AL News

Gonzalez pitches A's past Angels, 8-0

Gio Gonzalez hardly had his best stuff in this outing and he still looked good. Oakland's offense gave the pitcher plenty of wiggle room. <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/g3qW4nuttKKAhswWSctEHx8PgzM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/g3qW4nuttKKAhswWSctEHx8PgzM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/g3qW4nuttKKAhswWSctEHx8PgzM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/g3qW4nuttKKAhswWSctEHx8PgzM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/0OuA3bM-Vmk" height="1" width="1"/>

French allows 1 hit in 7 innings in Mariners' 1-0

Luke French, given a lead in the first inning, knew his challenge was to keep the Cleveland Indians scoreless during his time on the mound. <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Q6m5XSF-9dxnvUSHEdmcpmWQB3Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Q6m5XSF-9dxnvUSHEdmcpmWQB3Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Q6m5XSF-9dxnvUSHEdmcpmWQB3Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Q6m5XSF-9dxnvUSHEdmcpmWQB3Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/kygOM57pgW8" height="1" width="1"/>

Tigers beats Royals 9-5 win 4-run 11th inning

Will Rhymes started the game with an 11-pitch at bat, fouling off six offerings from Zack Greinke with two strikes. <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NG1AgRdifL7k4wHhSqFVGcmhMrE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NG1AgRdifL7k4wHhSqFVGcmhMrE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NG1AgRdifL7k4wHhSqFVGcmhMrE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NG1AgRdifL7k4wHhSqFVGcmhMrE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/mWmrqidT5zk" height="1" width="1"/>

Fox picks up short-handed Twins in 4-3 win

The Minnesota Twins chose Matt Fox to start Friday's game not because of his dazzling stuff or eye-popping statistics. He was their only opt ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JKx0OyEURA1lugb-7rvfs5T8Yto/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JKx0OyEURA1lugb-7rvfs5T8Yto/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JKx0OyEURA1lugb-7rvfs5T8Yto/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JKx0OyEURA1lugb-7rvfs5T8Yto/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/iuwdVMfnfPc" height="1" width="1"/>

Hamilton leaves game in 8th inning

Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton left Friday night's game against Minnesota in the eighth inning with stiffness in his lower back. <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/24w32eoLDc2xs5GvEq4pRVT_now/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/24w32eoLDc2xs5GvEq4pRVT_now/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/24w32eoLDc2xs5GvEq4pRVT_now/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/24w32eoLDc2xs5GvEq4pRVT_now/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/iVNi4x29rP0" height="1" width="1"/>

Manny blames himself for sour ending in Boston

White Sox slugger Manny Ramirez took the blame Friday for his rocky departure from Boston and said he would have joined the Red Sox if they had ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VR0fJOsNOkBUJii-45eC0H-5in8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VR0fJOsNOkBUJii-45eC0H-5in8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VR0fJOsNOkBUJii-45eC0H-5in8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VR0fJOsNOkBUJii-45eC0H-5in8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/wEcMXdjApxQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Garza wins 14th as Rays defeat Orioles 4-1

Matt Garza was well on his way to another win over the Baltimore Orioles when Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon headed to the mound in the sixth inning ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SUg_eeQSEeIOctTaQx_AOv_NFgw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SUg_eeQSEeIOctTaQx_AOv_NFgw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SUg_eeQSEeIOctTaQx_AOv_NFgw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SUg_eeQSEeIOctTaQx_AOv_NFgw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/lfgyeY_CdJg" height="1" width="1"/>

Twins' Valencia leaves game with hamstring injury

Minnesota Twins third baseman Danny Valencia left the game against Texas in the seventh inning on Friday night with a tight right hamstring. <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hgf1W1sk-3ZO3gdlMHRB1KjJHmo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hgf1W1sk-3ZO3gdlMHRB1KjJHmo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hgf1W1sk-3ZO3gdlMHRB1KjJHmo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hgf1W1sk-3ZO3gdlMHRB1KjJHmo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/9IlShvvdBVo" height="1" width="1"/>

