...In mid-May, MLB and the players' union agreed to drop the 100-game suspension imposed on Colorado catcher Eliezer Alfonzo for a positive drug test because of the same procedural issues that came up in the case of Braun. Alfonzo missed 48 games...
...Three players were suspended in 2008 under the major league drug program, all for 50 games: San Francisco catcher Eliezer Alfonzo, Colorado catcher Humberto Cota and Florida pitcher Henry Owens.
...ERA in 16 games with Detroit before being released earlier this season. GIANTS: Outfielder Fred Lewis and catcher Eliezer Alfonzo were placed on the 15-day disabled list with injuries that could take significant time to heal. Lewis has a strained...
...innings. Micah Bowie pitched the eighth and Chad Cordero recorded his 17th save despite giving up a two-run homer to Eliezer Alfonzo in the ninth. It was Alfonzo's second homer of the game and ninth of the season, but Cordero struck out former...
...1-0. Griffey hit the 544th home run of his career in the fourth to make it 2-0. GIANTS 6, METS 4 In New York, Eliezer Alfonzo delivered a go-ahead homer for his first major league hit as San Francisco beat New York in the rain-delayed first...
...baseball in a 6-3 win on Thursday. CALLED UP: One man's fall turned out to be a GreenJacket's gain this week. Eliezer Alfonzo , a catcher for the Fresno Grizzlies, was suspended 50 games on Wednesday for testing positive for a performance-enhancing...
...left fielder Eric Byrnes on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring. GIANTS: Recalled catcher Eliezer Alfonzo , nine days after he completed a 50-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance...
...catcher on their roster after Dayton Buller was called up to the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies. Buller replaced catcher Eliezer Alfonzo after Alfonzo was suspended 50 games beginning today for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance...
GIANTS: Catcher Eliezer Alfonzo was suspended 50 games Wednesday for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, the first player penalized this...
...scored five runs in the second inning as Adam Eaton (5-4) unraveled after he didn't get a couple of close calls. Eliezer Alfonzo singled with one out and Omar Vizquel walked. Alfonzo was picked off second base by catcher Ruiz as Morris appeared...
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