This Date in Baseball for Oct. 9
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1910 &#151; Nap Lajoie, in a batting race with Ty Cobb, collected eight hits for Cleveland in a season-ending doubleheader with the Browns. The hits were somewhat tainted, however, as St. Louis third baseman Red Corriden played back as Lajoie bunted safely six times. Regardless, Cobb was awarded the batting title by a fraction of a point.
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1903 &#151; Red Ames' debut with the New York Giants was a five-inning, 5-0, no-hit victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The game was called in midafternoon because of unusual darkness.
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The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will play one game tonight for the American League pennant. The Red Sox pulled even in the series last night with a 4-2 win as Boston won its third straight after losing the first three. Derek Lowe (14-12) goes for Boston tonight against either Kevin Brown (10-6) or Javier Vazquez (14-10) for New York. This afternoon, Pete Munro (4-7) pitches for the Houston Astros against Matt Morris (15-10) for the St. Louis Cardinals. The Astros lead that series 3 games to 2.
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Two questions I'm sure a lot of people in New England are asking today as they contemplate the possibility that tonight's game will be the Red Sox' last of the 2007 baseball season:
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Pitching appears to be the name of the game tonight in the major leagues. Boston's Curt Schilling and Toronto's Roy Halladay will both be looking for their 13th wins of the season.
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Sayonara, Yankees. See you in August. Is anyone else pleased the Red Sox will be playing someone other than the New York Yankees for the next two-plus months?
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1904 &#151; Boston clinched the pennant on the last day of the season when Jack Chesbro of the New York Highlanders threw a wild pitch in the ninth to allow the winning run to score from third.
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There's a method to spotting tomorrow's home runs.
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(Sports Network) - The Seattle Mariners continue their four-game series against the Boston Red Sox tonight. In Thursday&#39;s opener, Bobby Madritsch twirled eight shutout innings and Jose Lopez went 3-for-4 with
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Here we go again. Red Sox-Yankees. October. Winner goes to the World Series. Loser goes into an off-season of questions. It all starts Tuesday at the Stadium.
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(Sports Network) - Tim Wakefield tries for his first win in three starts this evening when the Boston Red Sox continue their three-game series with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Fenway Park.
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Single-game tickets for the Nationals' 2008 season, including the March 30 opener against the Atlanta Braves at the new Nationals Park, will go on sale March 4 at 9 a.m.
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a-flied out for Biddle in the 5th. b-flied out for Ayala in the 8th. c-singled for Mercker in the 9th. E--TBatista (13), JRivera (3).
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Justin Verlander shut down the New York Yankees while the Detroit Tigers roughed up Mike Mussina and a couple of relievers in their highest-scoring game this the season.
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Nomo improved to 5-5 in his career against Arizona in his 297th career start...Giovanni Carrara retired the side in the seventh for the Dodgers...The Diamondbacks activated pitcher Scott Service from the 15-day disabled list and recalled pitchers Randy
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CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Claimed RHP Bobby Jenks off waivers from Anaheim. Designated RHP Eduardo Villacis for assignment. Agreed to terms with OF Timo Perez on a one-year contract.
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AMERICAN BASEBALL: Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners has 10 games to beat George Sisler&#39;s record of 257 hits in a season set with the St.