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Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Wakefield to start Wednesday; Penny's role uncertain — Tim Wakefield will take Brad Penny's start in the rotation Wednesday night. (Jim Davis / Globe Staff) — Tim Wakefield and Brad Penny both made starts last night that were pivotal to the rest of their season, and their divergent …
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Youkilis homers, drives in six as Red Sox rout Yankees — BOSTON (AP) — Kevin Youkilis (FSY) homered twice and tied a career high with six RBIs, rookie Junichi Tazawa (FSY) stopped New York's big bats and the Boston Red Sox broke a five-game skid against the Yankees with a 14-1 win Saturday.
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Angels' bats turn power back on — Guerrero, Rivera go deep, back Santana's solid start — TORONTO — The power is back on. — Vladimir Guerrero crushed a solo homer, his 11th of the season, giving the Angels the lead in the sixth inning, and Juan Rivera unloaded a two-run shot in the eighth …
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Santana … TORONTO(AP) Slowed by injuries at the start of the season, Los Angeles Angels right-hander Ervin Santana is finishing strong. — Backed by home runs from Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera , Santana won his fourth straight start and the Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Saturday.
Sports Illustrated:
Rockies storm back on Giants, pad wild-card lead … DENVER(AP) Jim Tracy didn't recognize his team for the first 14 innings of its key series with San Francisco. Then the Rockies' offense showed up. — Ian Stewart and Todd Helton homered in Colorado's seven-run sixth inning …
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Chris Hine / New York Times:
Highlights End for Mets Before the Game Starts — After the remaining members of the 1969 Mets came off the field to thunderous applause, it was time for the 2009 Mets to take the field, to a much quieter ovation. — As the Mets honored a shining moment in their past on Saturday …
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Adam Rubin / Surfing the Mets:
Exclusive: September calls — Catcher Josh Thole, reliever Eddie Kunz and first baseman/outfielder Nick Evans are expected to highlight the call-ups when rosters expand in September, the Daily News has learned. — Thole, 22, upped his average to .332 with a three-hit game for Double …
Brad Lefton / New York Times:
Mariners' Suzuki on a First-Name Basis With Records — CLEVELAND — The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki is closing in on a major-league-record ninth straight season of 200 hits. Wee Willie Keeler, the only other player to do it eight seasons in a row, finished his run in 1901 …
Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
Laird and Romine confirmed for Fall League — Vice president of baseball operations Mark Newman emailed this morning with the full list of confirmed Yankees for the Arizona Fall League. We already knew Ian Kennedy and Colin Curtis, but Newman added Austin Romine and Brandon Laird to the list.
Associated Press:
Pena homers twice, drives in game-winner as Rays edge Rangers — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Carlos Pena homered twice and drove in the winning run with an RBI single in the 10th inning, giving the Tampa Bay Rays a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.
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Hanson wins fourth straight August start as Braves edge Marlins — ATLANTA (AP) — Tommy Hanson's (FSY) perfect August is helping the Atlanta Braves' playoff push. — The rookie won his fourth straight start this month, combining with two relievers on a four-hitter, and the Atlanta Braves beat …
Serena Williams / Yahoo! Sports:
Hall of Famer Rice criticizes Jeter to Little Leaguers — Buzz up! — BOSTON - For stoking the rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, this was almost too good to be true: Jim Rice, the former Boston slugger newly minted as a Hall of Famer, taking a shot at Derek Jeter
