Utley extends hit streak to 35 games
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Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies singled in the first inning Thursday night, extending his hitting streak to 35 games. Utley lined a 2-2 pitch from Jason Marquis to center field and went to second when St. Louis center fielder So Taguchi bobbled the ball. Utley hit an RBI single off the first-base bag in the third to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead, and making him 6-for-11 against Marquis.
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Mike Lowell is taking the role of run-producer in Manny Ram&#xED;rez's absence quite seriously. After extending his hitting streak to 16 games with a three-run homer in the first inning in last night's 13-10 win over the Blue Jays and finishing with three hits and a stolen base, the Red Sox third baseman improved his RBI total to 101. It's ...
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Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to a career-high 24 games and the Seattle Mariners held on to beat the Texas Rangers 9-5 on Thursday night.
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SEATTLE (CP) - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki didn&#39;t waste any time before tying George Sisler&#39;s 84-year-old record for hits in a single major-league season on Friday.
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Benito Santiago has squatted behind the plate more often than any other active catcher. In a career that has spanned three decades, Santiago is knocking on the door of 2,000 career games.
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Barry Bonds ended his latest home run drought and showed he might be finding his stroke again. Bonds hit his 747th homer and moved within eight of Hank Aaron's career record with a two-run shot during the Giants' 4-3 win over Toronto on Monday night, just the second home run since May 8 for the slugger and his first this month.
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Red Sox manager Terry Francona said he is not entertaining the thought of restoring Julio Lugo to the top of the lineup, even though Lugo is batting .500 (15 for 30) in an eight-game hitting streak, including three three-hit games. Last night in a 6-5 loss to the Royals, Lugo had a bases-loaded, two-run double while batting in the ninth ...
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Houston Astros outfielder Willy Taveras extended his hitting streak to 30 games when he beat out an infield single to third base to start Sunday's game in Pittsburgh.
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Ginter batted .262 with 19 home runs and 60 RBIs in 113 games for Milwaukee last season. He posted career highs in batting, at-bats (386), hits (101), doubles (23), home runs, RBIs and slugging (.479).
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Fausto Carmona pitched seven-plus innings to help the Cleveland Indians avoid a three-game sweep with a 5-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. Casey Blake extended the majors' longest hitting streak of the season to 26 games as Cleveland won for only the third time in eight games.
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Pujols hit his sixth homer of the playoffs, while Edmonds hit his third and second of the LCS...Sanders also had three hits...St. Louis&#39; two runs in the first inning snapped a scoreless streak of 14 frames
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Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada was put on the disabled list on Friday due to a fractured left wrist, ending the longest active consecutive games streak in the major leagues.
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com. In 1987, Molitor was in the national media spotlight as his hitting streak stretched beyond 30 games. Molitor was giving daily press conferences and there were the incessant
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When Jed Lowrie's on-base streak reached 38 games, the only players ahead of him on the Portland Sea Dogs' all-time list were Kevin Millar and Kevin Youkilis. And though Lowrie's streak didn't go farther -- Youkilis has the record at 62 -- it got him thinking about the Red Sox' first baseman.
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Ichiro&#39;s 3-for-5 night at the plate versus Texas on Friday gave those in attendance at Safeco Field a night they will never forget, as the Mariners&#39; right fielder set a new single-season hits record with 259.
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Nomo improved to 5-5 in his career against Arizona in his 297th career start...Giovanni Carrara retired the side in the seventh for the Dodgers...The Diamondbacks activated pitcher Scott Service from the 15-day disabled list and recalled pitchers Randy
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Barry Bonds broke his major league record for walks in a season and rookie Noah Lowry allowed four hits in seven innings plus last night in the San Francisco Giants' 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Phoenix. Bonds walked three times, once intentionally, running his season total to 201 and surpassing the record of 198 he set two seasons ...