TheĀ Red SoxĀ score 12 runs in the 6th inning before recording an out in their 13 ā 3 win overĀ Cleveland.Ā Jason BayĀ drives in four of the runs with a double and a three-run homer in the record-tying scoring spree.
The Diamondbacks dismiss Bob Melvin and will name A.J. Hinch, their current vice president for player development, as the teamās new skipper. The 2007 NL Manager of the Year, who had one year left on his contract, compiled a 337-340 record during his four-plus years in the Arizona dugout. The decision came after losing, 4 ā 3, to theĀ PadresĀ in 10 innings. The D-Backs have started the year 12-17 and are already 8 1/2 games back ofĀ Los Angeles.
Ryan Zimmerman joins Sam Rice (1920, 1924, 1930), Heinie Manush (twice in 1933), and Goose Goslin (1928) in becoming only the fourth player in Washington D.C. baseball history to have a consecutive hit streak of 25 games or more. The 24 year-old third baseman kept his streak intact with a first inning single off Randy Wolf in the Nationalsā 11-9 victory over LA at Chavez Ravine.
Major League Baseball suspends Manny Ramirez for fifty games after he tests positive for the use of a banned substance. The 36 year-old Dodgers Star Outfield and most productive player, will not be eligible to return to the team until July 3, apologizes to the fans, explaining he did not take steroids, but was given a medication which a doctor thought was okay to be prescribed. He is the most prominent player yet caught underĀ Major League BaseballāsĀ PEDĀ policy implemented inĀ 2005.
The Dodgers fail to improve upon their 13-game winning streak at home to open the seasonāthe victorious span surpassed the 1911 Tigers to set a new major league mark. The 11-9 loss to Washington comes on the same day the team learns about Manny Ramirez, the clubās most productive hitter, being suspended for 50 games after testing positive for a banned substance.
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