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Yanks' Johnson has surgery

Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:55 by Rakhi

New York -- New York Yankees first baseman Nick Johnson had surgery Tuesday to remove inflamed tissue from his right wrist.

The procedure, performed at New York-Presbyterian Hospital by Dr. Melvin Rosenwasser, will keep Johnson from swinging a bat for up to six weeks.

An MRI had revealed Johnson, who went on the disabled list with a strained right wrist May 8, had an inflamed tendon.

The oft-injured Johnson, who had surgery on the same wrist in 2008, was batting. 167 with two home runs and eight RBI in 24 games this season.

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MLB: Florida 2, St. Louis 1

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 11:06 by shalini.bahadur

St.Louis, Sept. 15 Dan Uggla hit a two-run homer Tuesday to give the Florida Marlins a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Winning pitcher Sean West (7-5) gave up one run on six hits with three walks and nine strikeouts over six innings. Nick Johnson scored the other run for the Marlins.

Florida remains seven games behind Philadelphia for first-place in the NL East with 18 games to play. The Marlins are five games behind Colorado for the league's wild card.

Albert Pujols drove in the lone run for St. Louis. Adam Wainwright (18-8) took the loss after giving up two runs on seven hits with a walk and eight strikeouts over seven innings.

MLB: Florida 13, N.Y. Mets 4

Fri, 09/11/2009 - 10:37 by preet_20

New York, Sept. 11: Nick Johnson had a pair of two-run singles to help break the game open in the late innings Thursday and lead Florida past the New York Mets 13-4.

The Marlins won their third straight and moved within five games of Philadelphia for the lead in the National League East. Florida and Philadelphia have six meetings remaining, including the final three games of the season.

Florida held only a 6-4 lead going into the seventh inning, but the Marlins scored three times in that frame, with Johnson contributing one of his two-run hits.

He had another one in the eighth, during which Florida scored four times. The Marlins had 16 hits overall.

MLB: Florida 3, Philadelphia 2

Sat, 08/08/2009 - 11:20 by preet_20

Philadelphia, Aug. 7: Ricky Nolasco teamed with two relievers on a four-hitter Friday, and Florida came up with two homers to edge Philadelphia 3-2.

The Marlins ended a three-game losing streak and inched within six games of Philadelphia for the lead in the National League East.

Nolasco (8-7) allowed all four Philadelphia hits, one of them a two-run homer by Ben Francisco in the seventh.

Renyel Pinto escaped trouble in the eighth after walking two batters, and Leo Nunez worked a perfect ninth for his 10th save.

Nick Johnson hit a home run as the second batter of the game, and Dan Uggla added an RBI double later in the first inning.

Cody Ross gave Florida a 3-0 lead by leading off the second with his 19th homer of the year.

MLB: Chicago Cubs 6, Washington 5

Sun, 07/19/2009 - 11:31 by surajdogra

Washington, July 18: Alfonso Soriano hit a key three-run homer Saturday, boosting the Chicago Cubs to a 6-5 win over Washington.

Soriano's 15th homer this season gave Chicago a 5-4 lead with one out in the sixth. Ryan Theriot hit an RBI triple and a solo homer and Mike Fontenot had two hits and one RBI for the Cubs, who go for a three-game sweep Sunday.

Winner Randy Wells (5-4) yielded four runs and seven hits in five innings.

Closer Kevin Gregg recorded his 18th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

Washington's Ryan Zimmerman hit two sacrifice flies. Nick Johnson and Nyjer Morgan had three hits and one RBI apiece, while Adam Dunn had one RBI for the Nationals, who have lost three in a row.

MLB: Washington 13, Houston 2

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 10:31 by preet_20

Houstonn, July 11: Craig Stammen pitched his first career complete game Saturday and the Washington Nationals amassed 21 hits in a 13-2 rout of the Houston Astros.

The hit total represented a franchise high since the former Montreal Expos moved to Washington in 2005.

Josh Willingham hit two homers with four RBI, Nick Johnson and Adam Dunn hit solo shots, Alberto Gonzalez had four hits and two RBI, Johnson had three hits and two RBI and Ronnie Belliard had two hits.

Stammen was one of three others with one RBI, while Dunn and Cristian Guzman had two hits apiece for the Nationals, who ended a four-game losing streak.

Stammen (2-4) surrendered nine hits in his best effort in the majors.