The Fighting Illini baseball team held its annual Scout Day on Tuesday, with scouts from nearly every professional organization on hand. Illinois players each ran a pair of 60-yard dashes, took a round of batting practice, conducted infield and outfield practice, and competed in a six-inning scrimmage.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Registration is now open for Rutgers baseball summer camps. The program will hold seven instructional camps under the guidance of the 2007 BIG EAST Champion coaching staff this June through August. Each camp, which is held on the team's state-of-the-art baseball field in Piscataway, is geared towards specific skill development.
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Players of the Week: C. Lee | M. Byrd
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Two-time Cy Young winner leads Mets past Cards 9-1 to take series
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Jimmy Rollins was yanked from Philadelphia's lineup after arriving late to Shea Stadium on Thursday, making the reigning NL MVP a spectator for much of the Phillies' 3-1 loss in a key division matchup with the New York Mets. Rollins, who was pulled from the Phillies' 5-0 win over Cincinnati on June 5 for failing to run hard on a popup that was dropped, said he got caught in traffic.
Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list Monday.
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Illinois left fielder Casey McMurray was named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American as selected by Collegiate Baseball. McMurray hit .331 in his rookie campaign with the Illini and tied for the team lead with 12 doubles. He is one of three Big Ten selections as Northwestern left-handed pitcher Eric Jokisch and Ohio State right-handed pitcher Dean Wolosiansky also were honored by CB.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers baseball team mounted a two-out rally for the second-straight day but fell just short as USF escaped with a series-clinching, 6-4, victory Saturday afternoon in front of a season-high 673 fans at Bainton Field.
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Cleveland, Milwaukee aces get call for Tuesday's Midsummer Classic
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The last time he faced the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park, Clay Buchholz overcame the nerves of his second major-league start and the mounting pressure of making baseball history to pitch a no-hitter. Looks like he didn't get all the jitters out of his system. Brian Roberts greeted Buchholz with a game-opening double and was a home run short of the cycle Friday night as Baltimore knocked the Red...
The Arizona Diamondbacks became the latest team to say "No thanks" to Barry Bonds, and they're not alone.
Wednesday's MLB news briefs: Cincinnati Reds right-hander Aaron Harang will have an MRI exam on his right forearm after he experienced discomfort early in the morning.
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Sophomore starting pitcher Kevin Manson (Park Ridge, Ill.) was one of four pitchers named to the All-Big Ten Tournament team following the completion of the tournament Saturday night. Manson tossed a four-hit complete game, the first of his career, to lift the fourth-seeded Illini to a 3-2 win over No. 5 Ohio State in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Down, 5-2, with one out in the ninth inning, Rutgers loaded the bases, but the Scarlet Knights’ rally fell short as the Blue Hens escaped with a 5-3 victory in baseball action Wednesday afternoon at Bainton Field.
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Colorado shortstop sliced his right palm when he pounded his maple bat into the ground in frustration and it shattered
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Delmon Young and Nick Punto are starting to get comfortable in their roles. Young hit a three-run home run and had a season-high four RBIs, Punto homered and also had four RBIs, and the surging Minnesota Twins beat the free-falling Cleveland Indians 12-3 on Friday night. Young got off to a slow start after coming over in a trade from Tampa Bay, and Punto has battled injuries and hasn't been able to...
Wednesday's MLB news briefs: Closer Matt Capps will be sidelined for approximately eight weeks with a shoulder injury detected, the fourth Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher to go on the disabled list in the last two weeks.
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Illinois scored six runs in the seventh and eighth innings combined, but Indiana scored five in the bottom of the eighth for a 14-7 victory in an elimination game of the Big Ten Tournament at the Wilpon Basebal Complex, bringing the Illini's season to a close.
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WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Down, 6-4, Rutgers rallied with a run in the ninth and came 90-feet short of tying it up before Monmouth escaped with a 6-5 victory over the Scarlet Knights in NCAA Baseball action at MU Baseball Complex Wednesday afternoon.
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Former Jays slugger sets Mets club record with nine RBIs in lopsided Subway series win Friday
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Daisuke Matsuzaka is feeling closer to his old self after sitting out almost a month with a shoulder injury. He certainly feels better than he did a week ago. Dice-K limited the Astros to two hits in five scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox won their first-ever regular-season game in Houston, 6-1 on Friday night.
