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 MIAMI (AP) - Jason Stanford got to the ballpark Thursday about 45 minutes behind schedule, a victim of South Florida traffic. Once he arrived, things went perfectly according to plan.
Back in the majors for the first time since April 2004, Stanford — three years removed from reconstructive elbow surgery — carried a shutout into the seventh inning and helped the Cleveland Indians beat the Florida Marlins 3-2. It was his second career win; the other came on Sept. 26, 2003.
"It's been a very long time," Stanford said. "It's my first big league game since '04, and that was April. All the rehab and everything that I've gone through, tonight was just the icing on top of that cake. I can't explain in words what I'm feeling."
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