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David Ginsburg / Associated Press:
Red Sox's Ramirez joins 500 homer club — BALTIMORE (AP)—Manny Ramirez connected for career homer No. 500 on Saturday night, hitting a drive off Baltimore Orioles right-hander Chad Bradford to become the 24th major leaguer to reach the milestone. — Ramirez drove the first pitch into the seats in right-center in the seventh inning.
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Red Sox activate, send down RHP Buchholz — BALTIMORE (AP)—The Boston Red Sox activated right-hander Clay Buchholz from the 15-day disabled list on Saturday and optioned him to Triple-A Pawtucket, where he had been on a rehabilitation assignment. — Buchholz was placed on the disabled list …
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Shoulder strengthening next for Matsuzaka — BALTIMORE - Red Sox [team stats] right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats] will begin a program to strengthen his sore right shoulder and hopes to be activated from the 15-day disabled list on June 12, the first day he is eligible to return.
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Rotator cuff strain lands Matsuzaka on DL — BALTIMORE - The Red Sox, as expected, are taking no chances with Daisuke Matsuzaka, placing him on the 15-day disabled list with what the team is calling a mild rotator cuff strain after the Japanese righthander underwent an MRI yesterday in Boston.
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Posada could rejoin Yankees on Wednesday … ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jorge Posada passed a key test in his rehab program for a sore right shoulder and could rejoin the Yankees as early as Wednesday. — New York's catcher made two strong throws to second base in an extended spring training …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 55: Yankees at Twins — YANKEES — Chien-Ming Wang (6-2, 3.82) against the Minnesota hitters. — Boof Bonser (2-6, 6.16) against the New York hitters. — Notes: Matsui is 17 of his last 31 with 13 runs scored and leads the AL at .339. ... Cano is 2 of his last 19 and is down to .219.
Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Posada might be back in lineup Tuesday — MINNEAPOLIS - All the buzz has been about what Joba Chamberlain can bring by joining the starting rotation, but the Yankees expect another addition - perhaps an equally important one - next week. Catcher Jorge Posada is expected to come off …
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Steve Kornacki / MLive.com:
DETROIT TIGERS BASEBALL — Leyland tinkering with Tigers: Guillen headed to outfield, Willis to get start in Oakland — SEATTLE — The status quo is being shaken. Tigers manager Jim Leyland said prior to Friday night's game with the Mariners that changes are coming.
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John Lowe / Detroit Free Press:
Guillen to left field to make room for Inge at 3B? It's a possibility, Leyland says — SEATTLE - Carlos Guillen in left field? — It's the most unusual of the moves that manager Jim Leyland is thinking of as he tries to warm up the Tigers. — “This is how I can get (Guillen) …
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Padres put LHP Estes on 15-day DL — SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—San Diego Padres left-hander Shawn Estes broke the thumb on his throwing hand when he fell on the tunnel stairs between the team's clubhouse and dugout Friday night. — The Padres placed the pitcher on the 15-day disabled list Saturday …
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Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins Notebook: Ross on home run roll — PHILADELPHIA - Cody Ross was running off the field at the end of the seventh inning Wednesday when Mets third baseman David Wright turned and said: “Don't be afraid to hit a single.” But why hit a single when home runs are coming just as easily?
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Rick Gano / Associated Press:
Soriano leads Cubs to sixth straight win — CHICAGO (AP)—Ryan Dempster got plenty accomplished in his short five-inning start. He ran his record at Wrigley Field to 7-0 and also contributed a two-out RBI double, his first extra-base hit since 2002. — Dempster and the Chicago Cubs seem …
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Griffey cranks HR No. 599 … CINCINNATI (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 599th career homer Saturday off Atlanta's Jair Jurrjens, a two-run shot that left him one away from an elite mark. — Griffey's homer in the first inning was a breakthrough for the Cincinnati Reds outfielder …