Carlos Delgado set a New York Mets record with nine RBIs in the opener of Friday's two-ballpark doubleheader against the New York Yankees.
Delgado had nine RBIs in a four-inning span at Yankee Stadium.
He hit a two-run double in the fifth off Edwar Ramirez, then hit his 12th career grand slam in the sixth, a drive against Ross Ohlendorf. Delgado added a three-run homer in the eighth off LaTroy Hawkins, his 13th home run of the season.
Thursday's MBL news brief: Cubs manager Lou Piniella was selected to replace fired New York Mets manager Willie Randolph on the NL coaching staff for next month's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.
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Illinois scored first and held a 2-1 lead in the middle of the seventh, but No. 17 and top-seeded Michigan pushed across three runs in the bottom of the seventh and another in the eighth for a 5-2 win. Scott Shaw tied a career high with seven strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings and DH Daniel Webb was 2-for-3 with a double to lead the Illini (31-24). No. 4-seed Illinois will now face sixth-seeded Indiana Hoosiers Thursday at 11:05 a.m. (CT) in an elimination game.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers baseball team used timely hitting from Jaren Matthews (Teaneck, N,J.) and Luis Feliz (New Brunswick, N.J.) to earn its first BIG EAST victory of the season and snap West Virginia's 11-game winning streak with an 8-4 win over the Mountaineers Friday afternoon at Bainton Field.
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Toronto starter has soreness in his right elbow, Jeff Blair reports
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Baseball's pink slip-wielding Grim Reaper made Its unwelcome visit last week to three big-league managers -- I envision a kind of dark, gliding presence, carrying a maple bat over Its shoulder; either that, or somebody who looks a lot like Omar Minaya -- in one of the more brutal weeks in recent memory. Starting with Willie Randolph's canning in the middle of the night, through John McLaren's off-day axing and into John Gibbons' much-expected whack at the knees, it was a bad week for a lot of teams and a lot of skippers.
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The Baltimore Orioles designated infielder Freddie Bynum for assignment Sunday, and manager Dave Trembley said Alex Cintron will be the team's third starting shortstop this season. Bynum hit .192 with five RBIs in 34 games. The Orioles have 10 days to trade, release or send him outright to the minors.
Friday's MLB news briefs: Willie Randolph wrote a first-person account of his dismissal in the 'Daily News', under the front-page headline 'How They Fired Me!'
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Just wanted to check in from Ann Arbor on the eve of the opening round of the 2008 Big Ten Tournament. The regular season finished up last weekend and the six seeds in the tournament were finally sorted out. As the conference winner, Michigan gets to host the tournament.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers baseball team loaded the bases to stage a two-out, ninth inning rally, but St. John's reliever Colin Lynch ended the Scarlet Knights' threat with a game-ending strikeout as the Red Storm held on for the 2-0 victory Friday afternoon at Bainton Field.
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Yankees lose ace Wang after spraining foot running bases
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Eric Chavez hasn't changed his approach since coming off the disabled list, it's just that things seem to be finally falling in place. Chavez had three hits and two RBIs to help the Oakland Athletics complete their second consecutive sweep of San Francisco, beating the Giants 5-3 on Sunday. "I've been on the same pace since I've come back," Chavez said.
Saturday's MLB news briefs: Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen came to the ballpark expecting to throw one final bullpen tuneup before coming off the 15-day disabled list next week.
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Freshman left-hander Phil Haig fired a two-hit shutout to lift Illinois to a 2-0 win over Purdue in game one of the doubleheader on Saturday, but the Boilers fought back with an 11-2 victory in the series finale in front of a season-high 1,453 fans at Illinois Field. Haig struck out three and walked two, needing just 76 pitches in the seven-inning complete game.
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DeLAND, Fla. – Rutgers scored three runs in the ninth inning to break a 5-5 tie and held on to defeat Iowa, 8-6 in the series opener Saturday afternoon at Conrad Park, near the campus of Stetson University. Iowa posted a 9-2 victory in the nightcap to earn the split. The Scarlet Knights (5-7) and Hawkeyes (4-7) will meet in the rubber game Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
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Gibbons knows what he's doing in moving the outfielder back into the leadoff spot
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