Gardner robbed Murphy of extra bases with two spectacular catches the previous two nights.

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"When he hits the ball hard, it's usually for extra bases and drives people in, " New York manager Joe Girardi said.

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He says Germany is behaving as a loyal ally because it has not objected to the US using its military bases in the country, and has mounted extra guards to protect those bases as the Iraq crisis has built up.

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Teams began to defend him differently, shifting extra infielders to the area between first and second bases to neutralize his dead-pull stroke.

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