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| Nearly perfect: Karstens outduels Big Unit |
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08/07/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Jeff Karstens took a perfect game into the eighth inning before surrendering a double to Chris Young with two outs, but recovered to throw a two-hit shutout in Pittsburgh's 2-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the finale of a three-game series. Karstens (2-0) retired the first 23 batters before Young lined a 1-1 pitch into the left field corner in the eighth. Karstens recovered to get out of the inning on the next pitch, however, and survived a single and a walk in the ninth to p |
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| Rockies grab Hernandez off waivers from Twins |
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08/06/2008 |
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| r Minnesota this season. The Twins signed Hernandez in February, but ran out of room on their roster for him this month with Francisco Liriano recalled after dominating in the minor leagues. The 33-year-old hurler is 144-136 with a 4.32 ERA in 13 seasons with the Florida Marlins, San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Minnesota. A two-time All-Star, Hernandez is 7-3 with a 3.97 ERA in the postseason, highlighted by winning the World Series MVP in 1997 with the Marlins. |
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| Johnson, D-Backs aim to continue roll vs. Pirates |
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08/06/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Randy Johnson will try to run his recent unbeaten streak to six straight starts today, when he leads the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the finale of a three-game series at Chase Field. Johnson is 5-0 in his last five trips to the mound and has recorded a 1.39 earned run average over that span. He last toed the rubber on Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers and permitted just one unearned run and five hits in six innings of a 2-1 victory. The Big Unit also fanned six ba |
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| Braves go for series win against Lincecum |
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08/06/2008 |
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| occasion. Lincecum limited San Diego to one run and three hits while racking up 11 strikeouts over seven innings this past Friday, but was denied a victory when the Giants bullpen blew a one-run lead later in the game. Six days earlier, he fanned 13 Arizona Diamondbacks and allowed two runs through seven frames before being victimized again by his team's relief corps. The 24-year-old has won both of his career starts against Atlanta and surrendered five runs over 11 innings in those two matchups. Lincecum will go u |
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| Diamondbacks extend P Haren through 2012 |
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08/05/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - The Arizona Diamondbacks have reached an agreement on a two-year contract extension with pitcher Dan Haren. Haren's current deal runs through 2009 with a club option for 2010, and the extension will run through 2012 with a club option for 2013. The terms of his original deal call for him to make $5.5 million next season and $6.75 million in 2010. According to a report on KTAR 620 AM in Arizona, Haren will make a combined $31 million in 2011 and 2012 with a $15.5 million option for 20 |
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| Webb goes for No. 16 as D-Backs entertain Pirates |
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08/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Brandon Webb will try to become the first 16-game winner in the majors this season when he takes the ball tonight for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who play the second installment of a three-game series versus the Pittsburgh Pirates at Chase Field. Webb is 15-4 with a 3.04 earned run average in 23 starts this season, and 4-0 with a 2.63 ERA in his seven most recent trips to the hill. Webb continued his solid campaign on Thursday at the Los Angeles Dodgers, hurling eight dazzling innings of one-run b |
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| Manny, Dodgers head to St. Louis |
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08/05/2008 |
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| lead his new team this evening, when it opens a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Ramirez was acquired in a three-team deal with Boston and Pittsburgh last week and made his Dodgers debut against the division-rival Arizona Diamondbacks. The right fielder collected eight hits, including two homers, and five runs batted in for the Dodgers, who are 1 1/2 games behind the D'Backs in the NL West. In Sunday's 9-3 victory in the series finale, Ramirez finished 4-for-5 with a home run and |
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| Reynolds and D'Backs clobber Pirates |
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08/05/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Mark Reynolds homered and finished with three hits and three RBI to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 13-7, in the first game of a three-game set at Chase Field. Stephen Drew drove in a pair of runs for the Diamondbacks, who won for the first time in three games. Arizona finished with 18 hits and 13 runs, both season highs. Doug Mientkiewicz homered en route to a three-hit game for the Pirates, who fell to 1-3 on their 10-game, four-city road trip. Pittsburgh |
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| D-Backs kick off homestand against road-challenged Bucs |
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08/04/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Arizona Diamondbacks' recent weekend series did nothing to clear up a tight National League West race. Tonight the club will try to beat up on one of the worst road teams in the league as it begins a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Chase Field. Arizona returns home for seven straight games after going 7-3 on a recent 10- game road trip. The swing ended with four straight tests versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, which entered the series trailing the Diamondbacks by one game. Ari |
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| Ramirez slugs Dodgers past D-Backs |
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08/03/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Manny Ramirez finished 4-for-5 with a home run and drove in three runs, as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-3, to salvage a spilt in the four-game series at Chavez Ravine. Matt Kemp went 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored for the Dodgers, who have won seven of their last 10 games and trail the D-Backs by one game for supremacy in the NL West. James Loney and Casey Blake each had two hits and knocked in a run. "They kept giving me a |
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