Dice-K pitches 3 innings; Piazza hurt
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Daisuke Matsuzaka had an easy time in his first spring training outing against major leaguers. Dice-K allowed two hits in three scoreless innings and struck out three Tuesday for the Boston Red Sox in a 14-6 rout of the Florida Marlins at Jupiter, Fla.
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Dice-K was OK at Petco Park, again. Daisuke Matsuzaka escaped a first-inning jam to outpitch Greg Maddux, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres in a matchup of two of baseball's top teams Friday night.
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Three of Carlos PeÃ±aâs 34 home runs came this weekend, helping send the Yankees to two losses in three games before an important series with the Seattle Mariners starting Monday.
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The Athletics decide to bring Mike Piazza back from his stint on the DL as a catcher and a designated hitter, postponing his rehab  to give him more time to get his arm in shape.
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Mike Piazza&#39;s eighth-inning single off reliever Luis Ayala helped the Mets edge the Expos, 3-2, in front of 3,664 at Olympic Stadium on Wednesday night.
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Mike Piazza wants the New York Mets to get him out of a situation that&#39;s been difficult to deal with. For much of this season, he didn&#39;t know whether he&#39;d be at catcher or first
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One night it's Julian Tavarez , the reliever turned emergency starter. The next, it's Kason Gabbard , a lefthander who began the season in Double A, had lost all three big-league decisions attached to his name, and had been regularly lit up when sent back to Triple A Pawtucket (1-7, 5.23 ERA).
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Clemens has 218 strikeouts this season, his most since recording 271 in 1998 with Toronto...Prior to the game, Houston activated shortstop Adam Everett off the disabled list and St.
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Manny Ram&#xED;rez missed his 20th straight game with a strained left oblique, with rookie Brandon Moss playing left field last night against the Blue Jays. The Sox were without three regulars: Kevin Youkilis (wrist), Coco Crisp (back), and Ram&#xED;rez.
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Mariano Rivera pitched three innings in the regular season for the first time in almost 10 years, and Jason Giambi ended a homer drought that lasted almost a month.
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Putting some starch back into their playoff bid, the Padres crafted their best outing in some time last night. Ramon Vazquez, starting for the injured Mark Loretta, provided three hits, and
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He had anticipated being at the starting line of tonight's fourth game of the American League Championship Series. Instead, Tim Wakefield found himself in the middle of a pitching meltdown last night, called upon to try and lend soothing relief in a sorry excuse for playoff baseball.
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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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The sight of Mike Hampton limping off the mound in the fifth inning overshadowed another victory by the Atlanta Braves. Hampton left an 8-1 win over the Montreal Expos on Saturday night after feeling a pop in the knee when throwing a pitch.
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If he is removed he wants it to be based on the game situation, not the number of pitches he has thrown. The staff ace reached his imposed pitch count of 70 here in Baltimore after three innings last night.
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FIRST INNING WHITE SOX -- Owens struck out. Fields grounded to third. Pierzynski doubled to right. Konerko, Erstad, and Dye walked, scoring Pierzynski. Uribe struck out. ONE RUN, ONE HIT, THREE LEFT.
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Mike Piazza has been around baseball practically his whole life, and the moment was not lost on him.