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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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Thomas Boorstein / MLB.com:
Yanks' late rally upstages Jeter, CC — Bombers nip Rays in Game 1 with three-run eighth — NEW YORK — Derek Jeter and CC Sabathia vied for the stage, but in the end, another late Yankees rally became the lasting impression from Monday's 4-1 win against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
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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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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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AZ Snakepit
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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 …
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Manny sparks Dodgers against D-backs — LA homers thrice as NL West lead stays at 3 1/2 games — PHOENIX — Manny Ramirez didn't mind talking about his third-inning ejection on Monday, but he cut off questioning about his second-inning home run. — “I don't want to talk about that,” he said.
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6-4-2
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Braun not in lineup against Cardinals — Left fielder takes fifth day off, but reason is uncertain — MILWAUKEE — For the first time since July 18 and only the fifth time this season, Ryan Braun was not the Brewers' starting left fielder on Monday. — Why? Well, that was a matter for debate.
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Al's Ramblings
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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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Jeff Blair / Globe and Mail:
Gaston should have done better — A season that got off to a magical start has left us with the nagging old questions about the Blue Jays' manager — Weather - Video - Blogs - RSS Feeds - Globe Books - TV listings - Globe on Twitter - Columnists - TIFF 2009
Adam Loberstein / MLB.com:
Wallace won't be alone as he matures — Top prospect's favorite player, Chavez, happy to mentor — SACRAMENTO — For Brett Wallace, it was simply what his family did. — Whenever the Oakland A's were on TV, everyone would gather around and watch. Wallace began playing traveling baseball at age 12 …
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Athletics Nation
Chris Haft / MLB.com:
Giants irked by homer celebrations — Brewers' display, Padres' Gonzalez stoke emotions — SAN FRANCISCO — For the second day in a row, an opponent's home run prompted complaints from the Giants about unprofessional behavior. — While several Giants — and a few players around the Major Leagues …
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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Al's Ramblings
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.
