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Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
Swisher's walk-off give Yanks 90th win — Jeter remains three hits behind Gehrig with latest hitless game — NEW YORK — With 47 home victories, just one shy of their total from last season, the Yankees have already ensured that the inaugural season at the new Yankee Stadium has witnessed a fair share of thrilling moments.
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Harper: Jeter's silent treatment speaks volumes — Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter strikes out in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays. He goes 0-for-4 on the night with two more strikeouts as his chase of Lou Gehrig continues to stall. — In a world where the Yankees almost never lose anymore …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 140: Rays at Yankees (updated with Robertson injury news) — YANKEES (89-50) — Pitching: RHP Chad Gaudin (1-0, 4.08). — RAYS (72-66) — Bartlett SS — Crawford LF — Longoria 3B — Zobrist CF — Burrell DH — Richard 1B — Zaun C — Gross RF — Iwamura 2B
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
The magic number is ... Derek Jeter did not make himself available to the media after the game, which is very unusual for him. He is hitless in 12 at-bats for the first time this season. David Price became the first pitcher to strike Jeter out three times in a game since Curt Schilling in on April 19, 2004 at Fenway Park.
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Discovering Derek is scout's honor for Groch — Dick Groch still has the reports he filed as a scout watching Derek Jeter play in high school. They read: “Five-tool player, blue-chipper, a Yankee,” Groch says. Groch wrote that Jeter would “come into Yankee Stadium, compete at a championship level with high performance.
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies' Tulo still out, Stewart hurting — The wounded Colorado Rockies will sport a very different lineup when they host the Cincinnati Reds tonight at Coors Field. — Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, still hobbled because of back spasms, will not play tonight and there is no specific timetable for his return.
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Beltran doubles, just misses slam in return — On a bruised right knee, — Carlos Beltran still made a giant leap forward last night, when he returned to the Mets' lineup after an 11-week absence and showed that he's not far away from regaining his All-Star form. Maybe just a few feet short.
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Dustin Pedroia gets chatty with homers — Big talk by mighty mite — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — Last night's 10-0 laugher was finished early enough for the Red Sox [team stats] to enjoy a few yuks as the game progressed. — Dustin Pedroia [stats] …
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Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Robertson to visit Andrews for elbow test — Becoming trusted in bullpen, reliever shut down by Yankees — NEW YORK — Working into a position of prominence in the Yankees' bullpen has apparently come at a cost for David Robertson. The team announced Tuesday that it has shut Robertson …
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Shi Davidi / Globe and Mail:
McDonald unlikely hero for Jays — his has been a season of little action with few highlights for John McDonald, so Tuesday night was a rare chance for the popular infielder to bask in the spotlight. — McDonald's three-run homer just inside the foul pole in left field capped …
Melanie Oudin / Yahoo! Sports:
Novitzky suspected of creating list of drug users — Buzz up! — Federal agent Jeff Novitzky has been widely criticized for what an appeals court ruled recently was an illegal search of the MLB testing records of approximately 100 players. But that probably wasn't his only transgression.
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Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Lidge pulled in ninth, but remains closer — Manuel confident in veteran, but turns to Madson for save — WASHINGTON — Phillies manager Charlie Manuel had been fighting this move for weeks, but closer Brad Lidge forced his hand in their 5-3 win over the Nationals on Tuesday. — Manuel had no choice.
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Andy Martino / Philly.com:Manuel fumes after Phillies fall again
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Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times:
Mike Sweeney plans to play again in 2010 — Up until about a week ago, Mike Sweeney was pretty certain this was his final major league season. His eldest son began kindergarten last week near their home just north of San Diego and Sweeney was feeling it was time to call it a career and be closer to his family.
Nick Kapur / umpbump.com:
On WPA; Or, why Johnny Damon is your 2009 AL MVP — WPA is the stat that old baseball men have always wanted. — If you believe in Wins and RBIs, if you believe that certain pitchers can “pitch to the score” and certain batters are simply “clutch” and can suddenly step up their game when it's …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats designate Sosa for assignment — In another move, Olsen transferred to 60-day DL — WASHINGTON — The Nationals designated right-hander Jorge Sosa for assignment on Tuesday. The news comes after Washington promoted pitchers Ross Detwiler, Marco Estrada, Logan Kensing and Zack Segovia …
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