Archive for April, 2007
Audio Interview with Jamie Vermilyea
Syracuse Chiefs beat reporter caught up with Chiefs pitcher Jamie Vermilyea and talked to him about his recent promotion to Toronto, and more topics.
Posted: April 30th, 2007.
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Weekly starters: Hughes goes for two
Staffs of the Week
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Weekly preview: Soriano is due
Alfonso Soriano hasn’t done much for the Cubs this season. But in his weekly preview, Dayn Perry says he’s due to break out.
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Blue Jays 7, Rangers 3
A milestone victory for Tomo Ohka provided a much-needed break for the Toronto Blue Jays’ bullpen.
Alex Rios homered, Ohka pitched seven innings for his 50th major league win and the Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 Sunday.
Ohka (2-2), who beat Boston in his last start, gave up one run and five hits, walked three [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Ohka wins second-straight for Blue Jays
Alex Rios homered, Tomo Ohka pitched seven innings to win his second straight start and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 Sunday.
Aaron Hill went 3-4 and drove in two runs for Toronto. He has 17 RBIs this season, tying him with Vernon Wells for the team lead.
Ian Kinsler hit a two-run drive [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Scott Olsen - #34 - Pitcher - 6′4″ - 198lbs
Mike Mussina, Cliff Lee, Chone Figgins and Felix Hernandez are set to come off the disabled list this week, while Roy Halladay, A.J. Burnett and Jake Peavy are some of the best pitchers slated for two starts. …[more]
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Rangers 9, Blue Jays 8, 10 innings
Hank Blalock was grateful for a chance to make up for a costly ninth-inning error.
Blalock hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a 9-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
“I clanged that ball off my glove,” Blalock said of his error that led to the tying [...]
Posted: April 28th, 2007.
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Rangers outlast Jays in wild one
Hank Blalock atoned for an earlier error with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a 9-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
Michael Young hit a one-out double in the 10th and stole third. Mark Teixeira walked and Sammy Sosa was given a free pass from Brian [...]
Posted: April 28th, 2007.
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Ryan Roberts - #20 - Second Base - 5′11″ - 190lbs
News: Blue Jays optioned infielder Ryan Roberts outright to Triple-A Syracuse.Impact: Roberts went 0-for-1 with two walks in 12 days with the Jays. …[more]
Posted: April 28th, 2007.
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Victor Zambrano - #31 - Pitcher - 6′0″ - 203lbs
News: Victor Zambrano is getting moved into the rotation as a replacement for Josh Towers.Impact: Zambrano had allowed three runs, eight hits and six walks in 5 1/3 innings as a reliever, so he didn’t exactly force his way past Towers. Still, he is the better bet of the two. AL-only leaguers should [...]
Posted: April 28th, 2007.
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