Games from the 24th:

Texas Rangers 7 - Seattle Mariners 3
Ichiro Suzuki started in right and batted first.  He went 0-for-4: ground out to second, GIDP, ground out to short, ground out to first.

Yoshinori Tateyama entered the game in the top of the 7th, with the Rangers up 7-3, and retired the side in order.  Final line: 1 IP, 3 BF, 12-8 NP-S, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR.

LA Angels 4 - Oakland A's 2
Hideki Matsui started in left and batted third.  He went 0-for-3: walk, ground out to first, ground out to second (force), ground out to third.  Matsui also committed a fielding error (1) in the bottom of the 1st, which ultimately led to the Angels scoring the first run of the game.  For Matsui, it was his first error this season (26th game).

Hisanori Takahashi entered the game in the top of the 7th (none on, 1 out, and the Angels up 4-1) and recorded the final 2 outs of the inning while allowing 1 hit.  Final line: 0.2 IP, 3 BF, 12-9 NP-S, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR.

Cleveland Indians 8 - Minnesota Twins 2 (Game 1 Doubleheader)
Kosuke Fukudome entered the game as a defensive replacement in the top of the 2nd (in center, batting 8th).  He went 1-for-4: strikeout swinging, ground out to the pitcher, RBI single to right (run scored), GIDP.

Cleveland Indians 7 - Minnesota Twins 6 (Game 2 Doubleheader)
Fukudome started in right and batted first.  He went 0-for-4: fly out to center, fly out to center, strikeout looking, strikeout swinging, walk.

New York Yankees 9 - Boston Red Sox 1
Junichi Tazawa entered the game in the bottom of the 6th, with the Red Sox down 8-0, and surrendered a homer to the first batter he faced (Jesus Montero) before retiring the next 5 batters in a row and leaving with 2 outs in the 7th.  Final line: 1.2 IP, 6 BF, 24-14 NP-S, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR.

Milwaukee Brewers 6 - Florida Marlins 4
Takashi Saito entered the game in the top of the 6th, with the Brewers down 4-3, and retired the side in order.  Final line: 1 IP, 3 BF, 14-7 NP-S, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR.

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Tsuyoshi Nishioka was placed on the disabled list on Saturday. Via MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger:

The club also announced Nishioka's season was over that same day, as he was shut down with a strained right oblique and was placed on the DL retroactive to Sept. 15. He finishes his first year in the Majors with a .226 batting average, no homers and 19 RBIs in 68 games.

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