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| Phillies spoil Hampton's no-hit bid and beat Braves |
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06/19/2003 |
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| === Phillies spoil Hampton's no-hit bid and beat Braves === Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Jimmy Rollins delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a crucial 3-2 win over the division-rival Atlanta Braves in the finale of a three-game series at Veterans Stadium. Placido Polanco provided a game-tying, two-run single in the eighth inning for the Phillies, who pulled within nine games of first-place Atlanta in the NL East. Philadelphia took the opener on |
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| Philadelphia Phillies Team Report - June 19 |
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06/19/2003 |
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| === Philadelphia Phillies Team Report - June 19 === (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Phillies will play the rubber match of a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves this afternoon at a soggy Veterans Stadium. Light rain is in the forecast today. The Phillies lost 6-1 last night and fell 10 games behind front-running Atlanta in the NL East. The Phillies will send Vicente Padilla to the mound this afternoon. The righthander faced today's Atlanta starter, Mike Hampton, on April 19 and came out the winn |
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| Seattle Mariners Team Report - June 19 |
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06/19/2003 |
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| has been especially dominant against the defending World Champion Angels this season, as he has tossed 14 scoreless innings in his two starts, while allowing 11 hits. The 40-year-old lefthander had won his previous seven starts before falling to the Atlanta Braves in his most recent outing on Saturday. In that contest, Moyer allowed three runs on seven hits over seven innings in his team's 3-1 setback. He has allowed three runs or less in his last eight starts. For his career, Moyer is 13-8 with a 4.82 ERA in |
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| Montreal Expos Team Report - June 19 |
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06/19/2003 |
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| time, covering only 11 innings. The Japanese native has yielded at least one homer in 10 straight games and has surrendered 16 round-trippers this year. He is 1-1 in two career appearances versus the Pirates. Montreal is 7-14 thus far on its swing away from Olympic Stadium and will return to the Big O tomorrow to play the Toronto Blue Jays. The Expos enter today's contest eight games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves in the NL East. Third baseman Fernando Tatis is just 2-for-31 over his last 11 contests. |
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| Birds of a Feather |
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06/19/2003 |
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| (although he has not appeared in a game since June 15) and has not hit a home run in his last 74 plate appearances after connecting for a pair in his first three games of the season. COMING UP After completing what was supposed to be a three-game set with the Blue Jays today at Camden Yards (the game on Tuesday was postponed due to rain), the Orioles head to Turner Field for three against the Atlanta Braves over the weekend and then get their first taste of SkyDome in 2003 with four in a row versus Toronto. |
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| Millwood mauled again |
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06/18/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Phillies pitcher Kevin Millwood faced his former team for the first time on Wednesday night with the hopes of getting his new club closer to the first-place Atlanta Braves in the National League East. Instead of making progress, Millwood and the Phillies took another step back, as the righthander lasted just five innings, allowing eight hits and four runs in a 6-1 loss to the Braves. It was the second straight tough outing for the 28-year-old, as he was coming off his worst start of the se |
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| Philadelphia Phillies Team Report - June 18 |
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06/18/2003 |
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| === Philadelphia Phillies Team Report - June 18 === (MySportsbook) - - Philadelphia righthander Kevin Millwood faces his old team for the first time tonight, as the Phillies continue their pivotal stretch of games against the Atlanta Braves at Veterans Stadium. Even though the Phillies are nine games behind the Braves in the National League East, they have a chance to cut that deficit significantly over the next nine days. They will play Atlanta five times in that span including tonight in the middle conte |
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| Barely a loss for Braves |
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06/18/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Braves battled all night against one of their bitter NL East rivals, but couldn't come up with a clutch hit when it counted in a 5-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies last night at Veterans Stadium. Atlanta manager Bobby Cox was ejected for the sixth time this season. Rafael Furcal faltered twice with men in scoring position and Chipper Jones barely missed catching a ball in the outfield in the ninth inning. It all added up to a frustrating loss for the team that has the second |
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| Seattle Mariners Team Report - June 18 |
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06/18/2003 |
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| p eight shutout innings five days ago against Montreal by allowing four runs on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Getting the ball tonight for the Mariners will be Freddy Garcia, who will be looking for his fifth straight win. Against the Atlanta Braves on Friday, the 27-year-old righthander allowed one run on seven hits over 7 1/3 innings to run his record to 7-6. The Venezuelan hurler has allowed just two runs in his last two starts, spanning 16 1/3 innings to lower his ERA to 4.69. Garcia is 7-2 |
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| "Pudge" leads NL catchers in all-star voting |
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06/17/2003 |
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| orida Marlins is bidding to become the first catcher other than Mike Piazza to represent the National League as a starter since 1993. The ten-time American League All-Star currently leads the balloting at his position by nearly 85,000 votes over the Atlanta Braves' Javy Lopez, and by nearly 100,000 over the injured Piazza of the New York Mets. While with the Texas Rangers, Rodriguez was elected to an AL-record nine straight All-Star starts. He could become just the second catcher since 1970 to have been selec |
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