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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 138: Rays at Yankees — YANKEES (87-50) — Pitching: LHP CC Sabathia (16-7, 3.48). — RAYS (72-64) — Bartlett SS — Crawford LF — Zobrist 2B — Pena 1B — Burrell DH — Longoria 3B — Kapler RF — Navarro C — Perez CF — Pitching: RHP Matt Garza (7-9, 4.01).
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
All eyes on Jeter in twin bill with Rays — New York (87-50) vs. Tampa Bay (72-64), 1:05 p.m. ET — TORONTO — Derek Jeter's pursuit of the Iron Horse has brought him back to New York, as the Yankees shortstop will have a chance to become his franchise's all-time hits leader on a long day of baseball at Yankee Stadium.
Associated Press:
Tampa Bay Rays' Carlos Pena done for season after breaking 2 fingers — NEW YORK — Tampa Bay slugger Carlos Pena broke two fingers when he was hit by a CC Sabathia pitch in the opener of Monday's day-night doubleheader against the Yankees. — Pena was hurt on an -1 offering in the first inning …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers' injuries starting to pile up — Kershaw, Blake, Thome among ailing NL West leaders — PHOENIX — Clayton Kershaw will miss his next start with a curious injury, Casey Blake missed a third start Sunday with a tight hamstring and Jim Thome was presumed to be unavailable …
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Associated Press:
Ramirez homers, gets tossed in Dodgers' 7-2 win — PHOENIX (AP) — Manny Ramirez (FSY) hit his 17th home run of the season before being ejected and Los Angeles late-season acquisitions Vicente Padilla (FSY) and Ronnie Belliard (FSY) contributed to the Dodgers' 7-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Valverde to explore free-agent market — Houston (67-70) vs. Atlanta (70-67), 7:05 p.m. CT — HOUSTON — Astros closer Jose Valverde, who has pitched well since coming off the disabled list, said he plans on testing the free-agent waters at the end of the season, though his first preference would be returning to Houston.
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Associated Press:
Pirates secure 17th straight losing year after loss to Cubs — PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Chicago Cubs assured the Pittsburgh Pirates of a record-breaking 17th consecutive losing season, getting two homers from Derrek Lee (FSY) and an effective start from Ted Lilly (FSY) while winning 4-2 on Monday.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Offseason Outlook: Pittsburgh Pirates — Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the Pirates. Their commitments for 2010: — C - Ryan Doumit - $3.55MM — C - Jason Jaramillo - $400K — C/IF - Robinzon Diaz - $401K — 1B/OF - Garrett Jones - $400K — 2B - Delwyn Young - $406K
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Ramirez becomes fourth-fastest SS to 100-homer mark — WASHINGTON — To Hanley Ramirez, it was just a solo home run that gave the Marlins a 1-0 lead. Only later did he learn his 21st homer of the season was a milestone. — Ramirez's shot into the left-field seats in the fourth inning Sunday was his 100th career home run.
Jesse Temple / MLB.com:
Ozzie lobbying for Kotsay's return — White Sox skipper likes idea of vet being with team in '10 — CHICAGO — White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has been voicing his support seemingly in a continual loop this week for veteran mid-season acquisition Mark Kotsay.
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Associated Press:
Carpenter hurls one-hitter as Cards blank Brewers — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Chris Carpenter (FSY) pitched a one-hitter, allowing only a double to Jody Gerut (FSY) in the fifth inning, and struck out 10 as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 Monday.
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Adam Rubin / New York Daily News Blogs:
Surfing The Mets — Righthander Tobi Stoner is expected to join the Mets on Tuesday with the completion of Triple-A Buffalo's season. The 24-year-old Stoner, a 16th-round pick in 2006 out of Davis & Elkins College in West Virginia, went 7-7 with a 3.96 ERA in 16 starts for the Bisons.
