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Rangers void Greene's contract

Fri, 02/26/2010 - 10:49 by Rakhi

Surprise, Ariz. -- The Texas Rangers voided the contract of infielder Khalil Greene Thursday because of a recurrence of social anxiety disorder.

Greene, 30, who signed a one-year, $750,000 contract with the Rangers to be a utility infielder this year, will not be playing for the club, Rangers General Manager Jon Daniels told MLB.com.

"This is not about the contract, this is about a player getting well," Daniels told the Web site, adding that the decision was made to void Greene's contract after discussions were held with the Commissioner's Office, the Major League Baseball Players Association and Greene's agent, Mike Milchin.

MLB: St. Louis 3, Washington 2

Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:23 by preet_20

St. Louis, Aug. 29: Albert Pujols hit a lead-off homer in the ninth inning Friday to give St. Louis a 3-2 victory over Washington.

The Cardinals trailed by a run going into the eighth, but Khalil Greene hit a pinch-hit homer in the eighth to tie it, and Pujols blasted the third pitch from Jason Bergmann (2-4) in the ninth over the wall in left.

St. Louis stayed nine games in front of the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central, the largest division lead in the majors. The Cardinals have lost just twice in their last nine games.

John Smoltz, in his second start with the Cardinals, allowed a run on four hits over six innings.

MLB: St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 1

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 10:27 by preet_20

St. Louis, Aug. 11: Matt Holliday had a triple, an RBI and a run scored Monday for the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 for their fourth straight win.

Holliday is hitting .459 with four homers and 16 RBI in 16 games with the Cardinals since being acquired from Oakland.

Brendan Ryan, Khalil Greene and Colby Rasmus each had an RBI for St. Louis.

Kyle Lohse (5-7) earned the win after pitching six innings and giving up one run on four hits to end a four-decision losing streak. It was Lohse's first victory since May 23.

Brandon Phillips drove in the lone run for the Reds.

Cincinnati starter Johnny Cueto lasted just two innings after suffering a tight left hip flexor while running out a grounder.

MLB: St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 4

Sat, 08/08/2009 - 09:59 by preet_20

Pittsburgh, Aug. 8: Matt Holliday hit a two-run homer Friday as St. Louis beat Pittsburgh 6-4.

The homer gave St. Louis a 2-0 lead with two outs in the top of the first.

Mark DeRosa, like Holliday, a trade-deadline acquisition, had three hits, including a solo homer.

Ryan Ludwick, Khalil Greene and Skip Schumaker each had one RBI, while Albert Pujols added three hits for the Cardinals, who have split their last four games.

Winner Chris Carpenter (11-3) surrendered four runs and nine hits in eight innings.

Closer Ryan Franklin earned his 25th save.

Pittsburgh's Garrett Jones and Ryan Duomit hit solo homers.

Delwyn Young had two hits and one RBI.

MLB: St. Louis 10, Kansas City 5

Sat, 06/20/2009 - 13:09 by preet_20

Kansas City, Mo. June 19: Ryan Ludwick highlighted a six-run third inning with a grand slam homer Friday, igniting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-5 inter-league win over Kansas City.

Colby Rasmus had four of the 14 St. Louis hits, scored twice and also had two RBI. The Cardinals won for the third time in four games.

It was a 1-1 tie going into the third, but Kyle Davies (3-7) gave up two singles and an intentional walk to load the bases before Ludwick hit his homer to left. Both Rick Ankiel and Khalil Greene hit solo home runs later in the inning.

Greene was making his first start at third base since coming off the disabled list. He had been put on the DL suffering from a social anxiety disorder.