A's Eric Chavez knows baseball days could be over

Eric Chavez acknowledged yet again his career very well could be over. His season most definitely is. <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/U5HWTaVNDHWyPGYPRZLuK1AnFUk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/U5HWTaVNDHWyPGYPRZLuK1AnFUk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/U5HWTaVNDHWyPGYPRZLuK1AnFUk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/U5HWTaVNDHWyPGYPRZLuK1AnFUk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/tG7XH1257DU" height="1" width="1"/>

Tigers C Laird scratched from lineup

Detroit catcher Gerald Laird was scratched from the Tigers' lineup against Kansas City on Friday night with tightness in his lower back. <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vl78Bage4d4CpJIxvkaKaeJnofk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vl78Bage4d4CpJIxvkaKaeJnofk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vl78Bage4d4CpJIxvkaKaeJnofk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vl78Bage4d4CpJIxvkaKaeJnofk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/KHB8eDx-9f4" height="1" width="1"/>

Baker likely to miss a few starts with elbow

Minnesota Twins right-hander Scott Baker will probably miss two starts because of tendinitis in his pitching elbow, manager Ron Gardenhire s ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dtibluI408d4jINqd8jAOxRGmYA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dtibluI408d4jINqd8jAOxRGmYA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dtibluI408d4jINqd8jAOxRGmYA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dtibluI408d4jINqd8jAOxRGmYA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/Ghn-f-7Y4q0" height="1" width="1"/>

Royals get Bannister, Hochevar back from DL

Brian Bannister and Luke Hochevar were reinstated from the disabled list Friday and will go back into the Kansas City Royals rotation, while ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LCcmZpN7RaTGA9aEOEC25IWIzzw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LCcmZpN7RaTGA9aEOEC25IWIzzw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LCcmZpN7RaTGA9aEOEC25IWIzzw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LCcmZpN7RaTGA9aEOEC25IWIzzw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/8PUaA5AZXq4" height="1" width="1"/>

Lee returns to Rangers after shot

Cliff Lee returned to the Texas Rangers on Friday after spending the previous two days in Dallas, hoping that a cortisone shot in his ailing ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tkMu8WkW3_LNYVLgA72cFgejxBA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tkMu8WkW3_LNYVLgA72cFgejxBA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tkMu8WkW3_LNYVLgA72cFgejxBA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tkMu8WkW3_LNYVLgA72cFgejxBA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/zeyq3tu0DmE" height="1" width="1"/>

Tigers' Cabrera misses game against Royals

Miguel Cabrera was not in the Detroit Tigers' lineup Friday night at Kansas City because of left biceps tendinitis. <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nTJOjONRc5pJBLmvvucocHnzOII/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nTJOjONRc5pJBLmvvucocHnzOII/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nTJOjONRc5pJBLmvvucocHnzOII/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nTJOjONRc5pJBLmvvucocHnzOII/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/7A0li3whd5c" height="1" width="1"/>

Granderson, Gardner lead Yanks to 7th straight win

Playing without three of the first four hitters in their regular lineup, the New York Yankees put speed up top and scampered for extra bases ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z5fwvnrffuS8LFEkAXvNNcXOlmo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z5fwvnrffuS8LFEkAXvNNcXOlmo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z5fwvnrffuS8LFEkAXvNNcXOlmo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z5fwvnrffuS8LFEkAXvNNcXOlmo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomMlbAl-TopStories/~4/7U_Elb8ipJw" height="1" width="1"/>

Major League Team Coverage

Odds of Winning
2009 World Series *

Team	Odds
New York Yankees	4-1
Boston Red Sox	13-2
Chicago Cubs	17-2
New York Mets	9-1
Los Angeles Angels	11-1
St-Louis Cardinals	18-1
Cleveland Indians	20-1
Los Angeles Dodgers	20-1
Chicago White Sox	32-1

* Odds of winning the World Series - as of Mar 4, 2009 (courtesy of bodoglife.com)

Odds of Winning
2008 World Series **

Team	Odds
Boston Red Sox	4-1
New York Mets	4-1
New York Yankees	6-1
Detroit Tigers	6-1
Chicago Cubs	7-1
Los Angeles Dodgers	20-1
Chicago White Sox	40-1
St-Louis Cardinals	75-1

** Odds of winning the 2008 World Series - as of Apr 1, 2008 (courtesy of sportsbook.com)

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