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| Breaking News |  | Diamondbacks Chen Wins NL Batting Title
Monday, October 6th, 2014: The National batting race ended with Arizona's Yeow-whye Chen on top with a .353 average. The Diamondbacks center fielder was officially named the winner today. For the season he totaled 228 hits, 41 home runs with 121 RBIs and 125 runs scored. At the award ceremony Chen told reporters the key to his hitting success this season. "I stayed focused and tried to get a hit in every at-bat." |
 | AL Batting Title Goes to New York's Cox
Monday, October 6th, 2014: When it came to hitting in the American this season, none did it better than Chris Cox of the New York Yankees. He surpassed all his peers with a .335 average to take the 2014 batting crown. The 25-year-old first baseman had 224 hits, including 34 doubles, 4 triples and 37 home runs. Cox participated in 161 games and also chipped in 115 RBIs and scored 114 times. |
 | ML News: Playoffs begin
Monday, October 6th, 2014: A playoff baseball game has a surreal atmosphere. Fans become one, roaring in unison at a great play and sharing the grief at blown opportunity. Victory and defeat play out in a rainbow of colors, sounds, smells and feelings. Major League playoff baseball is a memorable experience. What is it like? Ask the 10-year-old sitting with his dad as he plucks a foul ball out of the air. Ask the veteran slugger who hit that walk-off home run. Ask the manager in the big game after coming from 10 games back to win the pennant. Ask the countless number of legends who have flourished or those greats who never won the big one. Or tomorrow, ask any of the rookies what it's like to play in one of today's Division Series showdowns:
Toronto Blue Jays versus Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles versus Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks versus New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds versus Florida Marlins. |
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| Yesterday's Games - American | | Away Team | Home Team | Result | Time | Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | | Boston | New York | 7-6 | 2:05 pm | S.Hunt (1-0, 4.41 ERA) | D.Price (14-9, 3.89 ERA) | | Tampa Bay | Toronto | 6-9 | 1:05 pm | E.Rodriguez (13-7, 3.83 ERA) | S.Kazmir (13-12, 4.82 ERA) | | Baltimore | Cleveland | 4-9 | 1:05 pm | L.Sosa (4-2, 4.91 ERA) | A.López (0-1, 12.46 ERA) | | Kansas City | Chicago | 3-5 | 1:05 pm | S.Green (5-6, 4.50 ERA) | J.Lackey (7-13, 5.66 ERA) | | Detroit | Minnesota | 7-8 | 2:10 pm | A.Swarzak (4-3, 5.33 ERA) | D.McSwain (7-3, 4.20 ERA) | | Oakland | Texas | 4-8 | 3:35 pm | N.Griffith (5-1, 4.01 ERA) | N.Blackburn (8-16, 7.20 ERA) | | Seattle | Los Angeles Angels of | 1-3 | 4:05 pm | L.Cespedes (7-11, 4.90 ERA) | C.Volstad (4-5, 5.13 ERA) |
| Yesterday's Games - National | | Away Team | Home Team | Result | Time | Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | | Pittsburgh | Washington | 1-2 | 1:05 pm | B.Hawkins (5-2, 5.26 ERA) | A.McLish (8-8, 3.93 ERA) | | New York | Philadelphia | 3-2 | 1:05 pm | E.Robinson (11-3, 3.59 ERA) | J.Outman (11-13, 4.44 ERA) | | Florida | Atlanta | 4-0 | 1:05 pm | T.Jungmann (11-9, 3.90 ERA) | M.Greene (5-8, 2.47 ERA) | | Arizona | Cincinnati | 2-14 | 2:20 pm | C.Carpenter (13-11, 3.83 ERA) | T.Williams (17-6, 3.94 ERA) | | Houston | St. Louis | 7-0 | 1:35 pm | M.Mitchell (6-10, 4.44 ERA) | J.Martinez (8-13, 4.28 ERA) | | Chicago | Milwaukee | 0-5 | 2:15 pm | A.Periard (14-8, 3.16 ERA) | C.Lofgren (12-11, 3.92 ERA) | | Los Angeles | San Francisco | 1-3 | 4:40 pm | T.Norrick (10-10, 3.53 ERA) | C.Kershaw (7-14, 3.27 ERA) | | San Diego | Colorado | 7-8 | 4:05 pm | R.Hendrix (2-0, 12.71 ERA) | B.Mooneyham (1-3, 6.69 ERA) |
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