White Sox pitcher Garland stymies Reds
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Down to his last strike, Jon Garland figured a fastball was coming. His guess was right, his swing was right on.
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With the Cubs so close to winning, fans littered Wrigley Field with plastic bottles, cups, and other debris Saturday after A.J. Pierzynski hit a two-out, ninth-inning homer to send the White Sox to an 8-6 victory.
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Javier Valentin doubled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the 12th inning and the Cincinnati Reds played spoiler again, sending the Chicago Cubs to a crushing 2-1 defeat Thursday.
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Manager Jerry Narron was fired Sunday night by the Cincinnati Reds, who raised their payroll and their expectations in the offseason only to find themselves with the worst record in the major leagues.
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When it comes to giving up long balls, Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield has a short memory. Just three weeks after he surrendered a club-record six home runs to the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park, tying the post-1900 major league record, the wily knuckleballer delivered one of his best starts of the season in the rematch. Striking out a season-high ...
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The struggling Chicago White Sox fanned 15 times, yet still gave themselves a reason to feel good about the way they swung the bats. Rookie Andy Gonzalez went 4-for-5 and drove in two runs, and the White Sox showed signs of pulling out of an offensive funk with plenty of clutch hitting against Tampa Bay during a 5-4 victory that stopped a five-game losing streak on Monday night.
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Three Cardinals pitchers fell a single short of the cycle.
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The White Sox&#39; second-half advantage was supposed to be a schedule loaded with games against American League Central opponents.
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When Ozzie Guillen learned that alcohol is banned after games in the Coliseum clubhouses these days, the Chicago White Sox manager responded with profanity and anger. His club couldn't muster nearly that much passion during the actual game &#151; and the Oakland Athletics beat Jon Garland to give another boost to their playoff chase.
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Freddy Garcia pitches eight shutout innings and A.J. Pierzynski hits a grand slam to give the White Sox an important 7-0 win over the Tigers on Tuesday.
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The National League's best offense is off to a feeble start in the World Series, and the St. Louis Cardinals' chances are sagging along with it.
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The White Sox continue to stumble, losing, 3-2, to Houston as the Astros get a game-winning RBI single out of Lance Berkman in the ninth.
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Only one of the four pitchers the St. Louis Cardinals sent to the mound Friday night gave up fewer runs than innings pitched, and he is normally a third baseman. Scott Spiezio pitched the final inning and the Cardinals lost 14-3 to the Oakland Athletics, a night after allowing 17 runs to the Kansas City Royals.
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The St. Louis Cardinals can't seem to take control of the National League Central. Luckily for them, the second-place Cincinnati Reds are struggling, too.
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The White Sox are sending for pitching help, only the call isn&#39;t going out to replace Jon Garland in the rotation -- not yet, anyway.
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Bronson Arroyo allowed one run over six innings and Edwin Encarnacion had a homer and three RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds handed the St. Louis Cardinals their season-high sixth straight loss, 5-1 on Wednesday night.
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Pitcher Chris Carpenter, a 15-game winner for St Louis this season, will miss the opening round when they their play-offs campaign next week.