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Washington beats up on Oswalt in 8-1 victory (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:50:42 PDT
Craig Stammen carried a shutout into the seventh inning and the Washington Nationals roughed up Roy Oswalt in his Philadelphia debut, halting the Phillies' eight-game winning streak with an 8-1 victory Friday. Oswalt (6-13), a former 20-game winner acquired from Houston in a four-player trade Thursday, allowed five runs -- four earned -- and seven hits in six innings.
NL Capsules (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:35:54 PDT
Craig Stammen carried a shutout into the seventh inning and the Washington Nationals roughed up Roy Oswalt in his Philadelphia debut, halting the Phillies' eight-game winning streak with an 8-1 victory Friday night. Oswalt (6-13), a former 20-game winner acquired from Houston in a four-player trade Thursday, allowed five runs -- four earned -- and seven hits in six innings.
Gordon's 9th inning homer leads Royals (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:06:10 PDT
With one swing, Alex Gordon turned a miserable night at the plate into a glorious ending. Gordon stranded six runners in his first three at-bats, including striking out with the bases loaded in the third and grounding into an inning-ending double play in the fifth with runners on the corners. Gordon, however, made amends by hitting a three-run homer with two outs in bottom of the ninth as the...
Umpire Bell leaves game in 6th inning (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:59:42 PDT
Home plate umpire Wally Bell left the Baltimore-Kansas City game in the top of the sixth inning Friday night because of heat exhaustion and dehydration. The 45-year-old Bell, who had open heart surgery in 1999, was led off the field by Royals trainer Nick Kenny. The umpire wasn't taken to a hospital.
Former Dodgers pitcher Billy Loes dies at 80 (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:14:23 PDT
Billy Loes, who pitched on three pennant-winning Brooklyn Dodgers teams in the 1950s and was an AL All-Star in 1957, has died. He was 80. Loes died July 15 at a hospice in Tucson, Ariz., his wife Irene confirmed on Friday from her home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He had diabetes for several years and had open heart surgery a few years ago, she said.