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| Brenly suspended for ball toss |
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07/17/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Brenly was suspended on Thursday for two games and fined an undisclosed amount for an incident in a July 11 game against San Francisco. Brenly was ejected by home plate umpire Tim McClelland during a pitching change in the seventh inning, and promptly threw the ball into the seats from the pitchers' mound. The Giants won the game, 10-7. Brenly will begin serving his suspension on Friday. |
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| Improved hitting the key for Phillies |
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07/17/2003 |
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| ve offensively. Larry Bowa's team is 52-40 entering the post All-Star break. Despite the Phillies hitting .255 as a team, which is fourth-worst in the National League, they currently hold the wild card spot in the NL as they're one game ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Outfielder Pat Burrell has fanned 100 times, tied with teammate Jim Thome for the second-most strikeouts in the majors. Burrell's batting average has dipped to .192, while Thome's sits at .266. The pitching has held down the fort for Bowa's team, w |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks Team Report - July 14 |
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07/14/2003 |
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| === Arizona Diamondbacks Team Report - July 14 === (MySportsbook) - Arizona lost two of three to the front-running San Francisco Giants over the weekend, but it still heads into the All-Star break trailing by only five games. On Sunday, Arizona salvaged the series with a 7-4 victory. Brandon Webb settled down after a shaky first inning and won his fourth straight start. Webb (7-2) went the first six innings and failed to produce a quality start for the first time in his young career. The rookie righthander had o |
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| Randy Johnson to continue rehab; could return next Sunday |
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07/13/2003 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Arizona Diamondbacks ace Randy Johnson is expected to continue his rehab from knee surgery with a Tuesday start in the minors and could return to the majors by next Sunday. Johnson has not pitched at the major league level since April 27 and has already made a pair of minor league rehab starts after recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. The lefthander worked four perfect innings for Triple-A Tucson on July 5, then tossed four innings on July 10 for Double-A El Paso. |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks Team Report - July 13 |
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07/13/2003 |
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| === Arizona Diamondbacks Team Report - July 13 === (MySportsbook) - Curt Schilling made his return to the mound for Arizona Saturday, but was handed the loss in the Diamondbacks' 8-1 defeat to the San Francisco Giants. Schilling (4-4), who had been out since breaking his right hand against San Diego on May 30, surrendered five runs -- four earned -- on six hits in six innings, while striking out five and walking two. Steve Finley had a hit and scored the lone run for the Diamondbacks, who have dropped three stra |
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| San Francisco Giants Team Report - July 13 |
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07/13/2003 |
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| === San Francisco Giants Team Report - July 13 === (MySportsbook) - Barry Bonds hopes to continue his power surge and help the San Francisco Giants complete a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday at Bank One Ballpark. On Saturday, Bonds homered for the fifth straight day and drove in three runs, as the Giants pounded the Diamondbacks, 8-1, in the middle contest of the set. Bonds, who leads the majors in homers, reached 30 home runs for the 12th straight season, tying him with Hall of Famer Jimm |
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| Schilling shelled in loss to Giants |
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07/13/2003 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Barry Bonds belted his league-leading 30th homer of the season and drove in three runs, as the San Francisco Giants pounded the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8-1, in the middle contest of a three-game series at Bank One Ballpark. Bonds posted his 12th straight 30-homer season, tying him with Hall-of-Famer Jimmie Foxx for the most consecutive campaigns with 30 or more home runs in major league history. Bonds went 2-for-4 in the win, while Marquis Grissom picked up the 2,000th hit of his caree |
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| Schilling shelled in return |
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07/12/2003 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - Arizona Diamondbacks ace righthander Curt Schilling made his return to the mound on Saturday and was handed the loss in an 8-1 setback to the San Francisco Giants. The Diamondbacks sent righthander Andrew Good to Triple-A Tucson to make room for Schilling. Schilling was touched for five runs -- four earned -- in six innings of work. He yielded six hits, while striking out five and walking two. The 36-year-old is 4-4 with a 3.27 ERA in 11 starts this season. Schilling, who broke his r |
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| San Francisco Giants Team Report - July 12 |
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07/12/2003 |
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| === San Francisco Giants Team Report - July 12 === (MySportsbook) - Jerome Williams looks to win his fifth straight start Saturday as the San Francisco Giants resume their NL West duel with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Bank One Ballpark. Williams has won his last four starts to improve to 4-1 on the year. Over his past three outings, he has posted a miniscule ERA of 0.75, while tossing two complete games. Most recently, Williams went the distance in a victory over the Cardinals Monday. He allowed one run on seven |
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| San Diego Padres Team Report - July 11 |
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07/11/2003 |
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| eam Report - July 11 === (MySportsbook) - The Padres will shoot for their fourth win in five games tonight when they open up a three-game set versus the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. San Diego is fresh off splitting a two-game set with the Arizona Diamondbacks, including a 14-2 shellacking on Thursday. The Padres are 9-3 in their last 12 contests, including 7-3 in July. The 14 runs scored by San Diego are a new season high. The Padres' previous was high was 11 against San Francisco on April 9. Sean Burrou |
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