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3:15 AM ET, July 20, 2010

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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Masterful Daisuke Matsuzaka  —  Starter strikingly good in win  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  OAKLAND, Calif. - Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats] embodies inconsistency.  —  Last night, however, Matsuzaka was consistently spectacular.  —  In one of his best-ever starts …
Discussion: Red Sox Monster
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Josh Dubow / Associated Press:
Matsuzaka leads Red Sox past Athletics 2-1  —  OAKLAND, Calif.—After watching Daisuke Matsuzaka struggle so much in the first inning this season, Boston manager Terry Francona was quite pleased with how his starter looked right from the start against Oakland.
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Game 93: Red Sox at Athletics
Discussion: Over the Monster
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Red Sox-A's game updates from Oakland-Alameda Coliseum
Discussion: Athletics Nation
Fox Sports:
A-Rod's suddenly an afterthought  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  Alex Rodriguez is two home runs shy of 600.  —  Does anyone care?  —  The Yankees do — A-Rod …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Pregame news from Oakland: Sox looking; Lowell gets a shot
Discussion: The Joy of Sox
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox, Yankees Interested In Scott Downs
Discussion: LEEInks
Associated Press:
Rockies lose as Marlins walk off with two-run home run  —  MIAMI — Pinch-hitter Donnie Murphy hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning Monday night, and the Florida Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8.  —  It was the fifth lead change in the game.
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Nippert day-to-day after liner to head  —  DETROIT — Rangers pitcher Dustin Nippert is day-to-day after being hit on the right side of his head by a line drive that forced him to come out of Monday's game against the Tigers.  He was taken to Henry Ford Hospital for a CAT scan that came back negative.
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Associated Press:
Cruz's 2-run homer ends marathon game in 14th
Brian Costello / New York Post:
Yankees Blog  —  With 12 days to go before the trade deadline, Brian Cashman is sticking to his plan even with Andy Pettitte on the shelf for 4-5 weeks.  —  That plan involves trying to bolster the Yankees' bench and possibly their bullpen, but it does not include the pursuit of a starting pitcher.
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Mitre starting for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tonight
Fox Sports:
Venters suspended for throwing at Prince Fielder  —  NEW YORK (AP)  —  Atlanta Braves pitcher Jonny Venters was suspended for four games and fined by Major League Baseball on Monday for throwing consecutive pitches at Milwaukee's Prince Fielder last weekend.
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Associated Press:
Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox suspended one game, pitcher Jonny …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Baldelli set to return to minors tonight  —  Rocco Baldelli is set to make his return to the field as a player tonight for Class A Charlotte, the first step in what could lead him back to the Rays later this season.  —  Baldelli, 28, has spent this season working as a special assistant coach …
Andy Martino / Surfing The Mets:
MLB likely to speak to Phil Cuzzi, discipline possible  —  Phil Cuzzi missed a game-altering call Sunday, and that was just one of several strange ninth-inning moments for the home plate umpire in the 4-3 Mets win over San Francisco.  —  Afterward, Mets catcher Henry Blanco called for baseball …
Associated Press:
Cardinals blast Kendrick with homers, pound Phillies 8-4  —  ST. LOUIS (AP) — No worries about offense on Matt Holliday's (FSY) day off.  The St. Louis Cardinals had plenty of it without their cleanup hitter.  —  Albert Pujols' (FSY) two-run home run in the fifth inning began a barrage …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Phillies Nation
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Hudson sharp for scouts as Sox snap skid  —  (ANTHONY BOLANTE, REUTERS / July 20, 2010)  —  SEATTLE — Whether it was solidifying his hold on the fifth spot in the White Sox's rotation or showcasing his talents in front of several scouts, Daniel Hudson raised his stock Monday night.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Inge out 4-6 weeks with fracture in left hand  —  DETROIT — The Tigers' losing streak is up to a season-high six games after Monday's loss to the Rangers, but Brandon Inge's broken bone in his left hand was the bigger loss Monday night.  —  They've had their struggles off and on this season …
Peter Gammons / MLB.com:
Power often the last thing to come  —  Bautista, Byrd, Bay, Ludwick, Cruz, Ibanez were all late bloomers  —  Some figure it out early.  When Jeff Bagwell was in his early years in Houston, Dave Magadan asked him how he could go from hitting four homers in New Britain in his second professional season …
Yahoo! Sports:
Analysis precedes action in Arizona  —  The telephone Josh Byrnes used to answer at Chase Field has a recording that deflects the caller to another in-house number, “for any general manager-type calls,” which, it turns out, is the wrong number, too.  —  Jerry DiPoto, a general manager-type …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
 
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Joe Kay / Associated Press:
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David Ginsburg / Associated Press:
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
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Matt Brown / MLB.com:
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New York Times:
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NY Daily News:
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