ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Albert Pujols circled the bases without showing much emotion after hitting his long-awaited first home run for the Los Angeles Angels – same as he did 445 times with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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After giving the Minnesota Twins the chance to earn a rare win, the Seattle Mariners turned the tables in the middle game of the series.
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SEATTLE (AP) The Minnesota Twins will place designated hitter Justin Morneau on the 15-day disabled list because of a sore left wrist.
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Two-plus seasons of unachieved expectations spilled down on Chone Figgins on Friday when Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge told him he would no longer be an everyday player.
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The Detroit Tigers announced Friday they have activated designated hitter Delmon Young from his one-week suspension and have designated outfielder Brad Eldred for assignment.
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This kid: In the span of five major league games, Bryce Harper has gone from curiosity to essential for the Washington Nationals. Manager Davey Johnson batted the 19-year-old rookie third in the order Thursday night and Harper came through with a go-ahead RBI double in the sixth inning of Washington’s 2-1 victory against Arizona. Harper had batted seventh in his first four games. He’s 6 for 16 with four doubles so far.
”He’s a baseball player,” teammate Jayson Werth said. ”When you’re a baseball player, you can be 15 or you can be 50. If you know how to play the game you can play.”
Can’t top this ( du, du-du-du ): Anything that Jered Weaver can do, Brandon Morrow can do … almost as well. A day after Weaver no-hit the Minnesota Twins, Morrow tossed a three-hit shutout at the Los Angeles Angels. Also backed by J.P. Arencibia’s three-run homer, the Toronto Blue Jays won 5-0. It was Morrow’s second career shutout, his other coming in 2010 when he struck out 17 against the Rays. That day, in Dave Stieb-like fashion , Morrow had a no-no broken up by Evan Longoria with two outs in the ninth.
“I missed more bats that night, but I think I pitched better tonight,” Morrow said. ”My fastball command was really what did it for me. That’s probably the best I’ve ever been with that. I mean, I felt like I could have hit that down-and-away strike with my eyes closed. I probably could have thrown all fastballs the way I was locating.”
Damn: In case you missed it, Mariano Rivera tore the ACL in his right knee shagging a fly ball during batting practice. He’s probably out for the season. Perhaps for good. Rivera’s loss also overshadowed a 4-3 loss by the New York Yankees at Kansas City. Mike Moustakas homered and drove in three runs, and Royals left-hander Danny Duffy was a tad better than Yanks rookie David Phelps.
Miami: A sound machine after all?:
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(Reuters) – The New York Yankees suffered a major scare on Thursday when closer Mariano Rivera strained his right knee while fielding fly balls during batting practice before their game in Kansas City against the Royals. Rivera, who holds Major League Baseball’s career saves record with 608, suffered the injury while running back in deep center field to chase down a ball hit by Jayson Nix. The 42-year-old’s right knee buckled as he approached the warning track and he collapsed to the ground near the fence, clutching his knee in pain while grimacing. …
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Angels’ commitment to Jered Weaver is paying off.
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Pardon Dodgers fan if they reserve judgment on the Guggenheim Group that paid more than $2 billion for the team.
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May day: A new month means the Miami Marlins can turn the page on a distasteful 8-14 start to their season. Giancarlo Stanton (I always want to say ” Giancarlo Esposito “) hit a home run for the second time in three games and Ricky Nolasco kept the San Francisco Giants off the scoreboard (mostly) over 7 1/3 innings in a 2-1 victory at AT&T Park . Closer Heath Bell, who had been pitching more like Beef Hell, even had a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close out the Giants, who did not support Matt Cain very well. Ah, well, Miami can’t pause for a pity party for another team — not after the month the Marlins just endured.
”I think a lot of people took it as April’s gone,” Nolasco said. ”Hopefully we can keep it going.”
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Going to the Matts while longing for Longo: The Tampa Bay Rays went 19-12 with Evan Longoria missing from the starting lineup in 2011, and they’ll have to go through another period with him sidelined this season after learning he’ll miss 6-8 weeks because of a partially torn left hamstring . The Rays got on with life Tuesday night behind left-hander Matt Joyce and Matt Moore in a 3-1 victory against the Mariners . Joyce, batting third in place of Longoria, hit a home run and an RBI triple. Moore allowed a run and seven hits with seven strikeouts over five innings.
Send it in, Jerome!: Jerome Williams tossed his second career shutout and the Los Angeles Angels got an RBI grounder from Albert Pujols (oooooh) in a 4-0 victory against the filling-less Minnesota Twinkies. This passage from the AP story put Williams’ night this way:
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