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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Leaky pen provides no relief  —  Glavine denied as Mota, Heilman are battered  —  Tom Glavine gets a celebration in his honor before today's matinee.  The Shea faithful might have been recognizing a 302-game winner by now if not for Guillermo Mota.  —  Mota served up a grand slam …
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Vic Ziegel / NY Daily News:
Mets second to one  —  Struggles come to pass and so do Yankees  —  The Mets no longer have to look over their shoulders, and adjust their binoculars, to find the Yankees.  The Mets lost last night, dropped the baton in the eighth inning, while the Yankees, playing in the big boys league …
Discussion: New York Post
Jay Cohen / Associated Press:
Cabrera, Willingham lift Marlins by Mets  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Miguel Cabrera and Josh Willingham were two of the last Florida Marlins to leave the field Saturday night.  They might have been looking for more Mets relievers to feast on.  —  Cabrera hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning …
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Bad hammy could land Lo Duca on DL  —  Did the Mets err in letting Paul LoDuca back into the lineup last week, though he was nursing an injured right hamstring?  GM Omar Minaya says no, but LoDuca reaggravated the injury last night and will be put on the disabled list today.
Discussion: New York Post
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 116: Yankees at Indians  —  Here is the lineup:  —  YANKEES  —  Damon LF  —  Jeter SS  —  Abreu RF  —  Rodriguez 3B  —  Matsui DH  —  Cano 2B  —  Cabrera CF  —  Phillips 1B  —  Molina C  —  Mussina RHP (7-7, 4.66)  —  Pregame chatter: The Yankees are facing RHP Paul Byrd (10-4, 4.13). ...
Murray Chass / New York Times:
Baseball Brotherhood: It's Not Just an Expression  —  Justin Upton and Delmon Young began their baseball careers in similar fashion.  Two years apart, they were the first players selected in the June amateur draft, Young by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2003 and Upton by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005.
John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Win streak takes a dive  —  Mariners lose in Chicago despite Ichiro's best efforts  —  CHICAGO — Elvis has left the building.  —  Ichiro almost did the same.  —  On Elvis Night at U.S. Cellular Field, Elvis lived and the Mariners' three-game winning streak died at the hands of the Chicago White Sox, 5-3.
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Associated Press:
D-backs' Webb extends scoreless streak  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  PHOENIX (AP) - Two home runs in a game were nothing new for Conor Jackson.  That sacrifice bunt, though, was something else.  —  Jackson drove in four runs with his two-run shots in the first and eighth innings …
Discussion: Federal Baseball
Associated Press:
Ankiel hits two home runs in Cardinals win  —  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rick Ankiel has a simple message for St. Louis Cardinals fans.  —  "Don't hold me to days like this," he said.  —  Ankiel homered twice and drove in three runs, the latest power display by the former pitcher …
David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
No Run Webb  —  Brandon Webb pitches a complete game shutout for the second start in a row as the Arizona Diamondbacks put another game between them and NL West, winning 1-0 over the Nationals.  It's the fourth start in a row in which Webb allowed no runs, and with one shutout inning in his previous start …
Discussion: Associated Press
Mike Puma / New York Post:
WINNING TITLE WOULD BE END FOR TOM  —  Tom Glavine wouldn't mind hoisting a World Series trophy for the Mets and calling it a career.  —  With 300 lifetime victories to his name and his place in Cooperstown all but reserved, Glavine is torn about whether to extend his career beyond this season.
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Rasha Madkour / Associated Press:
Astros' Lidge OK with this ball leaving orbit  —  HOUSTON — Houston Astros pitcher Brad Lidge didn't mind this baseball getting blasted into orbit, and he still has the sense of humor to laugh with those who joke that it's the second-longest shot of his career.
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Gagne with a spoon: Sox bullpen implodes: Shocking setback to Orioles  —  BALTIMORE - The Red Sox [team stats] offense could not be blamed for being held scoreless for seven innings by Baltimore starter Erik Bedard, one of the best pitchers in the game.  —  So when it comes to figuring …
David Briggs / MLB.com:
Notes: No appeal for Clemens  —  Veteran immediately starts five-game ban for hitting Rios  —  CLEVELAND — Manager Joe Torre compared Roger Clemens' five-game suspension to "trying to play on a rainy day."  —  "You just let it go," Torre said.  —  So on Friday, the Yankees offered …
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