With his club falling further out of playoff contention by the day, Giants general manager Brian Sabean started making sweeping changes Wednesday. Outfielder Aaron Rowand and infielder Miguel Tejada were designated for assignment by the defending World Series champions, who began the day trailing first-place Arizona by a season-high six games in the NL West race.

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Trevor Cahill is still searching for answers. The Oakland right-hander has a month to find them. Cahill, who won 18 games and made the All-Star team last season, continued to struggle Tuesday night as the Athletics dropped a 6-2 decision to the Cleveland Indians. Cahill (9-13) fell to 1-6 in nine starts since the All-Star break.

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Carlos Santana and Jack Hannahan hit two-run homers for Cleveland and the scrappy Indians kept pace in the AL Central race by beating the Oakland Athletics 6-2 on Tuesday night. Jeanmar Gomez (1-2) allowed one unearned runs over six innings after being recalled from Triple-A Columbus. He took the rotation spot vacated by Josh Tomlin, who is on the Indians’ disabled list with a sore right elbow.

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New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez aggravated an injury to his left thumb Sunday and didn’t…

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Kosuke Fukudome knows the Cleveland Indians are in must-win mode in the AL Central race. The outfielder, acquired a month ago to help the injury-plagued Indians, drove in the first run in a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night that got the Indians within 5 1/2 games of first-place Detroit.

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After nearly 11 hours from the first pitch to the last, the Boston Red Sox could finally rest and dry out after a rain-delayed doubleheader sweep of the Oakland Athletics on Saturday. “I remember this one at bat, I got water dripping out of my helmet. So you have the water, you have the ball coming,” David Ortiz said.

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Red Sox manager Terry Francona was asked after Saturday’s long doubleheader sweep of the Oakland Athletics to look ahead at what his plans for left-hander Erik Bedard might be in the playoffs. Laughing out loud, Francona said, “You might be getting a little ahead of…

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Nine innings and nine items to get you going. Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice. 1. First to 20: While his manager defends his MVP chances to the hilt, Justin Verlander became baseball’s first … Continue reading →

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Editors: The Athletics and Red Sox have resumed play after rain delay of 60 minutes in Game 2 of a doubleheader. Boston leads 3-0 with none out in the top of the fifth inning. AP Sports

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Wakefield still stuck at 199 wins “Wake Watch” will continue into next week. Making his sixth bid for his 200th career victory, Tim Wakefield allowed eight runs (four earned) in four innings Friday night and was credited with the loss in the Red Sox’ 15-5 throttling…

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