Cubs rookie earns first win
Cubs rookie Rich Hill earned his first major league win eight innings of work and Aramis Ramirez powered the offense with a two run homer as Chicago beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-3. Cesar Izturis doubled in his Cubs debut and Matt Morton, Michael Barrett, and Jacque Jones also homered.
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Rich Hill
Aramis Ramirez
Cubs
Arizona Diamondbacks
Matt Morton
Michael Barrett
Jacque Jones
Hill
Triple-A
Iowa
Eric Byrnes
Arizona
Cesar Izturis
Ramirez
Claudio Vargas
Izturis
Cy Young
Greg Maddux
Juan Pierre
Barrett
John Mabry
Morton
Dusty Baker
MLB Day Highlights Dodgers Reds Marlins Pirates
Dodgers beat Reds 10 4 as Furcal two run homer Betemit two run shot and five unearned seventh inning runs pace win. Marlins edge Mets 6 5 with Willingham two run homer off Wagner in ninth after Olivo start a two base sac sequence. Braves top Pirates 4 2 as Smoltz nets fifth straight decision LaRoche homer twice and Giles contributes three hits.
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Diamondbacks
Brandon Medders
Barrett
Jones
Vargas
Andy Green
Arizona
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Reds
Cincinnati
Rafael Furcal
Wilson Betemit
Los Angeles
Marlins
Mets
Miami
Josh Willingham
Billy Wagner
Florida
New York
Miguel Olivo
Willingham
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John Smoltz
Adam LaRoche
Atlanta
Marcus Giles
RBI
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Major League Baseball Standings and Schedules
National League results recapped with Florida leading Philadelphia and Arizona sweeping Chicago Cubs. American League scores show Boston Cleveland and Seattle momentum, plus a full slate of tonight’s probable pitchers for each matchup across leagues.
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Williams
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Minnesota
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Seattle
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Baltimore
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Lester
Toronto
Lilly
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Wang
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Miner
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Corcoran
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Garcia
Kansas City
Hudson
New York
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Cardinals edge Phillies as Howard homers twice in loss
Scott Mathieson earned his first major league win in his fourth start as St Louis defeated Philadelphia 5-3. Howard delivered a two run single and his NL leading 36th homer, lifting the Cardinals to a 4-3 lead before Coste and Edmonds added RBI hits. Suppan struggled, five runs allowed, while Sosa retired the tying run and Billy Burrell.
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Ronnie Belliard
Philadelphia Phillies
Scott Mathies
Busch Stadium
St. Louis
Scott Mathieson
Tom Gordon
Howard
Lafayette High School
Suppan
Phillies
Cardinal
Jorge Sosa
Pat Burrell
Jim Edmonds
RBI
Cardinals
Coste
Crede drives in go ahead run in 10th for White Sox
Joe Crede went 4-for-5 with a homer and delivered the decisive single in the 10th as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 in KC. Sandy Alomar drove in two runs and Crede scored three times, with Mark Buehrle yielding solid innings. Reggie Sanders and Angel Berroa homered for KC.
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Joe Crede
Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals
Sandy Alomar
Crede
White Sox
Mark Buehrle
Reggie Sanders
Angel Berroa
Scott Podsednik
Ambiorix Burgos
Ross Gload
Brian Anderson
Odalis Perez
David DeJesus
Mark Grudzielanek
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Guillen hits for cycle as Tigers rout Rays 10 4
At St. Petersburg Carlos Guillen completed the cycle with an RBI triple solo homer a single and a double as Detroit crushed Tampa Bay 10 4. Justin Verlander improved to 14 X, the majors first 14 win, in the win.
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Riske
Thornton
Emil Brown
Tigers
Devil Rays
St. Petersburg
Fla
Carlos Guillen
Justin Verlander
Detroit
Tampa Bay
Guillen
RBI
Rangers
Twins
Minneapolis
Gary Matthews Jr
Adam Eaton
Texas
Minnesota
Indians
Red Sox
Boston
C.C. Sabathia
Casey Blake
Cleveland
Yankees
Blue Jays
New York
Bobby Abreu
Bernie Williams
Toronto
Orioles
Mariners
Baltimore
Rodrigo Lopez
Melvin Mora
Nick Markakis
Seattle
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