Giants Rally in 12th to Beat Cardinals in Opener
Aaron Rowand lined a game winning single off the left field wall with the bases loaded in the 12th inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals as Albert Pujols misplayed a late grounder. Dan Runzler earned the win, while Kyle Lohse pinch hit in the 10th for St. Louis in a festive, lengthy home opener that featured the Giants raising their World Series flag.
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Rays rally for first win as Dan Johnson belts dramatic homer
In Chicago, the Rays erased a seven to four deficit in the ninth inning. Elliot Johnson started the rally, Alexei Ramirez misplayed a grounder, Juan Pierre dropped a fly, B J Upton drove in a run, and Dan Johnson launched a first-pitch homer to cap a 9-7 comeback after Manny Ramirez retired earlier in the day amid a 100-game drug suspension.
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Major League Baseball scores and results roundup
A summary of recent MLB results across the American and National Leagues. Notable games include Philadelphia routing the Mets 11 to 0, Florida edging Houston 5 to 3, and Washington overcoming Florida 6 to 3. Also listed are multiple day results and postponed or rain delayed affairs.
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National League action features Oswalt at Atlanta and Beachy debuting for the Braves. Reynolds faces Morton in Pittsburgh, Vazquez against Norris, Garza versus Narveson, Gorzelanny at Capuano, Arroyo at Hudson, and Kuroda versus Moseley. Also on slate are Garcia at Cain, Nova at Buchholz, Chen at Coke, Davis at Humber, undecided Texas, G.Gonzalez at Blackburn, Harrison at Arrieta, Cecil at Kazmir, Masterson at Fister, plus two Oakland games and more.
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Tiger Woods chips back to form at Masters despite scandal
Tiger Woods fired a 66 to surge up the Masters leaderboard as he echoed belief he is back in championship form. He notched three early birdies, saved a par at 11, and finished with a strong run including a 10-foot eagle try converted. Rory McIlroy shot 69 to sit 10 under 134, leading into the weekend with Jason Day and others chasing.
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Bulls clinch top seed in Eastern Conference win over Cavaliers
Carlos Boozer led Chicago with 24 points and 11 rebounds as the Bulls secured the East's No. 1 seed with a 93-82 victory over Cleveland. The win snapped a six-game run and gave Chicago home court through the first three playoff rounds.
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