The Cleveland Indians have traded infielder Andy Cannizaro to the Chicago White Sox for cash considerations. The Indians announced Thursday that Cannizaro will be assigned to Charlotte, Chicago's Triple-A affiliate. He was batting .269 with one homer and 19 RBIs in 50 games at Triple-A Columbus. Cannizaro, 30, was selected by the New York Yankees in the seventh round of the 2001 draft.
August 13, 2009
LaRoche helps Braves win fifth straight (AP)
Adam LaRoche gave the Braves the lead with a seventh-inning homer, his second of the game, and Atlanta continued its second-half surge by beating the Washington Nationals 6-2 on Wednesday night. LaRoche snapped a 2-2 tie with his seventh-inning homer off Jorge Sosa (1-1). He had a second-inning homer off Craig Stammen and drove in a third run with a bases-loaded walk in Atlanta's three-run…
Giants avoid sweep on Uribe's HR in 10th (AP)
Tempers flared. Emotions ran wild. Benches cleared and managers were tossed. Everything one would expect from a Dodgers-Giants game, especially this year with both clubs in the playoff chase. Juan Uribe hit a game-ending two-run homer with one out in the 10th inning and San Francisco avoided a three-game sweep by archrival Los Angeles with a 4-2 victory Wednesday.
Uribe's walk-off HR in 10th lifts Giants (AP)
Juan Uribe hit a game-ending two-run homer with one out in the 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants avoided a three-game sweep by the archrival Los Angeles Dodgers with a 4-2 victory Wednesday. Brian Wilson (4-5) pitched 1 1-3 innings with four strikeouts for the win on a wild day in which the benches cleared and both Giants manager Bruce Bochy and later bench coach — and acting manager –…
Angels complete 3-game sweep of Rays (AP)
Gary Matthews Jr. put the Angels ahead with three-run homer in the sixth, Howie Kendrick added another three-run shot in the seventh, and Los Angeles finished a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays with a 10-5 victory Wednesday. Chone Figgins had three hits and scored the first run in a five-run seventh for the Angels, who improved to a season-best 24 games over .500.
August 12, 2009
Manny has HR, 3 RBIs as Dodgers roll (AP)
Manny Ramirez is not one to get overly excited about a potential sweep in August, or even a hitting funk here or there. Ramirez hit a towering two-run homer and also doubled in a run after two earlier intentional walks and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the rival San Francisco Giants 9-1 on Tuesday night.
ChiSox stun M's on Ramirez's HR in 9th (AP)
Alexi Ramirez went more than a month without a home run. The drought wasn't long enough for Doug Fister. Ramirez hit a three-run homer with one out in the top of the ninth off Seattle closer David Aardsma and the White Sox rallied for a stunning 3-1 victory over the Mariners on Tuesday night. Fister allowed one hit in six scoreless innings in his major league debut, and he turned a one-run lead…
Braves 3B Jones returns to lineup (AP)
Chipper Jones returned to Atlanta's lineup Tuesday night and the Braves also activated infielder Omar Infante from the disabled list. Infante had been out since May 20 with a broken left hand, the result of being hit by a pitch. He was hitting .349 with one homer and 11 RBIs. Infante was originally set to play third base in place of Jones, who had missed three straight games with a strained…
August 10, 2009
Yankees cap 4-game home sweep of BoSox (AP)
Mark Teixeira held his bat high, slowly trotting toward first base, unsure whether the ball he'd just sent soaring into the night would stay fair. The way this series went for Boston and New York, there should have been no doubt. Teixeira hit the tie-breaking homer two pitches after Johnny Damon went deep in the eighth inning Sunday night, and the Yankees went on to beat the Red Sox 5-2 and…
Yankees cap 4-game home sweep of Red Sox (AP)
Mark Teixeira held his bat high, slowly trotting toward first base, unsure whether the ball he'd just sent soaring into the night would stay fair. The way this series went for Boston and New York, there should have been no doubt. Teixeira hit the tie-breaking homer two pitches after Johnny Damon went deep in the eighth inning Sunday night, and the Yankees went on to beat the Red Sox 5-2 and…