"The U.S fans should expect their team to qualify, " said the former U.S. international Alexi Lalas.

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"They've reinvented themselves without losing what traditionally made Germany strong, " said Alexi Lalas, the former American international.

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Baltimore started the eighth inning with singles by Alexi Casilla and Nick Markakis off CC Sabathia (2-1).

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Alexi Ogando (2-0) allowed only one run on three hits, but needed 89 pitches to get through 5 1-3 innings.

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Alexi Casilla singled and scored on a double by Nick Markakis, who came home on an opposite-field double to right by J.

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Alexi Giannoulias is the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate and has the support and the backing of the White House.

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Alexi Casilla, thinking the ball was going to be caught by Cano, got caught in a rundown between second and third base.

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She'll hold a fundraiser in Chicago for Alexi Giannoulias, the Democratic Senate nominee locked in a dead heat with Republican Mark Kirk.

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Alexi Lalas, the former U.S. international who played in Italy's Serie A, supposedly the most sophisticated league in the world, said that formations are a suggestion for spacing, but little more than that.

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