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Hernandez( 7- reports 8) imparts won his third straight decision and further solidified his spot in the Mets' shaky rotation, their only major area of concern as they go for their first playoff appearance since reaching the Subway World Series in 2000 " I' m not thinking about the postseason yet " El Duque said " I' m staying ready for tomorrow. The Orioles' bullpen surrendered 24 runs in that game and has yielded 46 runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings during the seven- game skid. Durbin and Chad Durbin for a spot at the end of the Phillies rotation. He also stole 20 bases in 27 attempts, the third straight season he' s reached the 20- steal mark Ellsbury hit. Forward Luke Walton is still sidelined by a sprained ankle and is not expected to play Wednesday against Portland.

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Aaron Miles was back to second base after committing three seventh- inning errors a night earlier that led to three unearned runs in San Francisco' s 7- 6 win . The 6- foot- 11 forward- wearing a blue Boston cap and white Red Sox jersey with his last name and number " 5 " on the back- jumped out of his seat, clapping, smiling and pointing back at Ortiz " Guys get emotional " Pedroia said " I didn' t know what[ Ortiz] was doing It' s prime time. The previous spring, however, he was forced out of Seattle' s playoff series against San Antonio when he partially dislocated it . team at the 2006 World Championships or 2008 Olympics, but spoke optimistically. The seven- year veteran hurt his left knee on the second day of training camp and had surgery July 31. Washington remains limited by a nagging hamstring injury and will be a game- time decision, while Heyer appears likely to miss his second straight game with a sprained shoulder, giving veteran Jon Jansen another start at right tackle.

Tellem, sensing the media' s impatience, played the role of teacher in the final minutes " He said he' s sorry " Tellem said " He said he told the truth and nothing but the truth He said he' s said things he' s regretted . 255 with 18 homers and 64 RBIs as Houston' s regular rightfielder Albers, a 24- year- old righty, went 4- 11 with a 5 86 ERA . Louis, which lost to Houston on Thursday, is three games behind Murton hit his fifth homer to break a 3- 3 tie. He got a loud ovation when he came to bat with runners on first and second in the sixth, but struck out swinging " I did have one two- homer game in Double- A, but I didn' t have six RBIs " Soto said The six RBIs gave him 20 for the month . Updated: June 8, 2006, 7: 27 PM ET Blazers' Randolph passenger in car cited for racing Email Print Share Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore- Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph was a passenger of a driver cited for racing in downtown Portland early Thursday, police said. Greece( 8- 0) beat the United States 101- 95 in the other semifinal, meaning a team from Europe will win the world championship for the third straight time.

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Simon Gagne scored a short- handed goal late in the second period as Philadelphia won a night after dropping a 3- 2 decision to Nashville " We' re playing much better hockey now " captain Peter Forsberg said " We' ve just got to keep on building . Practice, it was practice, but it just wasn' t the same type of feeling, so to speak . Warner sat out the preseason opener against New Orleans and started against Kansas City and has taken 30 snaps " Hopefully we' ll get in enough snaps with the first( offensive) line that both can play " Whisenhunt said " I just wanted to make sure Kurt gets his timing with the ones for this game, much like we did in Kansas City " Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press . He finished second to Angels slugger Vladimir Guerrero in AL MVP voting last year& bull; Hideki Matsui hit his 400th professional home run Wednesday night, connecting for the Yankees in the fourth inning against the Devil Rays . Game notes Elijah Dukes strained his right hamstring sliding into second base in the bottom of the third inning. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6- 2 on Tuesday night The Cardinals moved back over. Anderson Hernandez doubled in the first run, and another came home when Gload misplayed a sharp grounder by Valdez.

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The Celtics lost their previous home game when Detroit' s Richard Hamilton hit a shot at the buzzer " We' ve been burned the last two games, close games " Pierce said " Every game this season has come down to the wire, and fortunately we came out on the other end of the stick this time " In Boston' s four games this season, two have gone to overtime and the other two have ended with buzzer- beaters . 8 playoff spot( the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors . 9 seconds remaining made it a four- point game " I just said' I had to get the ball " Christmas said " It was the last few seconds in the game We couldn' t let them get another possession . I' ll be fine as long as I don' t get hit by a ball " Drew has played more than 135 games only once in his career . If you line them up side by side, which we did in' 86' 87' 88, Jose was the more talented player and, in fact, more intelligent about the game " Mark wanted an uncomplicated swing and a' see it, hit it' approach He didn' t have a lot of information on the other pitchers. It was the Angels' first game- ending homer since Vladimir Guerrero' s on June 18 last year against Florida " You always want to be able to get a base hit in situations like that, especially this time of year " Kennedy said. He gave me some pitches to hit and I put good swings on them " Payton said.