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| First-place Dodgers welcome Giants to town |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Dodgers aim for their eighth straight win at home this evening, when they welcome the San Francisco Giants to town for the first of three straight games at Chavez Ravine. Los Angeles is 3 1/2 games ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks for the lead in the National League West division and have won seven straight as the host. The Dodgers just went 7-3 on a 10-game road trip and recently won three out of four games against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. In Thursday's 4-3 win in 12 |
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| Diamondbacks aim to end road skid in Colorado |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A big reason why the Arizona Diamondbacks have fallen from grace is their poor play on the road. The Diamondbacks have lost 10 straight as the guest and will put their playoff hopes on the line tonight in the opener of a seven-game trek with the first of three straight meetings against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Arizona is 31-43 away from Chase Field this season and sits 3 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for the top spot in the National League West division. Arizona kept pace |
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| Loney, Dodgers top Pirates in extras |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| Network) - James Loney had the game-winning RBI single in the 12th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers downed the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3, in the finale of a four-game set from PNC Park. The Dodgers now hold a 3 1/2 game lead in the NL West over the Arizona Diamondbacks, who beat San Francisco 3-2 Thursday. Matt Kemp had two hits and scored two runs while Blake DeWitt drove in a pair for LA, which has won seven of nine overall. Andre Ethier knocked in the other run and Scott Proctor (2-0) got the win with a scorele |
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| Dodgers close series in Steel City |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| The National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers will try to get back on track when they close out a four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates this afternoon at PNC Park. The Dodgers had their division lead trimmed to 3 1/2 games over the Arizona Diamondbacks after losing Wednesday's game by a lopsided 15-8 score. Arizona defeated San Francisco on Wednesday. Russell Martin was 3-for-5 and drove in three runs for the Dodgers, who had won the first two games of this series. Starter Chad Billingsley surrend |
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| Lincecum squares off with Big Unit in Arizona |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Arizona Diamondbacks will shoot for their first four- game sweep of the San Francisco Giants tonight, when the two ballclubs close out their series at Chase Field. Arizona will send Randy Johnson to the hill with hopes of winning its fourth straight game. Johnson is 10-9 with a 4.11 earned run average this season but 0-1 in his last five starts with four straight no-decisions. He last pitched on September 13 versus Cincinnati and allowed one run in six innings of a 3-2 setback. The 45-year-o |
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| Webb aiming to give D-Backs another win over Giants |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Brandon Webb will try to keep playoff hopes alive for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who resume a four-game series this evening versus the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. Arizona is 4 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for the lead in the National League's West division, but has won two straight and three of five after a six-game losing streak. Webb will try to keep the D'Backs on track and extend his National League-leading win total to 21 games on Wednesday. He is 20-7 with a 3.28 earned |
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| Haren's brilliant shutout leads D'Backs over Giants |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Dan Haren threw his first career shutout, dominating the Giants to send the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2-0 victory over San Francisco, in the second contest of a four-game series from Chase Field. Haren (15-8) was masterful in scattering four hits and walking two while fanning a season-high 12 batters to snap a four-start winless streak. "You could tell early on the he (Haren) had that focus back in his eye and he was throwing the fastball for strikes," Arizona manager Bob Melvin said |
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| Haren tries to lead D-Backs to needed win over Giants |
MLB Baseball |
09/16/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Dan Haren will try to end his current winless streak when he leads the Arizona Diamondbacks against the San Francisco Giants tonight in the second test of a four-game series at Chase Field. Haren is 0-2 with a 5.57 earned run average in his past four starts and posted a no-decision at San Francisco his last time out Wednesday at AT&T Park. In the 4-3 loss to the Giants, Haren was reached for two runs -- one earned -- on six hits in four innings of work. The right-hander, who is 10-4 at home, |
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| Arroyo, Reds welcome Cards to Cincy |
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09/16/2008 |
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| ip away. Brad Thompson (5-3) took the loss after surrendering six runs on nine hits over 3 2/3 innings of work. In Phoenix, Corey Patterson hit the game-winning homer in the 10th inning, as the Reds won in extras for the second straight day over the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2-1, at Chase Field. The Reds had only three hits in the game but made them count, as Jay Bruce drove in the other run with a homer for Cincinnati, which has won five of seven. Johnny Cueto gave up one run on four hits and six walks in five innings |
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| A Dunn deal: D'Backs edge Giants |
MLB Baseball |
09/16/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Adam Dunn hit the go-ahead, two-run home run in the eighth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks kept pace in the NL West standings with a 3-1 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a four-game series from Chase Field. Starter Doug Davis tossed seven innings and gave up just one unearned run on eight hits without walking a batter and Tony Pena (2-2) received the win with a perfect eighth. Chad Qualls came on in the ninth to earn his fourth save of the season for the D'Backs |
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