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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 6: Yankees at Royals — Pitching: RHP Joba Chamberlain. — ROYALS (2-3) — Crisp CF — Aviles SS — DeJesus LF — Teahen 3B — Jacobs 1B — B. Pena DH — Callaspo 2B — Buck C — Bloomquist RF — Pitching: RHP Gil Meche. — Joba Chamberlain vs. the Kansas City hitters.
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Yahoo! Sports, Royals Review, River Avenue Blues, Scott Proctor's Arm and Heartland Pinstripes
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Bullpen blows Joba's lead as Royals rally past Yanks — KANSAS CITY - Joba Chamberlain did a superb job in his first start of the season. If only he had himself pitching in the eighth inning. — Chamberlain held the Royals to one earned run over six innings, but the bullpen coughed …
Tyler Kepner / Bats:The Evolution of a Trade — KANSAS CITY - The way Nick Swisher …
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The LoHud Yankees Blog, A DIE HARD YANKEES FAN, Sliding Into Home and River Avenue Blues
Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
First-inning ejections don't stop Angels from winning — Manager Mike Scioscia, hitting coach Mickey Hatcher, Torii Hunter and Justin Speier are thrown out after incident with Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett. — The emotions of what has been a long and difficult four days for the Angels boiled over today …
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Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
The toll on Papelbon — The Red Sox intense victory yesterday - newsflash: Howie Kendrick just fouled off another pitch - still feels like it resonates today. Though it was Game 5 of 162, manager Terry Francona said it felt like a playoff game. The reason for that was Jonathan's Papelbon performance.
Associated Press:
Benches clear in Red Sox-Angels game — ANAHEIM, Calif. - A high pitch from Josh Beckett [stats] to Bobby Abreu as time was being called touched off a bench-clearing incident in the first inning of Sunday's game between the Boston Red Sox [team stats] and Los Angeles Angels.
David Steele / Baltimore Sun:
With Nationals' struggles, ‘rivalry’ with Orioles has gone south — In D.C., team in turmoil — There's hardly any reason to complain about the Orioles one week into the season, and there will be one fewer reason than usual for the coming week. Finally, by popular demand (to put it very mildly) …
ESPN.com:
Tom Glavine of Atlanta Braves suffers shoulder discomfort in minor league start — PEARL, Miss. — Atlanta Braves left-hander Tom Glavine ended his minor league start with Double-A Mississippi early on Sunday after experiencing shoulder discomfort. — Glavine
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Mets and Santana Lose an Old-Fashioned Pitcher's Duel — MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Johan Santana pitched seven sparkling innings for the Mets on Sunday. His only problem was that the Marlins' starter, Josh Johnson, was just as good. Undermined by two unearned runs, Santana was a hard-luck loser …
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Yahoo! Sports
Ed Price / MLB FanHouse:
Baseball Brunch — Back in early February, Luis Gonzalez was all set to fly from his Phoenix-area home to San Diego to meet with the Padres. — And then the phone rang. — “There's no need for you to come,” the Padres told Gonzalez and his agents. San Diego had signed Cliff Floyd.
Associated Press:
Stairs' pinch-hit homer in the ninth rallies Phillies past Rockies — DENVER (AP) — Pinch-hitter Matt Stairs connected for a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Sunday. — Chase Utley tied it at 5 …
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The Good Phight
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Tony Jackson / Inside the Dodgers:
Pitching plans for this week RE Stults and McDonald — Eric Stults is going to stay in the rotation and will pitch again on Thursday against the Giants. James McDonald is going back to the bullpen, although Torre was adamant that this wasn't a reflection of the fact he didn't pitch well on Friday night.
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MLB Rumors
Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
Vladimir Guerrero reluctantly remains Angels' designated hitter — His sore shoulder has prevented him from playing in the field so far this season. — Vladimir Guerrero, bothered by a sore muscle on the front of his right shoulder, hasn't played in the field this season.
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MLB Rumors
Associated Press:
Harang throws complete game, Reds beat Pirates 2-0 — CINCINNATI (AP) — Pittsburgh turned in the defensive gem, but it wasn't enough to overcome the one pitched by Aaron Harang. — The Cincinnati right-hander threw a three-hitter, Brandon Phillips hit a two-run homer and the Reds overcame …
