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Brandon Moss and John Jaso homered off Yu Darvish and the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics beat Texas 6-2 on Tuesday night.>> Facing Yu Darvish has been no problem for the Oakland Athletics. They have beaten the Texas Rangers' Japanese ace four times, more than any other team.>> Nick Vander Tuig scattered four hits over seven-plus innings and UCLA produced just enough offense to defeat North Carolina State 2-1 in the College World Series on Tuesday night.>> Never has a team swinging metal bats produced so few runs through two College World Series games yet found itself in such an enviable position.>> Home runs are few and far between at the College World Series these days, which made Brian Holberton's first-inning shot all the more important for North Carolina.>> Home runs are few and far between at the College World Series these days, which made Brian Holberton's first-inning shot all the more important for North Carolina.>> Zack Wheeler lived up the hype in his major league debut, pitching six scoreless innings to lead the New York Mets to a 6-1 victory over the first-place Atlanta Braves and a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday.>> After a long day at Turner Field, the future suddenly looks a lot brighter for the New York Mets.>> Kevin Youkilis needs back surgery and Mark Teixeira has returned to the 15-day disabled list with an aching right wrist, the latest injury setbacks for the depleted New York Yankees.>> They come back for a bit, then they're gone again. So it goes for the New York Yankees and many of their ailing stars this season.>> Brian Holberton homered, freshman Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1 national seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series with a 4-2 victory over LSU on Tuesday.>> Brian Holberton homered, freshman Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1 national seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series with a 4-2 victory over LSU on Tuesday.>> The U.S. collegiate national baseball team will host its Cuban counterpart next month in a five-game international "friendship" series.>> The U.S. collegiate national baseball team will host its Cuban counterpart next month in a five-game international "friendship" series.>> Will Venable made an incredible catch to save San Diego, pinch-hitting pitcher Andrew Cashner drove in the go-ahead run with a perfectly executed safety squeeze in the 13th inning, and the Padres extended their...>> Andrew Cashner provided quite the thrilling warmup for his Tuesday start against San Francisco: a tiebreaking bunt as a pinch hitter in the 13th inning Monday night.>> Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Dillon Gee, giving the Atlanta Braves a stunning 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night in a game that was delayed nearly four hours by rain.>> The Atlanta Braves waited a long time to get going.>> Todd Frazier wasn't going to let left-hander Francisco Liriano get another fastball by him. He guessed right and hit one a long way.>> Todd Frazier wasn't going to let left-hander Francisco Liriano get another fastball by him. He guessed right and hit one a long way.>>
Spokane, WA - You can forgive Tri-City for overlooking Spokane's Joe Maloney - just don't expect it to happen again. Mired in a 4-for-32 slump over his last 10 games, the Indians designated hitter looked nothing like the batter that was named the Northwest League Player of the Week at the beginning of the month.
Still, baseball is a game of adjustments, and Maloney, after striking out in his first two at-bats, made the necessary changes when the team needed him most. On a changeup from Dust Devils reliever Matt Flemer (2-2) in the bottom of the eighth, Maloney rocketed a two-run triple to the alley, giving the Indians the lead on their way to a 4-3 win over Tri-City in front of 3,223 fans at Avista Stadium.
The game wasn't over just yet though, as the Dust Devils scored once against Alec Asher (2-3) in the ninth, before stranding runners at second and third to end the contest and send the Indians to their third straight victory.
Red-hot Royce Bolinger extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a single in the fifth inning; the longest such streak in the NWL this season. Second baseman Ryan Rua chipped in a pair of hits to finish the night with an even .300 average.
Tomorrow's game is the series finale against the Dust Devils.
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