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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Matt Morton
Adam Dunn
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Tom Shearn
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Edwin Encarnacion
Ted Lilly
Rick Monday
Soto
Encarnacion
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Pat Burrell
Adam Wainwright
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Atlanta
Edgar Renteria
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Chuck James
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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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Echo
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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Russ Adams
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Jim Thome
Jose Contreras
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Andy Pettitte
Mariano Rivera
Hideki Matsui
Doug Mientkiewicz
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C.C. Sabathia
Cy Young
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