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Gonzalez drives in three runs as Blue Jays beat Red Sox — TORONTO — Alex Gonzalez drove in three runs with a double and a home run as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox 9-5 on Saturday afternoon. — Shawn Camp (3-1) picked up the victory in relief as the Blue Jays ended …
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Robert Mays / Boston Globe:
Ellsbury takes issue with Sox medical staff — For the first time since leaving the team to rehab his broken ribs in Arizona, Jacoby Ellsbury spoke at length about the sequence of events that led to his decision to spend five weeks away from the Red Sox. — With the help of a set of torn …
Brian MacPherson / Projo Sox Blog:
Ellsbury tells his side of ribcage story — In an extensive conversation with local reporters in the Rogers Centre dugout, a conversation aided by several pages of notes, Jacoby Ellsbury laid out his version of the events that have led to him spending the bulk of the season on the disabled list with broken ribs.
Dave Skretta / Associated Press:
Braves knock around Pelfrey, Mets in 4-0 win — NEW YORK—Tim Hudson pitched seven gritty innings before turning it over to one of the best bullpens in baseball, and Omar Infante's hot bat helped the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 4-0 on Saturday. — Infante, the Braves' jack …
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Dave Skretta / Associated Press:
Reyes to sit out All-Star game with side injury — NEW YORK—Jose Reyes will miss the All-Star game with a sore left side after leaving the New York Mets' 4-0 loss to Atlanta. — The shortstop ranged far to his right Saturday to field a seventh-inning grounder by Troy Glaus on the outfield grass …
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
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Rangers add Lee to roster for Saturday night debut — ARLINGTON, Texas—Newly acquired ace Cliff Lee has been added to the Rangers' 25-man roster and will make his Texas debut against the Baltimore Orioles. — The left-hander will start for the AL West-leading Rangers on Saturday night …
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Tim Booth / Associated Press:
Hughes wins 11th, Teixeira's 2 homers power Yanks
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With Lee fronting rotation, Rangers all but secure spot in postseason
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TSN.ca:
Quentin goes deep twice in White Sox victory over Royals — The Sports Network — Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Carlos Quentin clubbed two home runs and Gavin Floyd pitched into the eighth inning as the Chicago White Sox took a 5-1 win over the Kansas City Royals in the second of a three-game set.
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Young's All-Star experience to include Derby — PHOENIX — Chris Young's All-Star experience just became a little more exciting, as the outfielder has been tabbed to participate in the State Farm Home Run Derby on Monday night at Angel Stadium. — Young joins National League participants Corey Hart …
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Indians promote CA/OF Chris Gimenez from AAA Columbus — CA Mike Redmond designated for assignment — The Cleveland Indians today announced they have purchased the contract of CA/OF CHRIS GIMENEZ from AAA Columbus. To make room on the Major League and 40-man roster, the Indians designated CA MIKE REDMOND for assignment.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
DeWitt on Pujols, Tony, trades and more — After approving last winter's eye-popping free-agent signings of left fielder Matt Holliday and starting pitcher Brad Penny, Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. believed his team fully capable of reaching the postseason for the eighth time in the last 11 years.
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Mike Hindman / The Clubhouse:
Hindsights Vol. 1: The Cliffly Edition — Genius trade. And believe me, I was all ready to hate it. But I have to agree with what Jason Parks sent in a text to me last night: “smart and ballsy...I like it.” — Who knows whether or not Cliffly will lead the Rangers to the AL West pennant and beyond …
Los Angeles Times:
Ronald Belisario undergoing substance-abuse treatment, source says — The reliever left the team earlier this week and was placed on the restricted list. Dodgers officials have not given a reason for his absence. — Dodgers reliever Ronald Belisario has been placed on the restricted list …
Andy McCullough / New Jersey Online:
Dead arm hampering Mets' Mike Pelfrey — NEW YORK — Some game soon — Mike Pelfrey does not know when — his pitches will miss bats again, and the radar-gun readings will ascend. The energy will return to his right arm, and it will no longer feel, in his words, “a little tired.”
Associated Press:
Jenkins retires as a Brewer … MILWAUKEE (AP) -Geoff Jenkins, who finished his career No. 2 in home runs for the Milwaukee Brewers, signed a contract valued at a dollar and officially retired with the team Friday. — Jenkins, who played for the Brewers from 1998-2007 …
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