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Associated Press:
Posada ends Yankees' record errorless streak  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees' record-setting errorless streak ended at 18 games when catcher Jorge Posada threw the ball into center field on Elvis Andrus' fourth-inning steal of second base in Tuesday night's game against Texas.
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Associated Press:
Yankees spank Rangers in battle of AL's top teams
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Teixeira's slide sparks Yankees in rout of Rangers
Discussion: In Mo We Trust
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Yankees eat up Teix's take-out slide
Discussion: BASEBALL HOT CORNER
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Pitching Coach St. Claire Fired  —  The Nationals today fired pitching coach Randy St. Claire, the longest-tenured member of their coaching staff, and have replaced him with Class AAA pitching coach Steve McCatty.  St. Claire, in his seventh year with the organization, was responsible …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats let pitching coach St. Claire go  —  Former A's pitcher McCatty named to be replacement  —  WASHINGTON — The Nationals have dismissed Randy St. Claire as pitching coach and replaced him with Steve McCatty, who had the same role with Triple-A Syracuse.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats let go of pitching coach St. Claire
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Eighth-inning rally spurs Dodgers  —  Loney hits tying three-run double; Blake has winning RBI  —  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers hit the halfway mark of Manny Ramirez's suspension Tuesday night by showing the D-backs how they've stayed in first place without him.
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Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers rally for five in the eighth inning
Discussion: AZ Snakepit
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Future for Dodgers' Kuo still uncertain
Discussion: Dodger Thoughts
Associated Press:
Matsuzaka earns first win, helps Francona reach 500 career victories  —  DETROIT (AP) — Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched five strong innings to win for the first time this season and manager Terry Francona earned his 500th victory as the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
5-1 Sox in top of sixth
Discussion: TigerBlog
Boston Herald:
Clock's ticking for Theo Epstein
Mike Axisa / River Avenue Blues:
Tampa falls despite Montero's awesomeness  —  Robert Pimpsner of Baby Bombers tells me Jesus Montero has been promoted to Double-A Trenton, and should be there tomorrow or Thursday.  Yippee.  —  The Padres released old pal Chris Britton.  He had a 10.45 ERA, 2.27 WHIP and a .406 BAA …
David Singh / MLB.com:
Halos run into hot hand of Halladay  —  Offense strikes out 14 times, late rally attempt falls shy  —  TORONTO — In the visitors' clubhouse at Rogers Centre following Tuesday's contest, Angels center fielder Torii Hunter just stood at his locker and smiled.
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Associated Press:
Blue Jays 6, Angels 4  —  TORONTO (AP) — As he matures on the mound, Roy Halladay is turning into more of a strikeout pitcher.  —  Halladay struck out a career-high 14 to win his major league-leading ninth game, Alex Rios backed him with a home run and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 on Tuesday night.
Discussion: Halos Heaven and USA Today
Associated Press:
Ibanez stays hot, goes deep twice as Phillies pound Padres  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Raul Ibanez homered twice and drove in five runs, and left-hander Antonio Bastardo won his major league debut as the Philadelphia Phillies jumped on ailing Padres ace Jake Peavy in a 10-5 win on Tuesday night.
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Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Flores Out At Least Three Months, Maybe For Season  —  Just got the word on catcher Jesus Flores's status.  It'll be a long time before the Nats' first-string catcher — and a big part of the future — is back on the field.  —  Flores has a stress fracture in his right shoulder.
John Schlegel / MLB.com:
Phillies beginning to pile up ASG votes  —  Ibanez joins Utley in starting slot; Manny drops one spot  —  When Charlie Manuel fills out his National League lineup card for the All-Star Game next month, he might have more than one familiar name to write down.  —  And possibly a familiar name to cross out from the NL roster.
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Associated Press:
Longoria leads AL All-Star voting
Discussion: Boston Herald
Associated Press:
Duke outduels Santana, Jaramillo homers as Pirates top Mets  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zach Duke pitched seven effective innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Johan Santana and the New York Mets 3-1 on Tuesday night.  —  Jason Jaramillo hit his first major league homer for the Pirates, who have won three of four.
Bill Simmons / ESPN:
THE SPORTS GUY  —  When great ones go, it might hurt us more than it does them.  —  Stephen Dunn/Getty Images  —  In the academy award-winning classic Cocktail, Coughlin tells young Flanagan, “Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't end.”  It's the single greatest yearbook quote ever.
Associated Press:
Twins 4, Indians 3  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Mauer homered and had three RBIs to help Kevin Slowey win again in the Minnesota Twins' 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.  —  Slowey (8-1) won his fourth consecutive start pitching six strong innings.
Discussion: Twinkie Town and Let's Go Tribe!
Brady Anderson / Baltimore Sun:
Viewpoint: Angelos doesn't deserve the bad rap  —  Sports Illustrated recently named Peter Angelos, the owner of the Baltimore Orioles, as the worst owner in the game.  Having played for the Orioles for 14 seasons, nine during the Angelos era, I feel I am qualified to speak about the topic.
 
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