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Ray Durham - 2B -
San Francisco Giants
2B Ray Durham left the game Tuesday night in the seventh inning with a strained right shoulder. He was listed as day-to-day.
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Vladimir Guerrero - RF -
Los Angeles Angels
OF Vladimir Guerrero has been held out of the past two games with irritation in his right knee. Manager Mike Scioscia said he could return Tuesday against the A's but the team is being very cautious with Guerrero. "He's dealt with this on and off the last couple seasons. Sometimes it gets a little more cranky and that's where we are now," Scioscia said.
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10/24/2008 |
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Evan Longoria - 3B -
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
3B Evan Longoria returned to the Rays lineup Saturday for the first time since his right wrist was fractured by a J.J. Putz pitch on Aug. 7 in Seattle. The Rays were 19-11 without him. He returned to his usual cleanup spot Sunday.
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10/24/2008 |
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J.D. Drew - RF -
Boston Red Sox
OF J.D. Drew suffered back spasms while swinging Friday and remains unable to play. Drew, who has been sidelined since Aug. 17, will be re-evaluated when Boston returns home Monday.
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10/24/2008 |
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Sean Casey - 1B -
Boston Red Sox
1B Sean Casey had his sore neck examined by a doctor and then was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a neck strain. Casey hadn't played in a game since Aug. 19 due to the sore neck, but had voiced optimism in recent days that it was starting to feel better. The move to the DL is retroactive to Aug. 20 and the lefty swinging first baseman will be eligible to return to the active roster on Sept. 2.
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10/24/2008 |
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Ken Griffey - RF -
Cincinnati Reds
OF Ken Griffey Jr. had surgery to clean up his knee, but with the World Series wrapping up soon and teams starting their off-season moves, the Sox are likely to decline the $16.5 million option for the veteran, instead opting to buy him out at $4 million. There is no starting job available to Griffey, so if he did opt to tear up his deal and come back for less money, he would have to do so as a fourth outfielder. Griffey said on several occasions he wanted to be an everyday starter.
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10/24/2008 |
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Evan Longoria - 3B -
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
3B Evan Longoria (fractured right wrist) took another step forward in his recovery by taking swings with a plastic bat. He hopes to return Sept. 2.
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10/24/2008 |
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Yunel Escobar - SS -
Atlanta Braves
SS Yunel Escobar's sore right hamstring probably will limit him to pinch-hitting appearances for the rest of the season.
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10/24/2008 |
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Chipper Jones - 3B -
Atlanta Braves
3B Chipper Jones was in manager Bobby Cox's first lineup but took himself out of it after he couldn't throw when he tried to before batting practice. But he could still pinch-hit, and he delivered a three-run homer as a right-handed hitter, the side that has caused him pain.
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10/24/2008 |
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Josh Beckett - SP -
Boston Red Sox
RHP Josh Beckett has been pushed back to starting Game 3 of the ALDS after reportedly suffering a right oblique strain during a bullpen session last Friday. The Sox right-handed ace had been thought to be a mortal lock for Game 1 of the series in Anaheim, but instead LHP Jon Lester will pitch the first game and RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka will pitch Game 2. "We'll pitch [Lester and Dice-K] first and slot him in Sunday, and hopefully we'll be rolling," said Sox Manager Terry Francona. "That's the idea. He has to go out there and execute pitches, but I think he's going to be okay."
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10/24/2008 |
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RHP Aaron Cook, who has worked 5 2/3 inn...
COL
RHP Aaron Cook, who has worked 5 2/3 innings or less in five of his past six starts and is coming off a season-low three-inning outing, will start Tuesday at Atlanta. His turn in the rotation would have come up Wednesday but with two off days since his last start Wednesday against the Giants, Cook would have pitched with six days' rest, two more than usual, Wednesday against the Braves.
LHP Cliff Lee is the American League's P...
CLE
LHP Cliff Lee is the American League's Pitcher of the Month for August. Lee was 5-0 with a 1.86 ERA in his five August starts. He also won the award in April, when he was 5-0, with a 0.96 ERA. Lee is the first Indians pitcher to win the Pitcher of the Month award twice in the same season since Charles Nagy, in May and September of 1996.
3B Evan Longoria returned to the Rays li...
TB
3B Evan Longoria returned to the Rays lineup Saturday for the first time since his right wrist was fractured by a J.J. Putz pitch on Aug. 7 in Seattle. The Rays were 19-11 without him. He returned to his usual cleanup spot Sunday.
CF Torii Hunter was suspended for two ga...
ANA
CF Torii Hunter was suspended for two games for his part in a benches-clearing incident during Monday's game against the New York Yankees. He began serving the suspension Wednesday but probably wouldn't have played anyway. He left Tuesday's game after five innings because of tightness in his left quadriceps muscle.
RHP Josh Beckett has been pushed back to...
BOS
RHP Josh Beckett has been pushed back to starting Game 3 of the ALDS after reportedly suffering a right oblique strain during a bullpen session last Friday. The Sox right-handed ace had been thought to be a mortal lock for Game 1 of the series in Anaheim, but instead LHP Jon Lester will pitch the first game and RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka will pitch Game 2. "We'll pitch [Lester and Dice-K] first and slot him in Sunday, and hopefully we'll be rolling," said Sox Manager Terry Francona. "That's the idea. He has to go out there and execute pitches, but I think he's going to be okay."
SS Stephen Drew doubled Sunday, the four...
ARI
SS Stephen Drew doubled Sunday, the fourth double in his last five games. He has 41 doubles, 11 triples and 19 home runs this season, leaving him one homer short of joining Milwaukee's Robin Yount (1982, 1984) and Boston's Nomar Garciaparra (1997) as the only shortstops in major league history with a 40-10-20 season. Drew would be the first in the NL.
LF Manny Ramirez went 2-for-3 with a dou...
BOS
LF Manny Ramirez went 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and an intentional walk. Ramirez is now batting .410 (50-for-122) with 11 homers, 34 RBI, 24 walks and a .507 on-base percentage since being acquired from Boston on July 31. In nine games against the Diamondbacks with the Dodgers, he is batting .625 (20-for-32) with five doubles, five homers, 12 RBI, 11 runs and seven walks.
RF Ichiro Suzuki has led the Mariners in...
SEA
RF Ichiro Suzuki has led the Mariners in batting average in each of his first seven big league seasons. With two weeks to go in the season, however, LF Raul Ibanez pulled ahead of Ichiro .312-.311 over the weekend. Ibanez has 181 hits, matching his career best, set in 2006. Ichiro, in quest of his eighth consecutive 200-hit season, has 195 hits.
C Geovany Soto led the Cubs' attack, suc...
CHC
C Geovany Soto led the Cubs' attack, such as it was, by going 3-for-4. Soto has a four-game hitting streak, going 9-for-17 (.529). He's 21-for-55 (.382) with three homers and 16 RBI over his last 16 games.
1B Kevin Youkilis, who missed the series...
BOS
1B Kevin Youkilis, who missed the series opener while tending to a family matter in Boston and had played only one of five games before that because of the flu and back spasms, rejoined the team and hit his 25th homer. His three-run shot in the third got the Red Sox within 7-4.
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