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Indians pull off triple steal in win (AP)
After completing a rare unassisted triple play a few weeks ago, the Cleveland Indians pulled off an even stranger feat with a triple steal. The Indians accomplished the feat in an 8-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night. With the bases loaded and Ben Francisco batting, White Sox pitcher Ehren Wasserman faked a throw to third and threw to first, which caught Jamey Carroll off the…

Pedro likely to rejoin Mets next week (AP)

Pedro Martinez is likely to rejoin the New York Mets‘ rotation early next week in San Francisco. On the disabled list nearly all season with a strained left hamstring, Martinez is scheduled to make a minor league rehab start Wednesday night for Class-A St. Lucie. If all goes well, his next outing probably will come during New York’s series June 2-4 against the Giants.

Tigers DH Sheffield goes back on DL (AP)
The Detroit Tigers placed Gary Sheffield on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with an oblique strain on his left side. Sheffield, who started Monday night’s game as the designated hitter, was injured running out a grounder to shortstop in the third inning. He slowed up halfway down the line, grabbing his side, and was replaced by a pinch-hitter the next time he was due to bat in the sixth.

Dice-K leaves loss with apparent injury (AP)
Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka left his start against Seattle on Tuesday night before the bottom of the fifth inning with what the team later said was a tired shoulder. The 11th Red Sox pitcher to win his first eight decisions in a season allowed three runs — two earned — on four hits in four innings. Then, after two seemingly routine warmup pitches before the bottom of the fifth, he appeared to…

Clemens asks judge to let suit proceed (AP)

Roger Clemens added a new claim of “intentional infliction of emotional distress” on Tuesday to his defamation suit against Brian McNamee. The seven-time Cy Young Award winner said McNamee, his former personal trainer, was “malicious and grossly negligent” when McNamee told baseball investigator George Mitchell last year that Clemens had used steroids and human growth hormone.

Minaya, other GMs deserve blame too
You can blame the overpaid players, but Ken Rosenthal says the GMs of underachieving teams like the Mets aren’t off the hook.

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