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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 2007

Page

20

Soriano carries Cubs past Reds as Griffey injures

Alfonso Soriano homered and threw to cut down Norris Hopper at the plate as Chicago beats Cincinnati 3-2. Griffey Jr. left with a lower abdominal strain after an awkward play in the eighth. Geovany Soto added a solo shot and Matt Morton drove in a run. Lilly pitched on short rest for the Cubs.

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Major League Baseball standings and schedule update

American and National League results recap with Tuesday and Wednesday scores for Cleveland Detroit Seattle Oakland and others. Today's slate includes key matchups like White Sox at Kansas City Dodgers at Colorado Mets at Florida Cubs at Cincinnati and Astros at St Louis along with listed starting pitchers and game times.

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Bonds Calls Buyer of 756th Ball an Idiot

Barry Bonds blasted Marc Ecko, the winning bidder for his 756th home run ball, calling him an idiot. Ecko paid $752,467 and lets voters decide the ball's fate, with options including Hall of Fame, adding an asterisk, or sending it into space.

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Blue Jays sweep Red Sox to tighten AL East race

Toronto defeated Boston 6-1 as Clay Buchholz and Jonathan Papelbon faltered, cutting the Red Sox lead to 1 game. Russ Adams delivered a grand slam as the Blue Jays swept the series, their first three-game set over Boston since 2005, while New York closed in with a 2-1 win over Baltimore.

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