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Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Budde's hit wins it in 10th inning — Angels reserve catcher Ryan Budde pulled off a rare double-double Monday night, evoking the memory of Adam Riggs and beating the New York Yankees with one clutch swing of the bat in the bottom of the 10th inning. — Budde, who entered the game …
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Beth Harris / Associated Press:
Angels beat Yanks on Budde's hit in 10th — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The firsts just keep on coming for Ryan Budde. — Three weeks after making his major league debut, Budde doubled in the winning run in the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 7-6 Monday night …
Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Rockies first pitch — HANGING ON — Left-hander Mark Redman, an eight- year major league veteran, has signed a minor league contract with the Rockies and pitched for Double-A Tulsa (Okla.) on Monday. — He gave up five runs, five hits, two walks and struck out seven in five innings in Tulsa's 6-5 …
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Rocky Mountain News:
Three keys — Key moments in the Rockies' 4-2, 11-inning loss against the Pirates at Coors Field on Monday night: — 1 Left-hander Brian Fuentes, still trying to get in shape after six weeks on the disabled list, walked Cesar Izturis to open the 11th and, with one out, hit Matt Kata with a pitch …
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Red Sox, Wakefield cash in — New catcher handles the job in another shutout of Rays — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Don Slaught, who was with Tim Wakefield when the knuckleballer was a Pirates rookie, caught him in the 1992 National League playoffs. — "Catching him today," Slaught said that night …
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Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Wakefield right on money: With Cash, he leaves Rays spent — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - With Tim Wakefield [stats]'s security blanket on the shelf for the first time in more than 15 months, it appeared early on at Tropicana Field last night that Kevin Cash's attempt to act as a substitute …
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
With Season in Focus, Wright's Vision Is Clear 30/30 — David Wright's mind is in overdrive. He is processing the score, the inning, the count and the number of outs. He is studying the pitcher's time to home plate, his pickoff move and, if he can sneak a peek, his grip.
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Daniel Berk / MLB.com:
Beltran named NL Player of the Week — Mets center fielder hits .375, drives in 10 runs in six games — After missing 18 games with a strained oblique, Carlos Beltran returned to the Mets lineup in a big way this past week. — Beltran was 9-for-24 with four homers and 10 RBIs in six games …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
For Peña, Redding, Nats, No Problems in Houston — He was ridiculed and all but run out of Boston, where he flailed at breaking balls and looked at fastballs, and a team in a pennant race couldn't have that. So one Wily Modesto Peña found himself far from a pennant race Monday night …
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mets acquire Conine in trade with Reds — New York sends two Minor Leaguers to Cincinnati — NEW YORK — Scrambling to add depth after the injury to Damion Easley denied a potent right-handed reserve bat, the Mets did Monday what the Marlins did en route to the World Series in 2003; they traded for Jeff Conine.
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Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
A-plus for Pedro — Martinez dazzles in third Single-A start — PORT ST. LUCIE - He'd lost a nine-pitch battle to a Single-A hitter and there was a palpable feeling at Tradition Field that Pedro Martinez was ticked off in the third inning of last night's game.
Jayson Addcox / MLB.com:
Pierre not bothered with OBP issues — Center fielder focused on doing little things to help team win — LOS ANGELES — What is it about the on-base percentage that a player like Juan Pierre — who leads the Dodgers in at-bats, runs scored, hits, stolen bases, triples and games played …
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Season in doubt for Rangers' Otsuka — Reliever to get third opinion on sore right forearm — egrant@dallasnews.com — BALTIMORE - It becomes less and less likely that reliever Akinori Otsuka will pitch in another game for the Rangers this season. — Otsuka, who has not appeared …
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Jenks not quite perfect this time — Leadoff single leaves closer tied for record with 41 straight — Just how bad is it for the White Sox this season? — Even the wins don't go right. — Nursing a 4-3 lead Monday night with the ninth inning starting, it could only mean it was time to cue …
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Yankee With Bright Future Is Guided by His Past — Yes, Harlan Chamberlain insists, he did play baseball as a boy. Not in an organized league, but he played. — "I would bat and someone else would run for me — and, of course, I would throw and catch with one hand," …
Boston Herald:
Wily Mo's message — Wily Mo Pena, who hit his second homer in as many days for the Washington Nationals Monday, isn't burning any bridges in Boston following Friday's trade. The outfielder released this statement Sunday: — "To my sisters, brothers and fans of the Red Sox [team stats] Nation.
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