Bazardo, Ordonez keep Tigs' chance alive
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On the brink of being eliminated from the playoffs, Magglio Ordonez and the Detroit Tigers hit, pitched and fielded as if something was at stake.
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Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui, and Bernie Williams each homered and the New York Yankees held on for an 8-7 victory over the Blue Jays last night in Toronto. Esteban Loaiza failed to make it out of the fifth inning in another poor start since being acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a July 31 trade for Jose Contreras.
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Magglio Ordonez slammed a pair of home  runs against his former team as the Detroit Tigers pounded the  Chicago White Sox 8-2 on Monday to keep the Minnesota Twins at  bay in the AL Central.
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Whaddya think? Let him close tonight? He threw only 99 pitches and he was still pumping high-octane gas at the end. Curt Schilling might be good for a batter or two in a pinch tonight.
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Considering left fielder Carlos Lee is now with the Milwaukee Brewers and right fielder Magglio Ordonez remains on the free-agent market, it&#39;s safe to assume the White
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics caught Johan Santana on a rare off day. Nick Swisher, Eric Chavez, and Bobby Crosby each drove in runs to help Chad Gaudin to his fifth straight win as the A's beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-2, yesterday to take the series.
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Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer in   the first inning and the Detroit Tigers later scored four runs   in the seventh to knock off the Seattle Mariners 6-2 in   American League play on Monday in Detroit.
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Carlos Almanzar left the game with an apparent right forearm injury with two outs in the ninth...Texas beat the A&#39;s for only the seventh time in 18 outings this season, but have won three of four from Oakland...Mark Kotsay and Jermaine Dye had three hits
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With two robust swings on Tuesday, Frank Thomas almost single-handedly negated the Minnesota TwinsÂ Johan Santana/Metrodome advantage in this American League division series.
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Pitching appears to be the name of the game tonight in the major leagues. Boston's Curt Schilling and Toronto's Roy Halladay will both be looking for their 13th wins of the season.
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Jason Giambi homered to end the longest slump of his career and Esteban Loaiza finally earned his 100th career victory and first for the Yankees, leading host New York over the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3, last night.
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Joe Torre knows there are no guarantees as to which players thrive in New York and which players wilt under the pressure. But he&#39;s got a good idea about Randy Johnson.
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Barry Bonds stayed stuck at 714. The big home runs on this night in the National League were hit by three other stars: Albert Pujols, Carlos Beltran and Ken Griffey Jr.
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This crazy run for Colorado just goes on and on. Now, Willy Taveras has joined the fun. Taveras strolled to first base with the decisive RBI after sprinting toward the gap for a diving catch, and the Rockies kept on racing toward the World Series.
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Magglio Ordonez probably has played his last game for the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox have until 11 p.m. CST Tuesday to offer arbitration to their four-time All-Star right fielder but appear resigned to losing him because they still haven't been able to evaluate Ordonez's surgically repaired left knee.
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It would be a &quot;longshot&quot; that Giambi would be left off, manager Joe Torre said before Friday night&#39;s game against Toronto.
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NEW YORK -- Trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Edgar Prado each claimed two stakes races at Belmont Park, including a combined effort in the $200,000 Belmont Breeders' Cup won by Senor Swinger.