Found October 06, 2009 on Baseball Musings:
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Scott Baker walks Brandon Inge leading off the seventh, and he’s done. Upadate: Jon Rauch comes on in relief. Update: Laird pops out on a bunt attempt. One down. Santiago follows with a fly ball to left-center than Span runs down for the second out. That’s it for Rauch. Update: Jose Mijares enters the game [...]
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