Baseball scoreboard update for AL and NL games
The American League saw Toronto defeat Baltimore 11 to 1 and New York 6, Tampa Bay 0 while Texas beat Anaheim 2 to 1 and Minnesota won 4 to 3 over Cleveland. Boston topped Chicago White Sox 4 2, Kansas City crushed Detroit 17 2, Seattle beat Oakland 8 7. In the National League, Florida won 9 6 over Montreal, Pittsburgh 6 3 against the Mets, Philadelphia 5 3 over Atlanta, Cincinnati 1 0 vs Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee 3 1 over Houston, St Louis 3 2 at Arizona, Colorado 1 Los Angeles 0, San Francisco 12 3 over San Diego.
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Evening Major League Baseball Games Today
Today's slate includes 10 games with contending pitchers such as Clemens and Ortiz. Matches span from Baltimore at Toronto to Oakland at Seattle, with several 6:05 p.m. starts and late-night clashes in Florida Montreal and California.
MLB Leaders and Awards Note May Be Inconsistent
League leaders show McSweeney and Ramirez atop categories in runs, RBIs, and hits with a mix of players from Kansas City New York Seattle Chicago Anaheim and Boston. Pitching leaders include Martinez Zito Washburn Crowe Halladay and Clemens with strikeout and saves tallies across AL and NL teams.
Milton Helps Twins Rally Past Indians 4-3 In Comeback
Minnesota rallied for a 4-3 win over Cleveland as Eric Milton found his form after a knee injury and Bobby Kielty delivered a ninth inning sacrifice fly. The crowd celebrated the Twins clinching the AL Central and preparing for possible postseason play.
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Rangers 2 Angels 1 in Arlington amid late playoff chase
The Anaheim Angels fell 2 1 to the Rangers, extending their slide to three losses in a row and leaving them 3 1/2 games behind Oakland in the AL West with a magic number still at one for their first postseason berth since 1986. Rookie Joaquin Benoit allowed five hits in seven innings. In Seattle, Scott Podsednik drove in a run as the Mariners staged a four run eighth inning rally to stay alive in the wild card race, while Oakland’s defeat kept them behind the Yankees for home field in the AL playoffs.
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Diamondbacks stumble as Cardinals edge them in ninth
Edgar Renteria drove in the winning run with two outs in the ninth to lift the St. Louis Cardinals over the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2, a loss that extended Arizona's skid to five. Gonzalez left with injury but the Dbacks still clinched a playoff berth moments later as Colorado beat Los Angeles 1-0.
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Giants Clinch Near NL Wild Card With Big Win
San Francisco beat San Diego 12 to 3 as Barry Bonds homered for his 45th and Benito Santiago drove in four. Russ Ortiz earned his sixth straight start win, sending the Giants four games ahead of the Dodgers in the wild-card chase with four games left. The Dodgers fell 1-0 to Colorado in another game, leaving Los Angeles with five remaining while San Francisco has four plus a possible makeup Monday in Atlanta.
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