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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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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.
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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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Teixeira's slide sparks Yankees in rout of Rangers — NEW YORK — Mark Teixeira was hit below the right shoulder by Vicente Padilla in the second inning. Then he was hit on the buttocks in the fourth. — Convinced he was being thrown at, Teixeira followed with a slide at second …
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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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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.
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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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.
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 …
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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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Riske's season over following surgery — Brewers reliever undergoes Tommy John procedure — MIAMI — Brewers reliever David Riske woke up from surgery on Tuesday to the worst-case scenario. — Riske required a full reconstruction of his right elbow. The Tommy John ligament replacement surgery …
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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.
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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.
Tracy Ringolsby / Inside the Colorado Rockies:
Torrealba Heads Home — Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba flew home to Venezuela to deal with personal matters on Tuesday. Edwin Bellorin was called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs to take Torrealba's spot. — Bellorin will share catching duties with Paul Phillips …
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Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
With two months in the books, it's time for certain teams to sell … Welcome to June. This is your wake up call. — Think your team that stumbled through the first two months can still make the playoffs? Think again. While we all might easily remember the comeback of the 2005 Astros …
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.
Mychael Urban / MLB.com:
Holliday explains expectations with A's — Oakland outfielder says he wants to play in postseason — CHICAGO — A's outfielder Matt Holliday on Tuesday expressed in a national radio interview his desire to be moved before the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline if Oakland by then hasn't turned around its disappointing season.
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