Cordero Sets Closer Record With 44 Saves
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Francisco Cordero is known as a fun-loving guy in the Texas Rangers clubhouse, always smiling and playing jokes w lith his teammates. That's not what opposing hitters see.
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First baseman Wil Cordero agreed on Monday to a one-year contract with Washington.
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The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki  broke a long-standing Major League record with his 258th hit of  the season, a third-inning single against the Texas Rangers on  Friday.
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The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 50th and 51st home runs last night, connecting in consecutive at-bats on 3-1 counts against RHP Brian Bannister in an 11-5 rout of the Royals.
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SEATTLE - Chasing a nearly forgotten ghost of the game, Ichiro Suzuki broke one of baseball&#39;s oldest records Friday night, smoking a single up the middle for his 258th hit of the year and breaking George Sisler&#39;s record for the most hits in a season
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David Ortiz became the first Boston Red Sox player to hit 40 homers in three consecutive seasons with a fifth-inning shot Sunday at Tampa Bay.
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Craig Biggio got another milestone hit, even though he's still a few shy of 3,000. This one finally put the Houston Astros ahead to stay.
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Lenny Harris has come up with clutch hits throughout his record-breaking career as a pinch hitter. His three-run double off Eric Gagne was a bit more special than most.
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ARLINGTON -- Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira made history Tuesday at Ameriquest Field in Arlington against Cleveland when he became the second player in franchise history to hit for the cycle.
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Alex Rodriguez hit his 34th home run this season and the 498th of his career, one of the many offensive highlights Sunday during the Yankeesâ thrashing of the Devil Rays.
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The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki  registered three singles to tie, break and then add to the  Major League hits record with his 259th of the season in a game  against the Texas Rangers Friday.
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Barry Bonds hit his 751st home run on Tuesday night, pulling himself within four of Hank Aaron's record.
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Trevor Hoffman became baseball's career saves leader yesterday, earning No. 479 to pass Lee Smith and help the NL West-leading Padres beat the Pirates, 2-1.
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Carlos Beltran's record-tying eighth  post-season home run capped the Houston Astros' 6-5 comeback  win over the St Louis Cardinals to even the National League  Championship Series at two games apiece Sunday.
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Lenny Harris has come up with clutch hits throughout his record-breaking career as a pinch hitter. His three-run double off Eric Gagne was a bit more special than most. Harris pushed his major league record for pinch hits to 190 Wednesday night, lining a bases-clearing double into right-center with two outs in the ninth to rally the Florida Marlins past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4.
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He had six hits and tied a major league record by scoring six times Thursday, helping the Kansas City Royals break a club mark for runs in a 26-5 rout of the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader.
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Despite his team&#39;s absence from the postseason, the Giants left fielder was named the winner of the National League&#39;s Most Valuable Player Award on Monday for the fourth consecutive year and seventh time overall, based on an overwhelming vote of 32