White Sox edge Rangers in windless opener at Comiskey Park
White Sox manager Caicaco Jerry Manuel guided his team through a tense opener against Texas, amid boos for struggling starter Jaime Navarro. Magglio Ordonez homered and delivered the go ahead RBI in the eighth as Chicago rallied to win 5-4. Alex Rodriguez homered for Seattle in a win over New York while Anaheim beat Boston 2-1 in 11 innings behind Matt Walbeck and Chuck Finley.
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Rivera placed on 15 day DL with groin strain
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera to miss time after straining his right groin. Mike Buddie recalled to cover, with Mike Stanton and Jeff Nelson sharing closing duties until Rivera heals. Torre says recovery timing uncertain.
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Schedule for Today's Major League Baseball Games
The American League slate features Rays at Tigers at 12 05 p m Mets at Royals 7 05 p m and more with N Y Yankees at Seattle Boston at Anaheim and Toronto at Minnesota Also Wednesday games include Cleveland at Oakland Yankees at Seattle Texas at Chicago White Sox Montreal at Milwaukee Mets at Cubs St Louis at Colorado Arizona at Los Angeles Houston at San Francisco Cincinnati at San Diego Florida at Philadelphia Atlanta at Pittsburgh and more times listed.
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Astros Dominate Rockies In 13-4 rout
Jeff Bagwell drove in three runs with a grounder and a two run homer as the Astros pounded the Rockies 13-4. Houston outhit Colorado 15-13, improving to 3-1 against the Rockies and 37-13 in total scores across the series. Dante Bichette went 5-for-5 with two RBIs for Colorado, which wrapped up its road trip 4-3 before hosting St Louis.
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