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Montero HRs again off Weaver, Mariners beat Angels

Sept 3, 2012

SEATTLE (AP) — Jesus Montero hit another home run off Angels ace Jered Weaver, leading Hisashi Iwakuma and the Seattle Mariners past Los Angeles 2-1 Sunday.Carlos Peguero also homered against Weaver. Iwakuma pitched 7 1-3 scoreless innings and helped end the Angels' five-game winning streak.Montero singled early, then hit his 15th home run of the season in the fourth. He has four homers in nine career at-bats against Weaver.Only Curtis Granderson and Alex Rodriguez have more home runs (5) agains
Angels rally in eighth inning for 5-2 win over Mariners

Sept 2, 2012

SEATTLE (AP) ― Felix Hernandez’s remarkable run came to a sudden halt.Mark Trumbo hit a two-run single in the eighth that chased Hernandez and gave the Los Angeles Angels their fifth straight victory, 5-2 over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.“I felt good. I felt the same,” Hernandez said. “I was throwing the ball pretty good until the eighth. I’m still strong.”King Felix gave up five runs ― four earned ― in 7 1-3 innings. He yielded nine hits, walked two and struck out seven.Hernandez (13-6) en
Athletics sweep Indians for sixth straight win

Aug 31, 2012

CLEVELAND (AP) ― The only downside for the Oakland Athletics is that they don’t play the Cleveland Indians again this season.Oakland capped a four-game sweep of the free-falling Indians with a 12-7 victory on Thursday. The Athletics, who have won six straight and eight of nine, finish the season series against Cleveland with an 8-2 record. After dropping the first two games in April, Oakland won the final eight versus the Indians.“We played against a team that we really needed to take a series f
Chen throws gem as Royals top Tigers

Aug 30, 2012

KANSAS CITY (AP) ― The Royals proved Wednesday night just how fickle baseball can be.One night after roughing up Tigers ace Justin Verlander to win a stunning shootout, Kansas City saw crafty veteran Bruce Chen go eight innings in an equally surprising pitcher’s duel with Anibal Sanchez. Eric Hosmer’s shank single in the fourth score the lone run in a 1-0 victory.“That’s baseball. That’s why this game is so great,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “We won the game on an 80-foot bomb in the Bermuda
Darvish strikes out 10 as Rangers beat Rays 1-0

Aug 29, 2012

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ― Yu Darvish struck out 10 over seven innings for the Texas Rangers to win a 1-0 pitchers’ duel against James Shields and the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.Ian Kinsler homered to give Texas enough against the suddenly sliding Rays, who have lost four in a row, had runners on base in each of the first five innings against Darvish (13-9) and still couldn’t score. It was their fourth 1-0 loss this season - all in their last 22 games this month.Shields (12-8) allowed only thr
Hanwha Eagles manager resigns

Aug 28, 2012

Han Dai-hwa, manager of the Hanwha Eagles, has resigned from his post to take responsibility for the team’s poor performance in the Korean pro-baseball league.The club was said to have told Han late Monday night that his contract would be terminated early. The club announced his resignation Tuesday morning. It is the first time Hanwha has replaced its manager during a season. His three-year contract was to expire at the end of this year. There are 28 games left in the season.“Han has been under
Dice-K sharp in return as Sox win

Aug 28, 2012

BOSTON (AP) ― All the offseason work, rehab starts and minor league outings finally paid off for Daisuke Matsuzaka.Matsuzaka returned from the disabled list with his best start of the season and Cody Ross drove in three runs, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday.Starting the season on the DL after Tommy John surgery in June, Matsuzaka (1-3) earned his first big league win since May 16 of last season.The Japanese right-hander made eight rehab starts before
Manager of last-place baseball team fired

Aug 28, 2012

The last-place Hanwha Eagles in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) have fired their manager, Han Dae-hwa.The Eagles dismissed him late Monday night, the team officials said, with 28 games left this season. Han's three-year contract was set to expire at the end of this year.Mondays are off days for all eight teams in the KBO, the nation's top professional baseball league. Through last weekend's
Yanks beat Tribe

Aug 27, 2012

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Rafael Soriano and the New York Yankees dodged their way to an important win.Curtis Granderson hit his 200th career homer and Soriano shook off getting hit on the side of his right hand by a line drive as the Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2 Sunday.“It feels fine right now,” Soriano said after getting struck in the ninth inning by a shot by Jason Kipnis that was headed right at his head. “It hit my glove or my hand, I’m not sure which one first.” Detroit 5, LA Angels 2 St.
Clemens, 50, goes 3 1/3 scoreless frames

Aug 26, 2012

Fifty-year-old Roger Clemens retired 10 of the 11 batters he faced for the Sugar Land Skeeters Saturday night.Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner and 11-time all-star, had last pitched for the New York Yankees in 2007.In his 3 1/3-inning stint for the Atlantic League Skeeters, Clemens gave up only one single, to the Bridgeport Bluefish's James Simmons in the second inning, and no walks. He
Biting the dust

Aug 23, 2012

Despite Choo’s big game, Cleveland’s losing streak hits 8SEATTLE (AP) ― Eric Thames hit a tiebreaking, two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1 on Wednesday for their eighth straight win.Seattle completed a three-game sweep and is on its longest winning streak since taking eight in a row from June 23-July 1, 2007. The Mariners have won 15 of their last 16 home games.Cleveland has lost eight in a row, following an 11-game skid from
Strasburg’s 15th win lets Nats pad NL East lead

Aug 22, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Because the Washington Nationals have an innings limit for star right-hander Stephen Strasburg, there aren’t many starts left in his remarkable season.On Tuesday night, Strasburg ignored that talk and weathered his first major league rain delay, striking out 10 and allowing one run in six innings for his 15th win as the Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1.For weeks, the impending shutdown of Strasburg (15-5) has been the talk of baseball and though the Nationals haven’t said
White Sox handle Yanks

Aug 21, 2012

CHICAGO (AP) ― Alexei Ramirez hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh, Adam Dunn added his major league leading 36th an inning later and the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-6 Monday night to end a three-game losing streak.Ramirez connected with two outs in the seventh off Boone Logan (4-2) for his seventh homer of the season. Brett Myers (2-1) got the win by pitching two-thirds of an inning. Addison Reed worked the ninth for his 22nd save in 25 chances as the White Sox won t
Korea seeks to promote baseball prowess

Aug 20, 2012

South Korea views an upcoming world youth baseball championship on home soil as an opportunity to further promote the country’s prowess in the sport, the national team manager said Monday.The country will host the U18 Baseball World Championship, organized by the International Baseball Federation, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 8. The biennial event is open to players under the age of 18, and South Korea is hosting it for the first time.At a media day event Monday, Lee Jeong-hoon, the South Korean manage
Choo rips 15th HR but Tribe fall

Aug 19, 2012

OAKLAND, California (AP) ― Yoenis Cespedes homered and drove in three runs, Bartolo Colon won his third consecutive start at home and the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 8-5 on Saturday night.Josh Donaldson had two hits and an RBI while Coco Crisp added two-run triple for Oakland, which won its third straight after entering the night one-half game behind Baltimore for the second wild-card spot in the American League.Colon (10-9) struck out three and scattered five hits over eight in