A wild night for Cards reliever
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HOUSTON - The ball sailed inches over the head of Jeff Bagwell for ball four. The Astros first baseman said something to Cardinals pitcher Julian Tavarez , who yelled something back.
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Twins relievers had won redemption at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night. Joe Nathan ran out of gas before they could win the game.
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A wild-card race that already was wild turned absolutely bizarre last night, and Milton Bradley was right in the middle of it for the San Diego Padres.
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The margin of error is so tiny that Josh Beckett was actually chiding himself for throwing a fastball high and away to Eric Chavez in the fourth inning that resulted in the A's first run.
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The way John Lackey started out, it appeared that he would need a lot of relief. Justin Speier provided a much-needed boost out of the bullpen.
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Brad Wilkerson thought he had a sacrifice fly. But the ball kept carrying with the help of wind blowing out to right field. All of a sudden, Wilkerson had a lot more than an RBI.
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Rick Ankiel homered for the first time in 17 games and Albert Pujols delivered a key pinch-hit, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Houston Astros 7-4 Saturday night.
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The New York Mets scored a 5-4 extra inning win over San Francisco on Tuesday, after Giants reliever Armando Benitez balked in the game-tying run and then surrendered a walk-off homer to Carlos Delgado.
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So, after 9 hours and 51 minutes, 26 innings, and a total of 903 pitches thrown by both teams in Games 4 and 5 -- the vast majority of those pitches thrown by the respective bullpens -- what could possibly have been left for Game 6 last night?
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One night it's Julian Tavarez , the reliever turned emergency starter. The next, it's Kason Gabbard , a lefthander who began the season in Double A, had lost all three big-league decisions attached to his name, and had been regularly lit up when sent back to Triple A Pawtucket (1-7, 5.23 ERA).
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The Metsâ pitcher Jorge Sosa endured one of the more bizarre and roundabout paths to the major leagues.
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Adrian Gonzalez homered in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres outlasted the New York Mets 9-8 on Thursday night in a wild game that included blown saves by Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman.
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St. Louis righty Julian Tavarez broke his left hand during a dugout tantrum in Game 4 of the NL championship series, and it was uncertain Monday when the reliever would pitch again.
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The reliever was an original Marlin in 1993 and has a career mark of 51-62 with a 4.49 ERA. Weathers has also pitched for the Mets and the Astros this season, but has been out of action since Houston released him last month.
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It was a surreal and stomach-turning night for the Yankees against the Minnesota Twins on Thursday, and when it ended, it was also a successful night.
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Why did the Cardinals move up expected Game 3 starter Matt Morris to tonight? Because he had thrown only 80 pitches in his last start, seemed a good bet on three days' rest, and has plenty of road postseason experience.
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The star starter and the key reliever for the Mets may seem to have little in common, but both are seeking to defy expectations.