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finger
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of the week.The Angels announced Upton¡¯s move Tuesday prior to a game against
the Arizona Diamondbacks, retroactive to Sunday. The Angels called up outfielder
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roster.¡°You keep going,¡± Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Tuesday. ¡°You¡¯re
certainly not going to sit back and feel sorry for yourself, or no one¡¯s going
to feel sorry for you.¡±Scioscia says Upton was injured Sunday night after
getting the day off when the Angels played at Texas. He¡¯d hoped the cut had
healed enough to allow Upton to face his former team, the Diamondbacks, this
week.Trout, on the DL with a wrist injury, has been away from the team following
the death of his brother-in-law, former Angels pitching prospect Aaron Cox.
BOSTON ¡ª What a perfect time for the Boston Red Sox to have a day off.Their
weekend in St.
Petersburg
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not only disaster in terms of suffering their first series sweep of the season,
was made worse by the New York Yankees sweeping four games in Baltimore to close
the gap in the American League East.Three games on Players¡¯ Weekend, three
losses by a combined count of 24-5.Article continues below ...¡°Sometimes you go
through tough times,¡± Red Sox infielder Eduardo Nunez said after Sunday¡¯s 9-1
blowout at the hands of the upstart Rays. ¡°Off-day tomorrow and start all over
again.¡°This happens in a long season. We know it¡¯s not going to be easy all the
way through. At some point, you¡¯re going to have tough times. It was a very
tough week for us. Turn the page and keep going. We¡¯re in first place for a
reason.¡±Now losers of five of the last seven games, the Red Sox are home for a
quick pair against the lowly Miami Marlins before heading back out on the road.
Boston left-hander Brian Johnson faces the recently suspended Jose Urena in the
opener Tuesday night.The Red Sox swept two games from the Marlins in Miami as
part of a nine-game winning streak and 17-2 start to open the season. Johnson
won one of those games and Urena pitched a strong game in a no-decision in the
other.Johnson is 4-3 with a 4.12 ERA overall but 4-1 with a 3.63 ERA in 10
starts (the team is 8-2 in those 10 starts). He gave up one run in six innings
in the early appearance at Miami.Urena, suspended for six games after hitting
Atlanta¡¯s Ronald Acuna Jr., pitched a complete-game two-hitter against the
Washington Nationals before serving his suspension. He comes off the suspension
to pitch and brings a 4-12 record and 4.50 ERA into the game.After the
right-hander dropped his appeal, manager Don
Mattingly
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pitch of a game after the Atlanta rookie had hit four homers in three games
against Miami, said, ¡°It makes sense from our standpoint. Obviously, Jose had to
make his decision. I think he made a good decision, getting this thing on the
back side of him, and working toward the rest of the year.¡°He wasn¡¯t going to
participate in the series coming up, so there was no reason to prolong this.¡±The
Marlins come into this game 53-72, but have split their last 10 games.Mattingly
returns to the park where he did so many good things during his playing career.
He hit .313 with four homers and 30 RBIs in 65 games (58 starts) at Fenway, .292
with 11 homers and 79 RBIs overall against the Red
Sox.Obviously
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shake off their miserable weekend and get back on track.The Sox were swept for
the first time in almost exactly a year ¡ª when they were outscored 25-4 in the
first Players¡¯ Weekend, that one at Fenway.¡°Just a bad weekend,¡± Red Sox manager
Alex Cora said. ¡°That¡¯s it. They¡¯re playing great baseball. They play great
here. They¡¯ve done this to some good teams. It was just a bad weekend in (St.
Petersburg). Day off tomorrow and we¡¯ll get them Tuesday.¡±J.D. Martinez, the
subject of triple crown talk through much of the season, has overtaken teammate
Mookie Betts for the American League batting lead (.337 to .335). He is second
to Khris Young in home runs (39/38) and leads in RBIs (110).