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| Diamondbacks activate P Gordon from DL |
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04/27/2009 |
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| eing placed on the DL on July 6 with right elbow inflammation. He went 5-4 with a 5.16 earned run average and two saves in 29 2/3 innings. Gordon, a three-time All-Star, has a career record of 138-125 with 158 saves and a 3.94 ERA over 887 games, including 203 starts. In 20 major league seasons, Gordon has played for Kansas City, Boston, the Chicago Cubs, Houston, the Chicago White Sox, the New York Yankees and Philadelphia. In a corresponding move, the club optioned pitcher Bobby Korecky to Triple-A Reno. |
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| Houston's Oswalt tries for more success vs. Reds |
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04/27/2009 |
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| rong outing and a second straight win. Tagged for eight hits and four runs over six frames in a 10-2 loss to Pittsburgh on April 11, Cueto has bounced back to pitch well while getting a no-decision against Oswalt and the Astros and a win against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. He allowed two hits and a run to Houston over 4 2/3 innings in the aforementioned 2-1 Reds win, then blanked the Cubs on four hits over seven innings on April 22 to earn his first victory and lower his season ERA to 2.55 in 17 2/3 |
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| Cubs send Lilly to hill in opener with Diamondbacks |
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04/27/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ted Lilly will try to get back on track when he takes the mound tonight for the Chicago Cubs in the opener of a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Lilly won his first two starts of the season before losing his last outing on April 22 versus Cincinnati. In a 3-0 loss to the Reds, Lilly was reached for five hits and one unearned run over seven innings to fall to 2-1 in 2009 with a 2.41 earned run average. The left-hander, who hasn't given up an earned run in |
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| Pirates head to Milwaukee to battle Brewers |
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04/27/2009 |
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| ntinue an early season run of success with his new team. Formerly in St. Louis, Florida and New York, Looper signed a one-year deal with the Brewers in the offseason that will pay him $4.75 million this year. He opened with a no-decision against the Chicago Cubs on April 10, but has since strung together wins over Cincinnati and at Philadelphia while allowing 11 hits and three runs in 12 innings. Overall, he's permitted just four earned runs in 17 innings while walking seven and striking out nine. Looper wa |
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| Fukudome, Cubs slam Cardinals |
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04/26/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Kosuke Fukudome blasted a three-run homer as part of a 3-for-4 effort, and the Chicago Cubs crushed the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-3, in the finale of a three-game set at Busch Stadium. Fukudome finished with five runs batted in and two runs scored for Chicago, which salvaged the last game of this series and ended a four-game losing streak. Micah Hoffpauir had two hits, including a homer, and two RBI after replacing Derrek Lee, who left following the first inning with neck spa |
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| Cubs' Lee leaves with neck spasms |
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04/26/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee left Sunday's 10-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals after experiencing neck spasms. He was replaced by Micah Hoffpauir after the top of the first inning and is listed as day-to-day. He doubled in a run in as part of Chicago's three-run first inning. Hoffpauir homered and drove in two runs in the win. "It just depends," Lee said about how long he will be out. "The first time it happened it took six or seven days. I think last year it |
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| Cards aim for sixth straight win vs. Cubs |
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04/26/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The red-hot St. Louis Cardinals will aim for their second straight sweep as they wrap up a three-game series versus the NL Central-rival Chicago Cubs this afternoon at Busch Stadium. St. Louis has won five in a row thanks to a three-game sweep of the New York Mets and victories in the first two tests with the Cubs. In Saturday's 8-2 victory, Albert Pujols clubbed a grand slam and Brian Barden ended 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI for the Cardinals, who posted their ninth straight win at home |
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| Cards aim for fifth straight win vs. Cubs |
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04/25/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Cardinals are heating up and will shoot for their fifth straight win when they continue a three-game series versus the NL Central-rival Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium. St. Louis posted its fourth consecutive victory with Friday's 4-3 triumph over the Cubs in the series opener, as Ryan Ludwick singled home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the way. Joe Thurston had a two-run double and Skip Schumaker also knocked in a run for the Cardinals, who were c |
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| Big Unit takes ball for Giants in Arizona |
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04/25/2009 |
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| hits and five runs in six-plus innings to absorb the loss. The lefty struck out five, walked one and even drove in the team's only run. Eric Byrnes was the lone Arizona player with multiple hits, going 2-for-4. The Diamondbacks will also welcome the Chicago Cubs to town for three games on the homestand. Max Scherzer gets the call for Arizona Saturday and is 0-1 with a 3.60 ERA in a pair of starts this season. He lost to Johnson and the Giants on April 20, allowing one run and three hits in five innings of w |
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| Ludwick lifts Cardinals past Cubs |
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04/25/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Ryan Ludwick singled home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Chicago Cubs, 4-3, in the opener of a three-game set at Busch Stadium. Joe Thurston lined a two-run double and Skip Schumaker also knocked in a run for the Cardinals, who were coming off a three-game sweep against the Mets and won their eighth straight at home. Adam Wainwright started for St. Louis and yielded three runs -- one earned -- on seven hits with six |
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