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Associated Press:
Carlos Peguero's two homers lead Seattle past Rays, 8-2 — SEATTLE — Rookie Carlos Peguero hit two of Seattle's season-high four home runs, all off James Shields, and ace Felix Hernandez cruised through seven innings to lead the Mariners to an 8-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night.
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Larry Stone / Seattle Times:
Check out the Tampa Bay Rays' vision of Seattle grunge, as conceived by Johnny Damon
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Giants feast on Cards young pitchers — With key injuries starting to test the club and two more regulars going, officially, on the disabled list Thursday, the Cardinals imported a couple of fresh arms and looked to catch a break, and win it, too. — They needed many things to go right.
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R.B. Fallstrom / Globe and Mail:
Aubrey Huff powers Giants past Cardinals
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
SF Giants' Brian Sabean blasts Cousins — Giants general manager Brian Sabean on Thursday tore into Scott Cousins of the Florida Marlins for his devastating hit on Buster Posey, saying the Giants will have a “long memory” of play and everyone in the organization will be happy if Cousins is through as a major-league player.
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Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs:
Giants GM Brian Sabean rips Scott Cousins, says club would be happy if he never plays in big leagues again (31) — Buster Posey's season-ending collision with Marlins rookie Scott Cousins remains an emotional subject for the Giants, and clearly, one of those emotions is anger.
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Nine of 30 teams reportedly in violation of MLB debt service rules — Dodgers' and Mets' issues are well-known but others are said to carry debt 10 times more than annual earnings. McCourts' personal use of redirected funds makes situation different, consultant says.
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HardballTalk and Los Angeles Times
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nix sits on Thursday in favor of Ankiel, Bernadina — PHOENIX — Although he has been the Nationals' most consistent hitter this season, outfielder Laynce Nix found himself on the bench against D-backs left-hander Zach Duke on Thursday. — Instead manager Jim Riggleman decided to play Rick Ankiel …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Hitting coach looks to ignite Nats bats — PHOENIX — Nationals hitting coach Rick Eckstein said Thursday afternoon he understood why general manager Mike Rizzo instructed him not to talk to the media for several weeks. Eckstein would have blamed himself for the team's weak offense.
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Medical updates on Hill, Matsuzaka — Lefthanded reliever Rich Hill, who left yesterday's game clutching his arm, has a serious injury according to a major league source and is likely to require season-ending surgery. — Hill and the Red Sox will seek a second opinion …
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Michael Vega / Boston Globe:
Hideki Okajima looking to move on from Red Sox, not get called up — PAWTUCKET, R.I. — With the injury to Rich Hill on Wednesday afternoon leaving the Red Sox without a lefthanded reliever in the bullpen, Hideki Okajima said he harbored little, if any, hope of getting called up to fill that open spot.
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Associated Press:
Chavez Has 4 Hits, Helps Rangers Beat Indians — CLEVELAND (AP) — Endy Chavez wasn't sure he would ever play again. The Texas Rangers are sure glad he hung in there. — Chavez, who spent nearly two years recovering from knee surgery, had four hits to help Texas overcome a three-run deficit …
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Chris Johnson homers, Astros beat sloppy Padres 7-4 — SAN DIEGO — Chris Johnson homered and the Houston Astros used a five-run third inning to beat the sloppy San Diego Padres 7-4 on Thursday night in a matchup of the NL's two worst teams. — The Astros (23-34), last in the NL Central …
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