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| National League Game Capsules |
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05/03/2009 |
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| che had two of Pittsburgh's four hits in the club's fifth loss in six affairs. Final Score: Houston 7, Atlanta 5 Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Michael Bourn went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a run batted in, as the Houston Astros snuck past the Atlanta Braves, 7-5, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Turner Field. Carlos Lee went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored for the Astros, who have won five of their last seven games. Miguel Tejada went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Lance Berkman, Ivan Rodriguez, |
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| Astros nip Braves, take two-of-three |
MLB Baseball |
05/03/2009 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Michael Bourn went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a run batted in, as the Houston Astros snuck past the Atlanta Braves, 7-5, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Turner Field. Carlos Lee went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored for the Astros, who have won five of their last seven games. Miguel Tejada went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Lance Berkman, Ivan Rodriguez, and Geoff Blum each had an RBI. Wandy Rodriguez lasted five frames, allowing three runs on six hits with three s |
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| Astros' Brocail leaves game with leg injury |
MLB Baseball |
05/03/2009 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Houston Astros relief pitcher Doug Brocail left Houston's 7-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday with a strained left hamstring. The 41-year-old Brocail twisted his left leg while trying to cover first on a Kelly Johnson grounder to first baseman Lance Berkman in the eighth inning. Brocail was able to catch Berkman's toss and touch first to record the out, but he seemed to buckle his left leg in the process. He fell to the ground immediately. Brocail was on the ground for a |
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| Crawford steals six bases as Tampa Bay downs Boston |
MLB Baseball |
05/03/2009 |
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| with an RBI, two runs scored and a major-league record six stolen bases, as the Tampa Bay Rays edged the Boston Red Sox, 5-3, taking three of the four games in the series at Tropicana Field. Crawford's six steals set a modern day record. Otis Nixon (Atlanta Braves) in 1991, Eric Young (Colorado Rockies) in 1996, and Dexter Fowler (Rockies) in 2009 each had five steals. Jason Bartlett finished with three hits and an RBI, while Carlos Pena added a run-scoring double for the Rays, who split their last six overal |
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| Rubber match of Braves-Astros series on tap |
MLB Baseball |
05/03/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Steady lefty Wandy Rodriguez hopes for better luck than he's had thus far in 2009 when his Houston Astros wrap up a three-game series with the Atlanta Braves today at Turner Field. Holder of an earned run average below 2.00 in spite of winning just twice in five starts, Rodriguez enters today's assignment third in the National League in that category after going 9-7 with a 3.54 mark last season. He downed Cincinnati, 8-3, on Tuesday in his last start, giving up five hits and a run in seven |
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| Astros wait out rain, beat Braves |
MLB Baseball |
05/02/2009 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Lance Berkman hit a solo home run to help the Houston Astros take a 5-1 win over the Atlanta Braves in the second of a three-game set at Turner Field. Hunter Pence went 3-for-4 with a run scored while Ivan Rodriguez had two hits, scored once and drove in a run for the Astros, who have won four of their last six games. Roy Oswalt started on the mound, but pitched only one inning due to a lengthy rain delay. He walked a batter and struck out two. Tim Byrdak (1-0) got the win for |
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| Quality mound matchup highlights Braves-Astros clash |
MLB Baseball |
05/02/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Young right-hander Jair Jurrjens tries to snap a three- start drought when the Atlanta Braves host the Houston Astros today in the second of three weekend games from Turner Field. Born in 1986 in the Netherlands Antilles, Jurrjens made seven starts with the Detroit Tigers in 2007 before heading to Atlanta and making 31 starts with the Braves in 2008 - winning 13 games. He began 2009 with two straight victories but has racked up two hard-luck losses and a no decision since, allowing 16 hits |
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| Pineiro, Cards aim for another win over hapless Nats |
MLB Baseball |
05/02/2009 |
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| even hits and four earned runs in five innings. Washington goes with young righty Shairon Martis, who reached the majors last season and made five appearances, including four starts. Martis opened this year with a three-inning appearance against the Atlanta Braves on April 10, then strung together consecutive wins against Philadelphia and the Braves on April 16 and 21. He was hit hard in a return match against the Phillies on Monday, getting touched for eight hits and seven runs in five innings of the Nationa |
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| Hampton, Lowe square off at Turner Field |
MLB Baseball |
05/01/2009 |
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| at Turner Field in the first of a three-game weekend series. The Houston Astros, participants in the World Series as recently as 2005, find themselves last in the six-team National League Central through 22 games, with just nine wins. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves, who went more than a decade without missing the playoffs until 2006, are a game under .500 at 10-11 in the highly competitive NL East. Veteran southpaw Mike Hampton gets the call for the Astros for the fifth time this season and seeks his first dec |
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| Cards resume road trip in nation's capital |
MLB Baseball |
04/30/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Cardinals will resume their seven-game road trip tonight with the first of four straight games against the Washington Nationals in the nation's capital. St. Louis won two out of three games against the Atlanta Braves and recorded a 5-3 victory in Wednesday's series finale. Starter Adam Wainwright improved to 3-0 this season and gave up three-runs --two earned -- on seven hits, while striking out two batters and walking five. Ryan Franklin earned his seventh save of the season |
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