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Yankees stop Indians with help from Mark Teixeira's late homer — NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Teixeira (FSY) hit a three-run homer, Derek Jeter (FSY) sparked a rally with a two-out, two-run double and the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 7-3 Sunday. — Hours after the Indians learned …
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Comic relief from Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain is no joke for Joe Girardi — With one excruciating pitch after another taken for a ball by their hitters and every exasperating pitching change after another made by their manager, it was as if the Yankees were sending a “take this” …
Tim Britton / MLB.com:
Bullpen trampled in Yanks' loss to Tribe — No relief for New York despite big lead entering seventh — NEW YORK — At the end of a four-hour and 22-minute contest that saw both teams bat around in a single inning, 24 total runs and a frightening moment on the mound, manager Joe Girardi wasn't one for deep insights.
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Associated Press:
Kershaw fans 9 in Dodgers' 4-3 win over Rockies — DENVER - Clayton Kershaw struck out nine in five strong innings, Xavier Paul hit a tie-breaking RBI single in the sixth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Sunday to take the deciding game in the series.
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Tony Jackson / ESPN:
Los Angeles Dodgers expect Andre Ethier back Monday — DENVER — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre reiterated on Sunday morning that he expects right fielder Andre Ethier to be activated from the 15-day disabled list and be in the starting lineup for Monday night's game against Arizona.
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Recap: Red Sox 8, Royals 1 — David Ortiz capped his big May with his 11th homer of the season and Jon Lester [stats] pitched seven strong innings, helping the Boston Red Sox [team stats] beat the Kansas City Royals 8-1 on Sunday to salvage a split of the four-game series.
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Beckett not quite ready to return from DL
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Sanchez, Paulino carry Marlins past Phillies 1-0 — MIAMI - Not even 24 hours after making the final out of Roy Halladay's perfect game, Ronny Paulino drove in the only run Sunday to lift the Florida Marlins to a 1-0 victory over the struggling Philadelphia Phillies.
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Mike DiGiovanna / LA Times Sports Blog:
Paul Konerko, Lance Berkman top list of Angels options at first base after Kendry Morales injury — The Angels should have plenty of outside options to replace injured first baseman Kendry Morales, who suffered a lower left-leg fracture in a freak mishap while celebrating his walk-off grand slam on Saturday …
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Canadian Press:
JAYS POUND THREE MORE HOMERS, SWEEP ORIOLES WITH WIN — TORONTO — Jose Bautista, Lyle Overbay and Alex Gonzalez homered while Ricky Romero pitched his second complete game of the season as the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 6-1 victory Sunday.
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Derrick Goold / Cardinal Beat:
Pujols' 3 homers power Cardinals to series win vs. Cubs — CHICAGO — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols shook loose from a monthlong brownout with three home runs at Wrigley Field and muscled the Cardinals to a 9-1 victory. — The win gave the Cardinals the series victory in the first meeting of 2010 with their rivals.
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Max Scherzer strikes out 14 to help Tigers dominate Athletics — DETROIT (AP) — Max Scherzer (FSY) struck out 14 in 5 2-3 shutout innings hours after he was recalled from the minors, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 10-2 on Sunday. — Scherzer allowed two hits …
Josh Dubow / Associated Press:
Japan's ‘Knuckle Princess’ makes US debut — CHICO, California (AP)—Japan's Eri Yoshida has become the first woman to pitch professionally in the United States in a decade, showing Saturday that she and her sidearm knuckleballs can compete with the men. — The “Knuckle Princess” …
