El Duque tweaks calf, may miss game 1
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Already missing Pedro Martinez, the New York Mets suddenly might have to replace pitcher Orlando Hernandez in Game 1 of the playoffs because of a calf injury, too.
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The New York Mets rode the strong pitching of Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez to a 7-0 road victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.
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This is the way Mets fans wanted their team to do it with Vladimir Guerrero and Alex Rodriguez. They wanted the general manager of the moment, Steve Phillips or Jim Duquette, to get in there early.
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Baseball They want to be a part of it, but there's a chance both New York teams will be without a star pitcher when the playoffs start. One day after the Mets said Pedro Mart&#xED;nez will miss the postseason because of a torn tendon in his left calf muscle, the Yankees announced that Randy Johnson has a herniated disk in ...
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Instead of resembling the Yankees&#39; best pitcher of the second half, Orlando Hernandez on Friday looked more like someone desperately fighting a weak shoulder.
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Arizona leftfielder Quinton McCracken left the game with a strained right groin after chasing after a foul ball in the first inning...Bautista extended his hitting streak to eight games...Los Angeles first baseman Hee-Seop Choi is mired in an 0-for-12
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Orlando HernÃ¡ndez missed a start this week with a tired shoulder, and his return to the mound raised more troubling questions.
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Orlando HernÃ¡ndez, their most reliable pitcher this season, pitched Tuesday night as if he were still bothered by the sore tendon in his right foot that forced him to miss a start.
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The Mets spotted the Dodgers one Pedro and an El Duque, and still came away winning the first two games of their National League Division Series, abetted no end by the Dodgers' disturbing tendency to make mistakes at critical times.
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NEW YORK - Second baseman Luis Castillo might sit out Florida&#39;s four-game series with the Mets because of a contusion on his right ankle from getting hit by a pitch Sunday.
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Mexico's defense will be bolstered for tomorrow night's game against Brazil at Gillette Stadium. Barcelona's Rafa Marquez arrived in Boston yesterday, a late addition to the roster,
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A day after saying health will be one of the keys to whether he plays long enough to have a chance to break Hank Aaron&#039;s career home run record, Barry Bonds was scratched from San Francisco&#039;s lineup because of a sore back.
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Texas Rangers right-hander Juan Dominguez was scratched from his start Saturday against the Anaheim Angels because of a sore right knee.
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CHICAGO -- Cubs shortstop Nomar Garciaparra missed yesterday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers because of a strained left wrist and his status is day to day.
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Besides suffering a 5-4 loss to the A&#39;s on Thursday, the Rangers saw All-Star second baseman Alfonso Soriano suffer an injury to his left leg while stealing third base in the eighth inning.
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On the same day Orlando &quot;El Duque&quot; Hernandez said his tired shoulder was worse than it was a week ago, the Yankees received an encouraging performance from Brown.
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The pitching-thin Mets acquired Orlando Hernandez from Arizona on Wednesday, welcoming El Duque back to New York and hoping he can help them now &amp;#151; and maybe later, when even more is at stake.