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Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
Schilling ponders free agent future — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Nobody will ever say Curt Schilling [stats] is not prepared. While the Red Sox [team stats] pitcher is clearly focused on the here and now, which is getting back to top-of-the-rotation status for the final five weeks of the regular season …
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Some Schilling love … ST. PETERSBURG - Now pitching for the Devil Rays ... Curt Schilling? — The Red Sox right-hander has had some harsh words in the past for the Rays, but with the potential he'll be looking for work on the free-agent market this winter, Schilling is suddenly making nice.
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Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Lack of aggression hurts Sonnanstine — After dominating Red Sox last week, right-hander roughed up — ST. PETERSBURG — Less than a week ago, Andy Sonnanstine went with the fastball and came away the winner against the Red Sox in an afternoon affair at Fenway Park.
Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Hamels to miss Wednesday start — All-Star has mild left elbow strain, expects to go on DL — PHILADELPHIA — Add Cole Hamels to the long list of injured Phillies, with the team announcing Tuesday that their ace will miss Wednesday's scheduled start with a mild left medial elbow strain.
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Paul Hagen / philly.com:
Cole injury news overshadows win — It was a night of jarring contrasts. The calendar said August but the weather, chilly and wet, suggested October. — Then there was the atmosphere at Citizens Bank Park after the Phillies came back to beat the Dodgers, 5-4, last night at Citizens Bank Park.
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Brian Lewis / New York Post:
JOSE FLEES FROM HIS FUNK — Marlon Anderson had barely crossed home plate when Jose Reyes crossed the diamond, making a beeline straight for first base. Straight for Luis Castillo. — Reyes and the rest of the Mets mobbed Castillo on the field, jumping up and down and celebrating his game-winning walk-off RBI single.
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Mets score twice in ninth to beat Padres — Beltran continues torrid pace — Carlos Beltran had done everything he could do to offset a constant night of givebacks by the Mets' pitching staff. — It was about time someone else stepped to the plate and delivered.
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Associated Press
Hal Bock / Associated Press:
Beltran, Castillo rally Mets by Padres — NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Wagner gave up the go-ahead run, then Trevor Hoffman blew a save. — On a night when two of baseball's best closers struggled mightily in the ninth inning, the New York Mets bounced back to win with one final rally.
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New York Post
John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mariners Notebook: Betancourt not looking for break with sizzling bat — Betancourt not looking for break with sizzling bat — MINNEAPOLIS — Since Aug. 15, Yuniesky Betancourt has started every game but one at shortstop. — He could get a day off this weekend in the heat of Texas …
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Lookout Landing
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George King / New York Post:
HELL'S ANGEL — ANDERSON'S 10 RBIS BURIES YANKEES — The stench coming off Mike Mussina's stuff last night invaded your nose like low tide. And the rest of the Yankee hurlers reeked, too. — With the Red Sox and the Mariners on their way to victories when Mussina climbed the Angel Stadium mound …
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The Soxaholix
John Shea / San Francisco Chronicle:
Giants surrender 5 to Chicago after leading since 1st — Never did a 1-0 lead seem so comfortable. For eight innings, anyway. — For the first time in four weeks, the Giants hosted a team with postseason hopes. While the Giants are playing for next season, the Cubs are playing for October.
Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
SHEA FAITHFUL WARMING UP TO BOOMIN' BELTRAN ... FINALLY — THE game ended in a joyful blur, the Mets touching the untouchable closer for one hit after another, with the remaining few thousand brave souls left at Shea Stadium throwing their voices out against the cold, raw night.
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Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
Cabrera's help comes too late — MIAMI GARDENS — The Marlins needed one more well-placed hit and one more run during an 8-7 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Monday that extended their losing streak to six games. — It would have been nice to have Miguel Cabrera for more than one pinch-hit at-bat.
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Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
O's to extend Trembley's contract — Sources say he'll stay on as manager through next season after leading club to 29-25 record — Dave Trembley's audition lasted a little more than two months, long enough for Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail to decide that Trembley …
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