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Darin Downs Back on Mound After Surviving Line Drive to Head

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Darin Downs left any nervousness or uncertainty behind in spring training in Florida. Downs was confident -- not scared -- when he jogged to the mound in relief in the top of the fifth inning here Friday night at Riverwalk Stadium, neatly built into this city's historic train station. Downs took a...

Billy Wagner Can Relate to Latest Pitchers Hit by Liners

NEW YORK -- Twice in the past week, a pitcher has been hit by a line drive back at him. And Billy Wagner's advice to Hiroki Kuroda of the Dodgers and Darin Downs, a Rays farmhand: You will never completely get over it.In July 1998, Wagner took a liner off the left side of his head -- while he was on the same mound where...