Sanchez ends majors' no-hitter drought
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Anibal Sanchez restored a forgotten feat to major league baseball: a no-hitter. The rookie ended the longest period without a no-hitter in major league history, leading the Florida Marlins over the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 Wednesday night in just his 13th career start.
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Baseball National League batting champion Freddy Sanchez chose not to go to arbitration and agreed to a $2.75 million, one-year contract yesterday with the suddenly active Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates, who made almost no player moves for the first 3 1/2 months of their offseason, signed former Brewers All-Star reliever Dan Kolb to a minor league contract. Kolb is expected ...
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Anibal Sanchez won his major league debut at Yankee Stadium. In his third start he got the best of Roger Clemens. Not a bad month.
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Anibal Sanchez was standing behind the mound when the scoreboard caught his eye, confirming what he already knew: He was one out from a no-hitter.
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Barry Bonds hit his 762nd home run to back Kevin Correia's strong outing, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Wednesday night to avoid a sweep.
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Jon Leiber carried a no-hitter into  the seventh inning while Alex Rodriguez homered, scored three  runs and drove in three more to lead the New York Yankees to a  14-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.
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A night after Florida's Anibal Sanchez pitched the major leagues' first no-hitter in more than two years, the Marlins couldn't stop giving up hits. Ryan Howard hit his 54th home run &#151; his 10th in 15 games &#151; and Chris Coste, Chase Utley and Jeff Conine also homered in the Philadelphia Phillies' 14-8 victory Thursday night.
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Eric Munson was 3-for-5 with a career-high five RBIs, Craig Biggio passed Babe Ruth on the career hits list, and the Houston Astros got the boot with a 9-5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday night.
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Ramon Ortiz comes within three outs of pitching the majors' first no-hitter in more than two years and the Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-1, on Monday.
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Dustin McGowan's bid for the second no-hitter in Blue Jays history ended when Jeff Baker singled leading off the ninth inning, and Toronto beat the Colorado Rockies 5-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
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The only hit rookie Anthony Reyes allowed Thursday night cleared the fence. On one swing of Jim Thome&#039;s bat, Reyes lost his no-hitter and the St. Louis Cardinals lost again to the Chicago White Sox, who rode the pitching of Freddy Garcia to a 1-0 victory.
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Steve Barber, the first 20-game winner in modern Baltimore Orioles history and the losing pitcher in one of baseball's wildest no-hitters, has died. He was 67.
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Barry Bonds hit his 699th home run, and the San Francisco Giants regained the NL wild-card lead with a 5-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
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Dustin McGowan's bid for the second no-hitter in Blue Jays history ends when Jeff Baker singles in the ninth inning, and Toronto beats Colorado, 5-0.
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Maybe the next time a Boston pitcher takes a no-hit bid into the ninth inning, he'll listen to catcher Jason Varitek. Curt Schilling came within one out of his first career no-hitter Thursday, losing his bid when Shannon Stewart lined a clean single to right field after Schilling shook off his catcher.
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The San Francisco Giants have put reliever Jonathan Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list because of a side strain, the team said on Wednesday.
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Cory Lidle took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Ryan Madson escaped a jam, and the Philadelphia Phillies ended two years of frustration in Florida by beating the Marlins 4-2 Tuesday night.