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Associated Press:
Randall Delgado shines, Martin Prado wins it in 11th for Braves — ATLANTA - Rookie Randall Delgado allowed no hits through six innings in his second big-league start, and the Atlanta Braves pulled out another last at-bat win on Martin Prado's two-out single in the 11th Tuesday night.
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Talking Chop and Associated Press
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Associated Press:
Red Sox Settle for Split Against Rays — BOSTON (AP) — All things considered, the Boston Red Sox had to consider themselves fortunate to split Tuesday's day-night double-header with the Tampa Bay Rays. — The Red Sox, playing both games without the injured David Ortiz and Marco Scutaro …
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Boston Globe and Over the Monster
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Associated Press:
Rays top Red Sox 6-2 in Game 2 to split twin bill — Rookie Desmond Jennings hit his fifth home run of the season and Jeff Niemann struck out 10 as the Tampa Bay Rays salvaged a split of a doubleheader with a 6-2 win over the Boston Red Sox [team stats] on Tuesday night.
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Boston Globe, Beyond the Box Score, Baseball Prospectus, Boston Herald and Yahoo! Sports
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — The Red Sox play a split admission double header …
Games of the Day — The Red Sox play a split admission double header …
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Boston Globe, Over the Monster, Surviving Grady, DRaysBay and Yahoo! Sports
Julian Benbow / Boston Globe:
Final: Red Sox 3, Rays 1
Final: Red Sox 3, Rays 1
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DRaysBay, Over the Monster and baseballmusings.com
Fox Sports:
THOME HITS NO. 600 — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter. — WNBA — Boxing — IRL — F1 — NCAA WBK — Horse Racing Air Racing … Thome's mark should not be overlooked
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Sox #1 Fan dot com, Toeing the Rubber and Halos Heaven
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
Stark: Thome a truly real and caring person
Stark: Thome a truly real and caring person
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MLB Rumors, Associated Press and ESPN
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Hamels to miss start with shoulder inflammation — PHILADELPHIA — Cole Hamels said he feels fine and expects to be back in the Phillies' rotation next week. — But the Phillies said Tuesday he will miss at least one start because of inflammation in the back of his left shoulder …
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Hardball Times and baseballmusings.com
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Pete Caldera / Boston Herald:
Yankees bail out struggling Ivan Nova, take over first — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In one sensational at-bat, Robinson Cano saw 12 of the 90 pitches that Royals rookie starter Danny Duffy threw Tuesday night. — Cano fouled off seven straight deliveries. The next pitch he sent into orbit.
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Pinstripe Alley and baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Bautista hits 35th homer as Jays top Mariners 13-7 — SEATTLE—Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 35th home run, Colby Rasmus and Aaron Hill each drive in four runs and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied twice in a 13-7 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.
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Lookout Landing, Bluebird Banter and TSN.ca
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Associated Press:
Pierre's single lifts White sox over Indians in 14th inning — CHICAGO — Juan Pierre's game-ending single in the 14th inning capped a wild, five-hour marathon as the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 on Tuesday night. — Gordon Beckham doubled off of Chad Durbin (2-2) …
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Yahoo! Sports
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Adam Berry / MLB.com:
Pierzynski placed on DL for first time in career
Pierzynski placed on DL for first time in career
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South Side Sox, baseballmusings.com and Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Pirates rally to beat Cards on Jones' homer — PITTSBURGH - Garrett Jones homered to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning and lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. — Jones connected on a 2-2 pitch from Arthur Rhodes (3-4) for his 14th home run.
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Viva El Birdos, Bucs Dugout, Yahoo! Sports, baseballmusings.com and Associated Press
Carlos Zambrano / Yahoo! Sports:
Renegade Miami football booster spells out illicit benefits to players — Nevin Shapiro and a second source said this photo of the booster and Kellen Winslow Jr. was taken in Shapiro's VIP section of Opium Garden nightclub in 2003. — KEARNY, N.J. - A University of Miami booster …
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SBNation.com, Sports Illustrated, The Big Lead, Deadspin, NESN.com and Sports Agent Blog
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Shelby Miller suspended by Cards — PITTSBURGH — Class AA Springfield righthander Shelby Miller, the crown jewel of the Cardinals' farm system as the team's top pick in the 2009 draft, has been suspended indefinitely by the organization, Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said tonight
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Baseball America and HardballTalk
New York Times:
Madoff Decision Is Significant Setback for Owners of Mets — From the moment they were sued last year for $1 billion by the trustee for the victims of Bernard L. Madoff's fraud, the owners of the Mets have fought every aspect of the enormous claim. — They rejected the trustee's bid …
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ESPN, Mets Merized Online, HardballTalk and MetsBlog.com
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees DH Jorge Posada says he can still catch ‘here and there,’ hopes to play beyond age 40 — KANSAS CITY - Jorge Posada was back in the Yankees' lineup Monday night, and while that seemed notable given the events of the past week, the veteran didn't find it very newsworthy.
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MLB Rumors
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ESPN:
Posada: I could catch next year
Posada: I could catch next year
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River Avenue Blues, HardballTalk and Sliding Into Home