Bevington benches patience as Baldwin earns first win
White Sox rookie James Baldwin allowed five runs in the fifth inning but the bullpen shut down Texas for a 6-5 victory in Arlington. Harold Baines homered, Tony Phillips collected three hits, and Baldwin earned his first major league win after a rough fifth inning misplay.
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Arlington
Texas
Terry Bevington
James Baldwin
Chicago White Sox
Baldwin
White Sox
Bev
Triple-A
Nashville
Harold Baines
Tony Phillips
Chicago
Minneapolis
Dave Hollins
Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox
Hollins
Marty Cordova
Chuck Knoblauch
Ron Coomer
Twins
Mo Vaughn
Bill Selby
Troy O'Leary
Boston
Dan Naulty
Greg Hansell
O'Leary
Cleveland Indians extend win streak with three run homers
Albert Belle and Manny Ramirez belted three run homers as Cleveland beat Baltimore 9-4, extending the Indians’ latest hot stretch to five straight wins and 10 of 11. The Orioles’ woes included a nine game skid at Jacobs Field and a loss to Mussina who gave up a career high nine runs.
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Cleveland
Albert Belle
Manny Ramirez
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Baltimore
Bobby Bonilla
Orioles
Jacobs Field
Belle
Julio Franco
Jeffrey Hammonds
Tim Tschida
Carlos Baerga
Mike Mussina
Mussina
MLB Schedule Highlights For Thursday And Today
American League matchups include Minnesota at Detroit and Texas at Boston with start times from 12:15 p.m. to 7:05 p.m. National League games feature Florida at Pittsburgh, Cincinnati at Montreal and more with multiple 12:35 p.m. to 9:35 p.m. starts across cities.
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Minnesota
Rodriguez
Detroit
Sadowsky
Texas
Pavlik
Boston
Gordon
California
Sanderson
Milwaukee
McDonald
Cleveland
Martinez
New York
Kamieniecki
Oakland
Prieto
Toronto
Hentgen
Seattle
Bosio
Chicago
Alvarez
Baltimore
Mercker
Kansas City
Haney
Florida
Rapp
Pittsburgh
Neagle
Cincinnati
Schourek
Montreal
Fassero
Harnisch
St. Louis
Petkovsek
Philadelphia
Hunter
Colorado
Ritz
Atlanta
Smoltz
San Francisco
Watson
Houston
Brocail
Los Angeles
Valdes
Foster
San Diego
Hamilton
Rene Belle to Appear Before Baseball Officials Today
Albert Belle, accused of throwing a ball at a photographer, may appear before baseball officials today. The decision hinges on the players' union through Gene Orza, with no confirmation from Orza or team officials. Meanwhile, Angels promote Lee Smith from the disabled list to boost bullpen.
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Cleveland
Belle
New York
Albert Belle
Players’ Union
Gene Orza
Orza
Yankees
Indians
Anaheim
JALIF
California Angels
Lee Smith
Major League Baseball
Smith
Angels
Todd Frodwirth
Lenin
Minneapolis
Minnesota Twins
Boston ‘Red Sox
Rick Aguilera
Aguilera
Piazza's three homers lift Dodgers past Braves in rain
Los Angeles overcame a two-run deficit to beat Atlanta 3-2 as Mike Piazza delivered a late three-homer burst in the eighth inning. Clontz allowed the decisive blast after the rain delay, with Piazza reaching 350 on the season. The roundup also notes Phillies, Rockies, Astros, Expos, and Mets contributions across the NL.
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Atlanta
Los Angeles Dodgers
Mike Piazza
Dodgers
Piazza
Atlanta Braves
Brad Clontz
Clontz
Phillies
Pirates
Philadelphia
Kevin Stocker
Stocker
Curiaco
Dante Bichette
Colorado Rockies
Chicago
Sammy Sosa
RBI
Scott Servais
Curtis Leskanic
Rockies
San Francisco
Jeff Bagwell
Derrick May
Houston
Brian Hunter
Derek Bell
Sean Berry
Astros
New York
Chris Jones
Jones
Rey Ordonez
Jeff Shaw
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Brewers
Calif
Scott Brosius
Jason Giambi
Oakland Athletics
Mark McGwire
Milwaukee Brewers
McGuire
Red Sox
Mac Is
Brian McRae
Walt Weiss
Rene
Ben McDonald
Dennis Sullivan
Sullivan
Denkinger
Don Denkinger
Tim McClelland
John Shulock
Padres
Marlins
Miami
Sean Bergman
Brian Johnson
Cubs
Giants
Cardinals
Moises Alou
Montreal Expos
Alou
T.J. Mathews
Reds
Mets