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Associated Press:
Crawford, Gonzalez homer to lead Red Sox over A's — BOSTON—Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer to reach 50 RBIs for the season and Carl Crawford had a three-run shot, powering John Lackey and the Boston Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
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Yahoo! Sports, Athletics Nation, Boston Globe and Boston Herald
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Dice-K no gem, but he has Lackey beat — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — The quick and easy reaction to the loss of Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats] to elbow surgery is to call his 41⁄2 seasons with the Red Sox [team stats] a colossal waste of time and money.
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Boston Globe, Over the Monster and Athletics Nation
Associated Press:
Wilson homer in 11th lifts Brewers past Marlins — MIAMI (AP) — Josh Wilson homered with two out in the 11th inning Sunday, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Florida Marlins by a run for the third day in a row, 6-5. — The Brewers won despite blowing a 5-0 lead.
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Brew Crew Ball and Associated Press
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Manny Navarro / MiamiHerald.com:
Florida Marlins' Hanley Ramirez likely heading to the DL on Monday — Barring a miraculous recovery, it's looking like Hanley Ramirez will be put on disabled list Monday. — The Marlins All-Star shortstop, who was pulled from the game last Sunday in Los Angeles with lower back pain …
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HardballTalk and Call to the Pen
Associated Press:
Indians' Choo says DUI arrest affecting his play — CLEVELAND — Shin-Soo Choo believes he is thinking too much and trying too hard to make a good impression since he was charged with drunken driving. — Choo — Choo was back in the Cleveland Indians' lineup Sunday against Texas after getting a game off.
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Yahoo! Sports and baseballmusings.com
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Associated Press:
Rangers complete sweep of Indians, 2-0 — CLEVELAND - C.J. Wilson pitched into the eighth inning, Mitch Moreland and Elvis Andrus homered, and the Texas Rangers beat the Indians 2-0 Sunday for their first four-game sweep in Cleveland in nearly 33 years. — Wilson (6-3) allowed three hits over 7 2-3 innings.
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baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Billingsley lasts five innings, homers as Dodgers beat Reds — CINCINNATI, Ohio — Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley drove in a career-high three runs with a homer, a double and a bases-loaded walk, and Los Angeles beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 on Sunday to extend its domination of the series.
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees' Phil Hughes off to Tampa, still trying to return from disabled list, has sights set on July — ANAHEIM - Phil Hughes is headed to Tampa Monday, where he'll take the next steps toward his return from the disabled list. — Hughes threw a live batting practice session Saturday …
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HardballTalk
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Pregame notes: Hughes takes the next step
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It's About The Money and Sliding Into Home
Associated Press:
Pujols beats Cubs with walkoff home run ... again — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols hit a game-ending homer in extra innings for the second straight day, beating the Chicago Cubs with a leadoff shot in the 10th inning of the St. Louis Cardinals' 3-2 victory on Sunday.
Associated Press:
Adam Lind leads Blue Jays over Orioles 7-4 — BALTIMORE — Adam Lind went 4 for 4 with two homers and three RBIs to back another winning effort by left-hander Jo-Jo Reyes, and the Toronto Blue Jays roughed up Jeremy Guthrie in a 7-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
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Bluebird Banter and TSN.ca
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David Murphy / Philly.com:
Everything you need to know about what we don't know about the Phillies debt — I'm sure most of you had the same reaction after reading about the Phillies' current noncompliance with Major League Baseball's debt service rule on Friday. I know this because I had the same reaction:
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MLB Rumors
ESPN:
Garvey, Hershiser in effort with eye on Dodgers — Former Dodgers greats Steve Garvey and Orel Hershiser are forming an exploratory ownership group in case their former team goes up for sale. — In the wake of financial struggles that have left the team in limbo, Garvey approached Hershiser …
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Add a major decline in attendance to Mets' woes — It was back only a few months ago, in spring training, when Mets ownership looked hopefully toward opening day as their salvation. News of the Madoff Ponzi scheme was exploding, trustee Irving Picard was loading up a $1 billion claw …
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OnTheBlack.com, Real Dirty Mets, MetsBlog.com, The Daily Stache and Mets Merized Online
All Nats All the Time:
Nats continue to have interest in Upton — The Nationals continue to look for a center fielder, and B.J. Upton of the Rays is one of their targets, according to a baseball source. — Upton, a Virginia native and Ryan Zimmerman's childhood friend, is considered an excellent defensive center fielder …
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Federal Baseball, MLB Daily Dish, The Process Report and MLB Rumors
Sam Dykstra / Full Count:
Jonathan Papelbon: 'I wasn't even talking to' umpire Tony Randazzo — Jonathan Papelbon explained his point of view when arguing balls and strikes. (AP) — There are a lot of events that will get lost in the shuffle of a 14-inning game that features 16 different pitchers, 415 pitches and lasts five hours and 17 minutes.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals place Slaten on DL, recall Stammen — PHOENIX — The Nationals placed left-hander Doug Slaten on the 15-day disabled list because of an elbow injury and recalled right-hander Craig Stammen from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday. — While the velocity on his fastball never went down …
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