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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Yankees eat up Teix's take-out slide — Mark Teixeira called it “a good coincidence” that his hard slide into second base came right after he was plunked for the second time by his nemesis, Vicente Padilla. — For the Yankees, the slide was much more - it was probably the key moment …
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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Bart Hubbuch / New York Post:
SWINE FLU SCARE FOR METS, BELTRAN — PITTSBURGH — The Mets were on high alert here yesterday after a producer on their SNY broadcast crew was sent back to New York and put in isolation with a possible case of swine flu. — The Mets were even more on guard because center fielder Carlos Beltran …
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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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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.
Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog:
Putz in line for demotion — PITTSBURGH — J.J. Putz appears to be on the verge of losing his eighth-inning role after Monday night's implosion here. — Jerry Manuel said he plans to talk to the struggling reliever on Wednesday to let Putz know “what direction we might be heading with this particular situation.”
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.
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