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Angels bullpen provides no relief
Oct 9 2005 11:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Instead of shortening the game, the Angels' bullpen made for a long, long night. Scot Shields couldn't hold a one-run lead, and Los Angeles lost its chance to finish off the New York Yankees in the Bronx.
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Yanks fend off Angels 3-2 to force Game 5
Oct 9 2005 10:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and the New York Yankees are still around _ by the slimmest of margins. Slow-footed catcher Jorge Posada barely beat the tag for the go-ahead run on Jeter's seventh-inning bouncer, and New York scratched out a 3-2 victory Sunday night over the Los Angeles Angels to force a decisive fifth game in California.
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Astros oust Braves in record 18 innings
Oct 9 2005 9:40PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Roger Clemens and the Houston Astros gave a whole new meaning to the word "longevity." The 43-year-old Rocket came out of the bullpen to rescue the Astros and Chris Burke ended the longest postseason game in baseball history with a home run in the 18th inning, lifting Houston over the Atlanta Braves 7-6 Sunday and into the NL championship series.
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Cardinals celebrate NLDS sweep of Padres
Oct 9 2005 8:18PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Chris Carpenter stood soaked with champagne in the St. Louis clubhouse as he reeled off everything the Cardinals are doing right this postseason.
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BoSox face offseason full of questions
Oct 9 2005 8:15PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - General manager Theo Epstein needs a new contract, manager Terry Francona needs a physical and both need players to take the Boston Red Sox where they went in 2004.
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Angels' Washburn out, Lackey in for Game 4
Oct 9 2005 5:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - John Lackey took over as the Los Angeles Angels' scheduled starter for Game 4 of their AL playoff series against the New York Yankees on Sunday night after teammate Jarrod Washburn came down with a throat infection and a fever.
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Blue Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek dies
Oct 9 2005 3:34PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Tom Cheek, who called every game in the history of the Toronto Blue Jays until last year, died Sunday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 66.
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White Sox in waiting mode for next round
Oct 9 2005 2:56PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The tense days of late September when they were fighting to keep what they'd held all season _ first place _ seemed far away Sunday when the Chicago White Sox stepped into the cool air and warm sun for a workout.
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White Shox await Angels-Yankees winner
Oct 9 2005 12:48PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Their second celebration in a little more a week behind them, the White Sox came home Saturday to await their first trip to the AL Championship Series since 1993, two years before wild cards were added.
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Cardinals sweep past Padres into NLCS
Oct 9 2005 9:13AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals seem to be in a hurry to return to the World Series, and they weren't about to be slowed by the San Diego Padres.
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Padres swept right out of the playoffs
Oct 9 2005 2:34AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Maybe everybody who insisted the San Diego Padres had no place in the playoffs had a valid point after all. Woody Williams' outing against his former team lasted barely more than an inning, San Diego again fell into a big early hole, and the Padres are headed home for the winter with the realization that the NL West probably was just as bad as it was believed to be.
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