The A’s make it easy for Mark Mulder, giving him an 11 – 0 lead after 4 innings. With Jermaine Dye, Miguel Tejada and Olmedo Saenz homering, they roll to a 17 – 4 pasting of Cleveland.

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The A’s make it easy for Mark Mulder, giving him an 11 – 0 lead after 4 innings. With Jermaine Dye, Miguel Tejada and Olmedo Saenz homering, they roll to a 17 – 4 pasting of Cleveland.

The Padres send P Woody Williams to the Cardinals for OF Ray Lankford, who has recently been benched. Williams will prove to be the real deal for the Cards, going 7-1 in 11 starts, with a 2.28 ERA during the remainder of the season.

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The Padres send P Woody Williams to the Cardinals for OF Ray Lankford, who has recently been benched. Williams will prove to be the real deal for the Cards, going 7-1 in 11 starts, with a 2.28 ERA during the remainder of the season.

For the 33rd time in the team’s history, the Tigers turn a triple play as Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit’s first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

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For the 33rd time in the team’s history, the Tigers turn a triple play as Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit’s first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

The Mets defeat the Astros, 8 – 2, in 10 innings. New York scores six runs in the 10th, the most ever in that frame for a Mets club, with Edgardo Alfonzo’s three-run home run the big blow.

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The Mets defeat the Astros, 8 – 2, in 10 innings. New York scores six runs in the 10th, the most ever in that frame for a Mets club, with Edgardo Alfonzo’s three-run home run the big blow.

The Tigers, for the thirty-third time in the team’s history, turn a triple play when Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit’s first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

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The Tigers, for the thirty-third time in the team’s history, turn a triple play when Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit’s first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

Brewers manager Davey Lopes is suspended for two games and fined by the commissioner’s office for threatening to have his pitchers hit Rickey Henderson. Lopes became upset when Henderson took off for second base in the 7th inning of the Padres’ 12 – 5 win on Sunday.

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Brewers manager Davey Lopes is suspended for two games and fined by the commissioner’s office for threatening to have his pitchers hit Rickey Henderson. Lopes became upset when Henderson took off for second base in the 7th inning of the Padres’ 12 – 5 win on Sunday.

The trading deadline produces a frenzy of deal-making as 31 players change teams in a total of 12 deals in the last two days. A total of 68 players were involved in 24 deals in all of July. The deals today include one in which the Red Sox acquire Expos reliever Ugueth Urbina for two minor league pitchers, Tomo Ohka and Rich Rundles. The hard-throwing closer was nearly traded to the Yankees earlier in the season, but the deal was nixed when the Caracas, Venezuela native failed a physical. Also, the Indians get OF Milton Bradley from the Expos for P Zach Day

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The trading deadline produces a frenzy of deal-making as 31 players change teams in a total of 12 deals in the last two days. A total of 68 players were involved in 24 deals in all of July. The deals today include one in which the Red Sox acquire Expos reliever Ugueth Urbina for two minor league pitchers, Tomo Ohka and Rich Rundles. The hard-throwing closer was nearly traded to the Yankees earlier in the season, but the deal was nixed when the Caracas, Venezuela native failed a physical. Also, the Indians get OF Milton Bradley from the Expos for P Zach Day

The Red Sox acquire Expos’ reliever Ugueth Urbina for two minor league pitchers, Tomo Ohka and Rich Rundles. The hard-throwing closer was nearly traded to the Yankees earlier in the season, but a failed physical nixed the deal for the Caracas, Venezuela native.

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The Red Sox acquire Expos’ reliever Ugueth Urbina for two minor league pitchers, Tomo Ohka and Rich Rundles. The hard-throwing closer was nearly traded to the Yankees earlier in the season, but a failed physical nixed the deal for the Caracas, Venezuela native.