This Date in Baseball for Oct. 24
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1911 &#151; The World Series between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics was resumed after six days of rain, and Chief Bender beat Christy Mathewson 4-2 to give the A's 3-1 lead.
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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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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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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets begin their National League division series in New York today, with the identity of the Mets' starter still a question mark after Orlando Hernandez injured his calf yesterday. Also on tap today are the second games in the A's-Twins and Tigers-Yankees series. The Cardinals-Padres series has the day off.
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A wolf in Angels wings? Or a sacrificial lamb to be served up on the Fenway mound this afternoon? Kelvim Escobar went 11-12 this season and was beaten by the Red Sox [stats, schedule], 4
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KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus flied out to left. A Berroa doubled to left. A Berroa to third on wild pitch by C Lee, A Berroa scored on throwing error by catcher V Martinez.
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Alfonso Soriano, Miguel Tejada, Barry Zito and other stars soon could be changing uniforms soon. As Monday's non-waiver trade deadline of 4 p.m. EDT drew near, several teams were active Sunday.
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Freddy Garcia won for the first time in six weeks, Alex Cintron drove in three runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep and move within 5 1/2 games of the AL Central leaders.
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A unique date in the annals    of baseball history will be recorded Wednesday, Oct. 27 when for the first time    a total lunar eclipse will occur during a World Series game.
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(Sports Network) - Javier Vazquez hopes to put the brakes on a personal three- game losing streak this afternoon when the New York Yankees close out their three-game set with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
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Tom Glavine won the 298th game of his career with a dazzling performance against the Cincinnati Reds. He allowed 1 run and 2 hits over eight innings.
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1958 &#151; Construction began on the new ballpark for the Giants in San Francisco. The rocks in the area resembled candlesticks.
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at Camden Yards, Baltimore Records: Boston is 84-56 (first in the American League East); Baltimore is 60-78 (fourth in the AL East, 23 games behind). Tonight (7:05, NESN, WRKO 680): RHP Tim Wakefield (16-10, 4.16 ERA) vs. LHP Garrett Olson (1-3, 7.22). Tomorrow (7:05 p.m., NESN, WRKO): LHP Jon Lester (3-0, 5.26) vs. RHP Daniel Cabrera (9-14, 5.06). Saturday (7:05 ...
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1910 &#151; Philadelphia's Jack Coombs won his third game of the World Series, beating the Chicago Cubs 7-2 as the Athletics took the championship in five games. Eddie Collins had three hits, including two doubles, to lead the A's attack.
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Manny Ramirez returned after missing 24 games. Curt Schilling was back after nine days off. Things were back to normal in Boston.
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1932 &#151; Brooklyn's Johnny Frederick hit his sixth pinch home run of the season, a major league record, in the ninth inning to spark the Dodgers to a 4-3 triumph over the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.
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1934 &#151; Daffy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a no-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers for 3-0 victory in the second game of an Ebbets Field doubleheader. Daffy's brother, Dizzy, held Brooklyn hitless for eight innings in the opener and won 13-0.