Arizona's Webb goes to 8-0 with 6-hitter (AP)
That new contract in the works for Brandon Webb might have grown a few digits. Webb became the first pitcher in three years to win his first eight starts, pitching his 13th career complete game to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Thursday. The 2006 NL Cy Young Award winner struck out four and didn't walk a batter ...... A-Rod begins rehab in Tampa (AP) Alex Rodriguez took 57 swings in batting practice and fielded 31 grounders at third base during his first injury rehabilitation workout Friday at the New York Yankees' minor league complex. Rodriguez is on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right quadriceps. The three-time AL MVP, who resumed on-field workouts Wednesday at Yankee Stadium, cou...... Cubs activate Eyre, send Marshall down (AP) The Chicago Cubs activated left-handed reliever Scott Eyre from the 15-day disabled list Friday and optioned left-handed pitcher Sean Marshall to Triple-A Iowa. Eyre has missed the first 34 games this season with left elbow inflammation. He said Friday he has been taking medication for arthritis in the joint. Reds put LHP Mercker on 15-day DL (AP) Reliever Kent Mercker was put on the 15-day disabled list Friday by the Cincinnati Reds because of lower back pain. The move was made retroactive to Tuesday, before the start of its series at the New York Mets. The Reds recalled left-hander Bill Bray from Triple-A Louisville. Bray didn't allow a run in four appearances for the Reds from April 28-Ma...... M's Sexson charges mound, sparks brawl (AP)
Kason Gabbard threw an eye-high pitch at Richie Sexson. That was it for the Mariners 6-foot-8 first baseman. He charged the mound, sparking a fourth-inning brawl in Texas' 5-0 win over Seattle on Wednesday night. "I'm 6-foot-8. He can hit corners at will," Sexson said. "6-8 and all of a sudden he's up that high? Beckett gets 1,000th K, BoSox top Tigers (AP)
In a matchup of hard-throwing right-handers, Boston's Josh Beckett got the best of Detroit's struggling ace, Justin Verlander. And Beckett reached a milestone along the way, too. Beckett had eight strikeouts, including the 1,000th of his career, to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Arizona LHP Davis pronounced cancer free (AP) Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Doug Davis said he has been pronounced cancer free after a sophisticated test showed no spread of the disease. Davis said he got the news from surgeon Dr. Bob Evani, who removed the pitcher's cancerous thyroid gland on April 10. "The cancer did not spread and it will not spread from here on out," Davis said Thursday...... Yankees hit 4 HRs vs. Tribe, avoid sweep (AP)
Jason Giambi and the sluggish New York Yankees suddenly turned sluggerish. The Yankees played home run derby Thursday, with Giambi, Johnny Damon, Robinson Cano and Wilson Betemit connecting in a 6-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians that prevented a three-game sweep. "There were big hits up and down the lineup," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. Braves' skid in 1-run games halted at 9 (AP)
The Atlanta Braves waited until the last inning of a memorable homestand to put an end to a streak of one-run futility they hope to forget. The Braves finally won a one-run game when Matt Diaz hit a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning to beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 Thursday. Atlanta was the first team since the 2000 Houston Astros to lose its......
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