBA! — Yankees fans are dying to see Joba Chamberlain pitch, but Joe Torre would simply like to meet the young man first. — He'll get that chance today. — After yesterday's game, Mike Myers was designated for assignment and did not make the trip to Toronto.
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Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Yanks to cut Myers — The Yankees are continuing to remake their bullpen. Mike Myers will be designated for assignment today and veteran righthander Jim Brower will be recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. — Myers, the lefthanded specialist who threw one inning of relief …
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Mark Hale / New York Post:
CASTILLO CAN'T BEAT THE HEAT — For a moment last night, it looked as if the Mets might again need to shop for a second baseman, but Luis Castillo's exit from their 8-3 victory over the Cubs was simply due to heat exhaustion. — Castillo - who had a phenomenal game with four hits …
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Sources: Tejada, Piazza placed on August waivers … Baltimore's Miguel Tejada and Oakland's Mike Piazza, two major stars mentioned in trade rumors during the summer, hit the waiver wire in the last week — and one is now in a position to be dealt in August, while the other is not.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Nats can be part of history — Acta plans to pitch to Bonds in series beginning Monday — WASHINGTON — Giants left fielder Barry Bonds will get the chance to break Hank Aaron's all-time home run record against the Nationals, as manager Manny Acta plans to have his team pitch …
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Chicagosports / Hardball:
Soriano suffers quad strain — Alfonso Soriano is expected to miss a minimum of two weeks and likely a month after straining his right quad during Sunday night's game. — Running from first to third on Ryan Theriot's third-inning single, Soriano hopped toward the bag on his left foot …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Edmonds is open to a trade — WASHINGTON — Jim Edmonds assumed when he signed a two-year extension with the Cardinals last November that he would finish his potential Hall of Fame career in St. Louis. — This year has challenged that notion. — Edmonds, who enjoys the right to veto any deal …
