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Daniel Cabrera came within two outs of no-hitting the Yankees, but Robinson Cano–who lives about two minutes from Cabrera in the Dominican — singled. “He’s not my friend anymore,” Cabrera joked. N.Y. hasn’t been no-hit by a single pitcher since Hoyt Wilhelm did it in 1958.
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Rookie James Loney tied the Dodgers’ club record with 9 RBIs, including a grand slam and a two-run homer. Gil Hodges set the mark on Oct. 31, 1950, against the Boston Braves. It’s the first nine-RBI game in the NL since Sammy Sosa did it at Coors Field on Aug. 10, 2002.
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He didn’t get the decision in the Twins’ win over K.C., but Brad Radke made an impressive return to the mound. Radke has been pitching with a torn labrum and needed only 57 pitches to get through five and the Twins earned a first-place tie in the AL Central with . . .
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. . . the Tigers, who led the AL Central by 10 games on Aug. 8. “I’m not going to give them a Knute Rockne, let’s go get ’em type of thing. I can tell you that right now,” manager Jim Leyland said. “If we win three games, we’re champs. If we can’t . . . shame on us.”
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Now the Cardinals’ NL Central lead is down to a half-game over the Astros, who won their ninth straight. In a swoon that could become one of baseball’s historic collapses, St. Louis (81-77) has lost eight of nine and wasted nearly all of what was a seven-game lead with 13 to play.
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The Devil Rays, who haven’t won back-to-back games since June 16-17, blew a four-run lead in a loss to the Indians. Tampa Bay has led in 120 games this year but lost an AL-record 59 times after holding a lead. The NL record is 66 blown-lead losses by the 1998 Marlins.
