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 The Royals, who won their first six playoff games, and Orioles
were rained out Monday in Game 3 of the American League Championship
Series. Game 3 has been rescheduled for a 7:07 p.m. CT start
Tuesday.
The scheduled starting pitchers for Monday, Orioles left-hander
Wei-Yin Chen and Royals right-hander Jeremy Guthrie, will start
Tuesday.
Both managers were noncommittal on who would start Wednesday.
The revamped ALCS schedule has the fourth game scheduled for
Wednesday, a 3:07 p.m. CT start. If Game 5 is necessary, it would
start at 3:07 p.m. Thursday. Kansas City leads the best-of-seven
series 2-0.
--The Arizona Diamondbacks named Chip Hale as the team's seventh
manager.
Hale, 49, replaces manager Kirk Gibson, who was fired last month
with three games remaining in the season.
Hale spent the last three seasons' as an Oakland A's bench coach.
Hale has no managerial experience at the major league level, but he
did manage Arizona's Triple-A team for three seasons.
--The St. Louis Cardinals plan to keep catcher Yadier Molina on
their active roster for now despite a strained left oblique muscle
he sustained in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.
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Manager Mike Matheny was encouraged that Molina was able to throw
Monday, although he did not swing the bat.
The Cardinals carry three catchers, including Tony Cruz and A.J.
Pierzynski. Matheny did not announce his starting catcher for Game 3
on Tuesday.
He said he hopes to be able to use Molina off the bench.
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