Hafner hit on hand by pitch, leaves game
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Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner left Friday night's game against the Texas Rangers in the eighth inning after he was hit on the right hand by a pitch from left-hander C.J. Wilson. X-rays were negative and Hafner is listed as day to day.
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Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez singled home runs with two out in the 11th inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
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The Mets took two from the Rockies but lost second baseman Joe McEwing in a take-out slide, which didn't go unnoticed by reliever Braden Looper.
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Texas Rangers manager Buck Showalter wanted to give John Rheinecker a chance at the complete game. The rookie left-hander had to settle for a shared shutout and his first major league win.
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Mariners reliever Rafael Soriano was carted off the field and taken to the hospital after being hit in the head by a line drive from the Angels' Vladimir Guerrero on Tuesday night.
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The New York Mets fired manager Art Howe yesterday but left him in the dugout for the final 2-1/2 weeks of a season gone bad after the All-Star break.
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Anaheim Angels: Center fielder Garret Anderson left the game at Texas because of a sore left knee. The Angels said Anderson irritated the patella tendon near his left knee.
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Travis Hafner hit a three-run home run last night and the Cleveland Indians unloaded for four homers off Justin Verlander in a 7-4 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers, whose reign as AL champions is nearing an end.
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New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter injured his right hand Monday and left the game against Detroit in the fifth inning.
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Outfielder Gabe Kapler became the first player to leave the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, agreeing to a one-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants in Tokyo.
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With the game out of reach, it would be easy to dismiss Eric Gagn&#xE9;'s clean ninth inning in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. But not for him. Not for a pitcher who arrived in Boston as the potential last cog in a shutdown bullpen and sank so far that there were calls by fans for him to ...
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Houston Astros first baseman Lance Berkman was suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Friday after being ejected in a game against Colorado.
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It was, in baseball parlance, a late-inning resolution. A Mark Bellhorn eighth-inning drive off the Pesky Pole, if you will.
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Jeff DaVanon walked to the plate in the seventh inning, fully aware that he was a home run away from history.
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Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Anaheim Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero was drilled on the left side of his head by a pitch from Mariners pitcher Ryan Franklin, forcing him out of Monday&#39;s game in the first inning.
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Frank Thomas hit one out of the park for the 500th time. Eight innings later, he was sent out of the park himself.
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The Marlins and Mets traded three two-run home runs in the span of 1 1/2 innings on Monday, but it was Damion Easley&#39;s blast off of rookie Heath Bell that provided the decisive blow.