Fernandez pitches shutout
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Yesterday before 15,266 fans at TD Banknorth Garden, despite the arrival of the Rangers and high-priced gunners Jaromir Jagr, Brendan Shanahan, Scott Gomez, and Chris Drury, the man with the lowest goals-against average and highest save percentage in the league played the role of door opener on the Boston bench.
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Javier Vazquez pitched the Yankees to their second consecutive shutout, and Derek Jeter homered and doubled twice in a victory over the Royals.
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Francisco Rodriguez needed the save more than John Lackey needed his sixth career shutout. So with the Los Angeles Angels' season dwindling to a precious few games, Lackey graciously came out after allowing four hits over eight innings.
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Joe Girardi is as surprised as anyone. &quot;I knew we would play better,&quot; the Florida Marlins&#039; rookie manager said, &quot;but I did not expect this.&quot; He&#039;s surely not alone.
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The Florida Marlins started a big series against the San Francisco Giants with a big inning. Alex Gonzalez hit a three-run homer to cap a seven-run first inning, and Mike Lowell drove
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He had anticipated being at the starting line of tonight's fourth game of the American League Championship Series. Instead, Tim Wakefield found himself in the middle of a pitching meltdown last night, called upon to try and lend soothing relief in a sorry excuse for playoff baseball.
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Brandon Webb became the first Arizona pitcher to open a season 8-0 when he threw his second straight shutout, a 3-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
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In an era of offense, batters came up blank for a night. Tuesday marked the first time in 34 years that there were seven shutouts in the major leagues on a single day.
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One night after being outslugged, the Marlins came up on the short end of a splendid pitchers&#39; duel. Carl Pavano was as efficient as he&#39;s been all season, limiting the Braves
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ATHENS, Greece - Lisa Fernandez pitched a three-hitter Sunday and Crystl Bustos drove in two runs as the Americans rolled to their eighth shutout in eight days, 5-0 over Australia, putting them into the gold-medal game against the Aussies.    Australia set up the rematch by defeating Japan 3-0 later Sunday behind Tanya Harding, who has beaten the Americans twice during her Olympic career and is likely to face them again for the championship...
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After five mediocre starts, Esteban Loaiza lost his job in the New York Yankees' rotation on Saturday and was sent to the bullpen. Loaiza failed to make it out of the fifth inning in Friday's 8-7 victory over Toronto.
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Tom Glavine, leading off first base, saw the ball jump off Jose Reyes' bat and knew it was time to put on the burners. Still, the not-so-speedy Glavine was thrown out at the plate. It was pretty much the only thing that went wrong for him all night.
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After his team ended a five-game losing streak, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen decided the time was right for a meeting with the players. Javier Vazquez pitched eight shutout innings to win for the first time since April 13 as the White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on Friday night.
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CHICAGO -- Felix Diaz did something that few pitchers have been able to do lately. He found a way to shut down Ichiro Suzuki. Backed by two-run homers from Joe Borchard and Paul Konerko, Diaz (2-4) allowed
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Felix Hernandez allowed six hits in eight innings in his best start since he returned from a forearm injury and the Seattle Mariners beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 Thursday night, shutting them out for the second straight game.
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Ted Lilly's three-hit shutout against the surging Boston Red Sox was barely the best pitching performance in the American League.
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They could end their remarkable losing streak against the Marlins at Pro Player Stadium at a baffling 14 games entering the three-game series that began last night.