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SAN DIEGO — The NL West-leading Padres obtained 36-year-old infielder Miguel Tejada and just more than $1 million from the Orioles on Thursday in exchange for Double-A pitcher Wynn Pelzer.

"It's a good chance at being in the playoffs, and that's always good," said Tejada, who is hitting .269 with seven homers and 39 RBIs.

Rangers acquire Cantu

SAN FRANCISCO — The Rangers acquired third baseman Jorge Cantu from the Marlins for minor-league pitchers Evan Reed and Omar Poveda. Cantu, hitting .262, has 10 home runs and 54 RBIs.

• All-star second baseman Ian Kinsler was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left groin.

Orioles hire Showalter

BALTIMORE — Buck Showalter was hired to manage the Orioles, and interim manager Juan Samuel will return to his job as the team's third-base coach starting Tuesday.

Showalter, 54, is a two-time AL manager of the year, winning the award in 1994 with the Yankees and 2004 with Texas. His overall record is 882-833 in 11 years.

Strasburg goes on DL

WASHINGTON — Nationals rookie right-hander Stephen Strasburg went on the 15-day DL with inflammation in his throwing shoulder.

"If he's 90 percent healthy, we shut him down," manager Jim Riggleman said. "He's got to be 100 percent."

Footnotes.

The Twins acquired closer Matt Capps from the Nationals for minor-leaguers Wilson Ramos and Joe Testa.

• Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner is day to day with a sore right shoulder.

The Associated Press

Major deals piling up as deadline nears

The trade winds blew four big-name players right into the pennant race as Roy Oswalt, Miguel Tejada, Jorge Cantu and Matt Capps left their lower-echelon clubhouses for playoff contenders. Their old and new teams:

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Oswalt, RHP

Old: Astros, 42-59, Fifth in NL Central

New: Phillies, 55-46, Second in NL East

Tejada, 3B-SS

Old: Orioles, 31-70, Last in AL East

New: Padres, 60-40, First in NL West

Cantu, 3B-1B

Old: Marlins, 51-51, Fourth in NL East

New: Rangers, 60-42, First in AL West

Capps, reliever

Old: Nats, 44-58, Last in NL East

New: Twins, 56-46, Second in AL Cent.

<a href="http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_15636581tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_15636581Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:13:36 GMT 00:00">Padres add Tejada for playoff push

Jarratt, Virginia (CNN) — Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed Tuesday by lethal injection, a Virginia prisons spokesman said.

He was declared dead at 9:11 p.m., said Larry Traylor, director of communications for the Virginia Department of Corrections.

"There were no complications; Mr. Mohammad was asked if he wished to make a last statement," he told reporters. "He did not acknowledge this or make a last statement whatsoever."

Mohammad, 48, said nothing from the time he entered the death chamber accompanied by guards, Traylor said.

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine denied a last-minute clemency request Tuesday for Muhammad, the mastermind behind the Washington-area sniper attacks of 2002 that terrorized the nation's capital.

During three weeks in October 2002, Muhammad and accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, then 17, killed 10 people and wounded three, while taunting police with written messages and phoned-in threats and demands.

"Having carefully reviewed the petition for clemency and judicial opinions regarding this case, I find no compelling reason to set aside the sentence that was recommended by the jury and then imposed and affirmed by the courts," Kaine said in a written statement.

"Accordingly, I decline to intervene."

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