Boston Red Sox infielder Mike Lowell has had quite a year. The team nearly traded him this past offseason to the…
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The reliable duo of Josh Hamilton and Vladimir Guerrero provided the Texas Rangers with a satisfactory finish to an otherwise lamentable road trip. Hamilton and Guerrero each hit three-run homers, Tommy Hunter earned his career-high 10th win and Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 Sunday to split the four-game series.
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Josh Bell jumped on one of baseball's top hurlers for his best day in the majors.
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Rookie Josh Bell's best day in the majors coincided with the worst performance of Cliff Lee's big league career. Bell hit his first two home runs, part of an unprecedented long-ball barrage against Lee that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the slumping Texas Rangers 8-6 Saturday. Ty Wigginton and Luke Scott also connected against Lee, who never before yielded four homers in a game.
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The Texas Rangers recalled left-hander Michael Kirkman from Oklahoma City on Friday and optioned left-hander Derek Holland to the Triple-A club. Kirkman arrived in Baltimore around 2:15 p.m. and immediately headed to Camden Yards, where the Rangers were to face the Orioles on Friday night. Kirkman, who has never played in the majors, said, "The adrenaline's pumping in everything I do around…
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C.J. Wilson took a two-hitter into the ninth inning and had a career-high 12 strikeouts to carry the Texas Rangers past the Baltimore Orioles 2-0 on Friday night. Wilson (12-5) retired 16 straight batters until Brian Roberts led off the ninth with a double. Before that, the only two hits against the left-hander were by Julio Lugo — a first-inning single and a double in the third.
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Anybody looking for an outfielder hitting .255 with seven homers and a couple of stolen bases?
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The Colorado Rockies designated outfielder Brad Hawpe for assignment on Thursday. It was previously reported that the Rockies had released Hawpe. The team now has 10 days to release Hawpe, trade him or send him to the minors. Hawpe cleared waivers this week, which made him available for a trade. Colorado informed him of his release prior to Wednesday night's game against the Dodgers. He later hit a pinch single in his final Colorado at-bat. “I haven’t been playing too much for various reasons, and I wasn’t going to be back next year,” Hawpe said after the…
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The Colorado Rockies told outfielder Brad Hawpe on Wednesday that they were releasing him, the Denver Post's Troy Renck reported. Renck reported the team decided to cut Hawpe rather than seek a trade. Hawpe cleared waivers this week, which made him available for a trade. Colorado informed him of his release prior to Wednesday night's game against the Dodgers. He later hit a pinch single in his final Colorado at-bat. “I haven’t been playing too much for various reasons, and I wasn’t going to be back next year,” Hawpe said after the game.
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Orioles manager Buck Showalter still roots for the Texas Rangers, a sentiment he will put on hold when Baltimore hosts the AL West leaders for a four-game series beginning Thursday. Showalter managed Texas from 2003-06. He lives in Dallas and wants the Rangers to win, but now that he's with the Orioles, his allegiance has shifted.
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