Loretta wins Silver Slugger Award
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com. So good that he was named to his first All-Star Game, voted in by the players as the backup to second baseman Jeff Kent. And it was capped on Tuesday, when Loretta won his first Silver
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Mark Loretta hit a bases-loaded  sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th to lift the San Diego  Padres a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants in National  League action on Wednesday.
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Vladimir Guerrero easily defeated his competitors on the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees yesterday to win the American League Most Valuable Player award.
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Oakland Athletics reach the American League Championship Series with a 3-0 play-off win over the Minnesota Twins.
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Ryan Howard slammed his NL-best 39th  homer of the season on Monday, guiding the Philadelphia  Phillies past the Atlanta Braves 9-6 at Turner Field.
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Scott Rolen homered twice to become the first NL player to reach 100 RBIs this season and Danny Haren won for the first time in more than a year, leading the St. Louis Cardinals past the Atlanta Braves 10-4 Sunday night.
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The Twins took home another AL Central championship on Sunday and Joe Mauer became the first catcher to win an American League batting title by getting two hits in Minnesota's 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
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For the second year in a row, a member of the Seattle Mariners has captured the Roberto Clemente Award, as Major League Baseball awarded Mariners designated hitter Edgar Martinez the 2004 honor on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK - Atlantaâs Bobby Cox and St. Louisâ Tony La Russa, among the top nine winningest skippers of all-time, are the leading contenders for the National League Manager of the Year honors, which will be announced Wednesday.
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BASEBALL The Houston Astros defeated former Red Sox infielder Mark Loretta in salary arbitration, improving teams to 5-0 against players this year and clinching the 12th consecutive winning year for management. Loretta will be paid $2.75 million rather than the $4.9 million he requested. The 36-year-old hit .287 with 4 home runs and 41 RBIs in 133 games last year. ...
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Retiring Seattle Mariners designated hitter Edgar Martinez won the Roberto Clemente Award for excellence on the field and in the community.
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Right-hander Paul Byrd pitched eight solid innings and helped the Braves defeat the Expos, 7-1, in front of 8,617 fans on Friday night.
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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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Ryan Howard hit his 39th homer to surpass 100 RBIs, and the Philadelphia Phillies scored five runs in the fifth inning Monday night during a 9-6 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
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ST. LOUIS (Sports Network) - For the second year in a row,  a member of the Seattle Mariners has captured the Roberto  Clemente Award, as Major League Baseball awarded Mariners  designated hitter Edgar Martinez the 2004 honor on Tuesday.
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St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - For the second year in a row, a member of the Seattle Mariners has captured the Roberto Clemente Award, as Major League Baseball awarded Mariners designated hitter Edgar Martinez the 2004 honor on Tuesday.
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ATHENS  Britain&#39;s Leslie Law has won silver in the equestrian three-day event individual behind Bettina Hoy of Germany.