David Ortiz got more than even for getting drilled. Ortiz broke loose soon after CC Sabathia hit him with a pitch, starting and finishing a seven-run burst in the seventh inning that led the Boston Red Sox over the Yankees 8-3 early Friday in a rain-delayed game that ended at 1:43 a.m. When it was over, Ortiz seemed more angry at the media -- maybe for playing up the possibility of trouble between...

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As a fan of the Florida Marlins since their inception, I've seen starting pitchers come and go to the Florida franchise. However, there have only been four hurlers who've pitched a no-hitter for the team from South Florida -- Al Leiter, Kevin Brown, A.J. Burnett, and Anibal Sánchez. Of those four, only Sánchez is still with the Florida club, and there are few pitchers who've burst onto the major league scene quite like the Marlins 6-foot, 180 pound 26-year-old hurler did.

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Real fast, Nick Swisher and the New York Yankees got real comfortable against James Shields. Swisher homered to key a five-run burst in the first inning against Big Game James and the Yankees beat Tampa Bay 8-3 on Tuesday night, opening a 2 1/2 -game lead over the Rays in the AL East. The Yankees cut their magic number for clinching a playoff spot to three over Boston.

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There was no burst of thousands of camera flashes and the crowd was eerily silent when Travis Snider pulled into second base with his second double of the fifth inning. This was not the milestone Yankees fans came to see Monday night. Snider had two of an AL record-tying six doubles in a seven-run fifth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays prolonged Alex Rodriguez's search for his 600th homer in an...

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Alex Gonzalez got robbed, then got rooked. Next time up -- yep -- he got more than even. Gonzalez hit a go-ahead single in the 11th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays broke loose, beating the New York Yankees 6-1 Friday to end a five-game losing streak. "I got one more chance," Gonzalez said. The Blue Jays trailed 1-0 when Gonzalez opened the eighth with a long drive that left fielder Brett...

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