American League 5, National League 4: A.L. Hangs On in Baseballâs All-Star Game
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Ichiro Suzuki had the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history and added two singles to lead the American League over the National League.
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The plot: The Yankees will have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, thanks to their 101-win season and the AL&#39;s victory in the July All-Star Game.
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The Oakland Athletics are doing their best to eliminate one of their pursuers in the AL West. Texas entered the weekend needing a series sweep to get back in the race. Instead, the Rangers are on the verge of being swept and falling 10 games behind division-leading Oakland with a month left in the season.
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The New York Yankees go into the All-Star break 10 games behind the AL East division-leading Boston Red Sox and with their string of 12 successive seasons in the playoffs in jeopardy.
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Three more baseball playoff games are on tap today with the Tigers playing the Yankees, the Cardinals visiting the Padres and the Mets hosting the Dodgers. The Yankees, Cards and Mets all have 1-0 leads in the best-of-five series. The A's-Twins series has the day off with the A's leading 2 games to none.
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Minnesota relief pitcher Pat Neshek has had a spectacular season and hoped to be voted into next weekâs All-Star Game. Unfortunately for him, it didnât happen that way.
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Dan Haren will start the All-Star game for the American League just across the bay from his home ballpark in Oakland. The Athletics' ace was picked by AL manager Jim Leyland on Monday to oppose San Diego's Jake Peavy, who will start for Tony La Russa's National League squad in Tuesday night's game.
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Good thing for Brian Fuentes that the All-Star votes were already counted. After becoming the first closer in nearly 20 years to blow four straight save chances, the Colorado Rockies reliever was picked for the NL All-Star team.
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Lucky for Francisco Liriano that someone in his family picked up the phone. The Minnesota rookie ace was added to the AL All-Star team Monday after Jose Contreras pitched himself out of a spot while St. Louis shortstop David Eckstein replaced injured Jose Reyes on the NL side.
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Josh Beckett didn't make a very good case to be the AL starter in the All-Star game.
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You often see thoroughbred horses do it. Baseball teams have jumped out ahead in the standings and stayed there all the way through to a World Series victory.
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Ken Griffey Jr. hit an RBI single from the cleanup spot after Barry Bonds was unable to move a runner over like a No. 2 hitter should, and the National League took a 1-0 lead over the American League after three innings of the All-Star game Tuesday night.
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Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka picked the right spot to showcase his talent. He pitched a complete game Thursday in leading the Japanese All-Stars past the touring major league stars 5-1 in Game 6 of an eight-game exhibition series. The major leaguers lead the series 4-2.
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Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has the privilege of filling out the roster for the National League All-Stars. Yet that means he may have to decide whether or not to include Barry Bonds on the team.
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The Los Angels clinched the American League West yesterday for the third time in four seasons, and the Cleveland Indians won the A.L. Central for the first time since 2001.
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White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski edged out Minnesota rookie pitcher Francisco Liriano for the final AL All-Star spot, while NL batting leader Nomar Garciaparra earned the last NL slot Thursday in fan voting on the Internet.
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The rosters for the All-Star Game on July 10th were announced Sunday, and Barry Bonds was included as a starter for a game taking place in his hometown.