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Cashner was sent down to Triple-A Friday, the Chicago Sun-Times

Posted: 794 days 16 hrs 44 mins ago. | Source rotowire.com
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Cashner was sent down to Triple-A Friday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Manager Lou Piniella said Cashner will go into the rotation at Iowa, but the jury's still out on whether he'll wind up a better fit in the big leagues as a starter or reliever. 'There's no reason why this young man can't have an impact on our team this summer, with the stuff that he's got,' Piniella said. 'He just needs to improve a little bit, more consistency.' [...]


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Erick Aybar dragged his bat into Saturday’s game against the San Diego Padres, towing in a .197 batting average but having a look of a hitter on the verge of breaking out.

Aybar, the Angels shortstop and former leadoff hitter who has been relegated to hitting seventh in the order, went 4 for 4 with an RBI triple, a double and two singles, but the Angels lost, 3-2, to fall even in the interleague series at one game apiece.

The Angels managed just six hits against Padres left-handed starter Eric Stults, Luke Gregerson (1-0, 2.95 ERA), Andrew Cashner and Dale Thayer (fifth save). Aybar, the potential tying run, was stranded at third base when Thayer froze pinch-hitter Ryan Langerhans on a 95-mph fastball and called strike for the final out