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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 112: Blue Jays at Yankees — YANKEES (69-42) — Pitching: RHP Sergio Mitre (1-0, 7.50). — BLUE JAYS (53-57) — Scutaro SS — Hill 2B — Lind DH — Overbay 1B — Wells CF — Rios RF — Encarnacion 3B — Barajas C — Inglett LF — Pitching: LHP Marc Rzepczynski (1-3, 3.74).
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Associated Press:
Overbay, Hill spark Blue Jays past Yankees — NEW YORK (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays parted ways with popular teammate Alex Rios (FSY) in the visitor's clubhouse just before the first pitch Monday night, their task of slowing down the streaking New York Yankees made that much more difficult.
Eddie Schmid / MLB Rumors:
White Sox Acquire Alex Rios — According to the New York Times' Tyler Kepner (via Twitter), the White Sox have acquired Alex Rios from the Blue Jays. It's a straight waiver claim, so the Blue Jays will receive nothing in return. Says Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi:
Thomas Boswell / Nationals Journal:
Zimmermann Will Miss 18 Months — The Nationals' most promising rookie pitcher, Jordan Zimmermann, will have ligament-replacement surgery on his right elbow and will be lost for approximately 18 months. — “It's not good news,” interim general manager Mike Rizzo said.
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MORE BY JON PAUL MOROSI — FOX SPORTS MLB VIDEO — Ortiz talks PED use — Red Sox DH David Ortiz talks about testing positive for PEDs in 2003. Hear Big Papi's thoughts on how legal supplements and vitamins caused him to land on the list. — MLB on FOX: Positive results?
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Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
Ransom returning to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre — Cody Ransom has cleared waivers and accepted an outright assignment to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. He is scheduled to join the team toinght in Norfolk where the Yankees will have to make a move to open a spot on the roster.
Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' Chad Billingsley is scratched from Wednesday's start — Bothered by a strained hamstring, the starter has a poor bullpen session today and won't pitch against the Giants. — The Dodgers have scratched Chad Billingsley for his scheduled start Wednesday in San Francisco …
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Three homers help Red Sox end six-game skid — BOSTON (AP) — Nick Green (FSY) hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly and one of Boston's three homers as the Red Sox ended their three-game power outage and six-game losing streak with a 6-5 win against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.
All Nats All the Time:
Cristian Guzman cleared waivers, will not be traded — Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman has cleared waivers and will not be traded to the Red Sox, according to a baseball source. — According to the Boston Globe on Sunday, the Red Sox may have put in the claim for Guzman's services.
ESPN.com:
Philadelphia Phillies to start Pedro Martinez vs. Chicago Cubs, put Jamie Moyer in bullpen — Pedro Martinez is in, and Jamie Moyer is out ... for now. — Martinez — The Philadelphia Phillies announced that Martinez will make his first start of the season on Wednesday at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs.
Mike Harrington / Inside Pitch:
Message from Minaya: Mets want to put a winner in Buffalo — New York Mets General Manager Omar Minaya held a 15-minute session with the media in the Bisons' dugout before tonight's doubleheader in Coca-Cola Field and his message was clear: Buffalo's 2009 season was not acceptable …
PR Newswire:
Authors and Publisher of Baseball Steroids Book Sued for Defamation, According to The Gibson Law Firm — The publisher and authors of a book about steroid use in major league baseball were sued today by a Texas man who says they falsely claimed he was “pushing” steroids to professional athletes …
Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Minor League Transactions — Numbers in parentheses indicate draft rounds. Visit our Draft Database for school and signing information. Subscribers can view scouting reports for many top picks as well as search for players by last name or state. — Check out the Transactions Glossary …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Coghlan sets Marlins' multihit streak — Rookie has at least two hits in eight consecutive games — PHILADELPHIA — Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan has put himself in some distinguished company. — In the sixth inning Sunday against the Phillies' Jamie Moyer, Coghlan set a club record with his eighth consecutive multihit game.
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Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Long and short of it: Bard failed — Reliever jolted by back-to-back HRs — NEW YORK - Daniel Bard made the slow walk from the Yankee Stadium mound to the Red Sox dugout and began to assess what had happened. “It was kind of a whirlwind,” he said later.
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:Gotham pity — It's a sorry state as Yankees sweep Sox
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Yogi Berra answers your questions — It was fun to solicit your questions for players like Derek Jeter, CC Sabathia, Mariano Rivera, Phil Hughes and Jason Giambi. But when it came to Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, it was more of a privilege. — More than 500 readers of the LoHud Yankees Blog …
Craig Calcaterra / Hardball Times:
Could baseball cards lead to the end of the antitrust exemption? — AmLaw Daily is talking about that MLB-Topps baseball card deal from last week and raises the notion that Upper Deck could file an antitrust suit. Countering that is the assertion in the article that “In 1922 …
