The long ball may be pretty, but heading into Friday’s game against the Detroit Tigers (7:05 p.m. ET), the Toronto Blue Jays could really use some alternative ways to score.
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The Cincinnati Reds try not to worry about what other teams are doing while they're playing. It was hard for them to ignore the NL Central-leading Cardinals' loss on Friday as they were beating the Houston Astros. The Reds got the 6-4 victory thanks to Jay Bruce's go-ahead double in the eighth inning, and wound up just half a game behind St.
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The black Mizuno bat that Pete Rose used to get his final hit has been auctioned for $158,776, less than expected for the 32 ounces of baseball history. Rose used the bat for hit No. 4,256, a single off San Francisco's Greg Minton on Aug. 14, 1986. His final hit stands as the major league record. Lelands.com auctioned the 34-inch, 32-ounce bat online this month.
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Chris Dickerson remembered cringing as he looked at the excess of empty, discarded plastic bottles by his Triple-A teammates in Louisville. "One guy uses eight bottles a day, whether it's Gatorade or water or juice," he said, "and all of this stuff is being thrown in the trash cans." The sight of all that waste a couple of years ago was the tipping point for Dickerson, a…
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St. Louis and Philadelphia are vying for Roy Oswalt, but every team in contention is trying to bolster their staffs.
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Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer off Edinson Volquez, who had a rough time in his second start since elbow surgery, and the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-1 on Thursday for a split of their four-game series. Volquez (1-1) dominated Colorado last Saturday in his return from reconstructive elbow surgery.
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Atlanta reliever Billy Wagner blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning, before Nick Hundley's two-run double in the 12th lifted San Diego to a 6-4 victory in Wednesday's matchup of National League division leaders. Chris Denorfia led off the 12th with a single off Kris Medlen (6-2), Atlanta's seventh pitcher.
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Lou Piniella will end an illustrious managerial career without having reversed the curse of the Chicago Cubs.
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Mike Leake did some solid pitching and had a nice at-bat, too. He hung around through a long rain delay, just so he could get in more swings. When he finally left, things seemed well in hand. That's when the sweating began. Leake pitched five solid innings before a long rain delay Tuesday night, and the Cincinnati Reds blew most of a seven-run lead after the break before holding on for an 8-7 win…
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Ivan Rodriguez's grounder hit an umpire before it left the infield, resulting in a dead-ball call that prevented the Washington Nationals from scoring. With runners on first and second with two outs in the sixth, Rodriguez hit a grounder that deflected off the side of the mound, changed direction and headed toward Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips.
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