Notes: Game 6 starter undecided
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As of three hours before the first pitch of Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Monday, Houston Astros manager Phil Garner had not decided on a Game 6 starter.
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This was the way Curt Schilling imagined it when he arrived in Boston via trade last year. Clearing the way for his first appearance at Yankee Stadium in a Red Sox uniform, the club last night announced Schilling will start Game 1 of the American League Championship Series tomorrow night. He will be followed in the four-man rotation by Pedro ...
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Joey Harrington is still a starting quarterback. Drew Henson apparently is back to being a future starter. And Chad Hutchinson is looking like a starter by default.
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The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees open the American League Championship Series Tuesday night, a rematch of New York's seven-game victory last year. Curt Schilling (21-6) will start for Boston against Mike Mussina (12-9).
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With all the questions that have flowed through Josh Beckett's initial season with the Red Sox -- Why all the home runs? When is he going to live up to his potential? Why did Anibal Sanchez, and not Beckett, throw the first no-hitter between the two? -- the final effort of the season from the prize trade acquisition seemed strangely ...
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Perhaps Clay Buchholz shouldn't be written in as the Red Sox' No. 5 starter just yet. Though he may be the team's best option to fill the void left by the injury to Curt Schilling , the Sox have other options. They could trade for a starting pitcher or sign a free agent.
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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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So, after 9 hours and 51 minutes, 26 innings, and a total of 903 pitches thrown by both teams in Games 4 and 5 -- the vast majority of those pitches thrown by the respective bullpens -- what could possibly have been left for Game 6 last night?
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Think the Red Sox have rotation issues? On the eve of tonight's Division Series opener with Minnesota, Yankees manager Joe Torre didn't know who will start Game 3 Friday or whether Orlando Hernandez even will be on the roster.
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After Red Sox manager Terry Francona said yesterday afternoon that Wednesday's starter was TBA (to be announced) - ordinarily, it would be Daisuke Matsuzaka's day - the Japanese righthander informed Japanese reporters he had been told he would be pitching Saturday.
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He was the starter in exile, the sixth man in a six-man bullpen. Still, all Derek Lowe wanted was a chance.
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The Braves&#39; magic number to clinch the NL East remained at 10, thanks to Florida&#39;s 4-3 victory over Montreal...Keppinger&#39;s error was the 130th this season for the Mets, tops in the majors...Betemit&#39;s RBI was the first of his career...Atlanta holds a 10-6
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Roy Williams faces a quandary: Who should he start at point guard in No. 4 North Carolina&#39;s season opener Friday night? It won&#39;t be Raymond Felton, the regular starter who&#39;s suspended for the Tar Heels&#39; first
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The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will play one game tonight for the American League pennant. The Red Sox pulled even in the series last night with a 4-2 win as Boston won its third straight after losing the first three. Derek Lowe (14-12) goes for Boston tonight against either Kevin Brown (10-6) or Javier Vazquez (14-10) for New York. This afternoon, Pete Munro (4-7) pitches for the Houston Astros against Matt Morris (15-10) for the St. Louis Cardinals. The Astros lead that series 3 games to 2.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Red Sox manager Terry Francona said he&#39;ll use a four-man pitching rotation in the playoffs. But that&#39;s all he&#39;s saying right now, leaving a lot of unanswered questions about who will pitch and when.
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Red Sox manager Terry Francona said he held off on making the announcement in case he needed to use Clay Buchholz out of the bullpen during last night's 6-1 loss to the Blue Jays, but after the game he announced that the 23-year-old rookie righthander will start against the Blue Jays tomorrow night.
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The argument could be made that Johnny Damon was the most productive leadoff man in the majors this season. At least among men not named Ichiro Suzuki. It was trend that continued in the American League Division Series against Anaheim.