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| Cubs' Ramirez leaves game against Cardinals |
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04/24/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Chicago Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez left Friday's 4-3 loss to the Cardinals in the fifth inning with a strained left calf. Ramirez was injured running out a double to lead off the second inning. He is hitting .358 this season with three homers and 14 RBI. Mike Fontenot switched from second to third to replace Ramirez before the Cardinals batted in the fifth, and Aaron Miles took over the duties at second. |
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| Red-hot Cardinals ready to renew rivalry with Cubs |
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04/24/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - An old-fashioned rivalry resumes this evening between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, as the NL Central rivals kick off a three-game series at Busch Stadium. Chicago recently won two of three games against St. Louis at Wrigley Field from April 16-18. The series was originally slated to be four games, but the finale was postponed because of rain and rescheduled for a July 12th day-night doubleheader. St. Louis is coming off a three-game sweep against the New York Mets to improve |
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| Reds thump Cubs to complete successful road trip |
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04/23/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Joey Votto went 4-for-5 with a home run, a pair of doubles and two runs batted in to power the Cincinnati Reds past the Chicago Cubs, 7-1, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Wrigley Field. Willy Taveras went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored for the Reds, who won 3-0 on Wednesday and have won four of their last five games overall to finish a 10-game road trip 7-3. Chris Dickerson went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored. "You know, as long as the road tri |
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| Mets try to avoid sweep in St. Louis |
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04/23/2009 |
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| the season this afternoon for the St. Louis Cardinals, who will shoot for a three-game sweep of the New York Mets at Busch Stadium. Lohse is 2-0 with a 2.57 earned run average in three starts this season, but is coming off a rough outing against the Chicago Cubs. In a 7-5 loss at Wrigley Field on Saturday, Lohse did not factor in the outcome even though he surrendered four runs and five hits in five innings of work. He was coming off a complete-game effort versus Houston in his previous start. The right-han |
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| Zambrano goes for Cubs in finale with Reds |
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04/23/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Fiery right-hander Carlos Zambrano tries to stay undefeated for 2009 today when the Chicago Cubs host the Cincinnati Reds in the finale of a three-game series at Wrigley Field. The 27-year-old Venezuelan, who'll make nearly $19 million this season, is 1-0 with a pair of no-decisions in three starts this season, allowing 21 hits and 11 runs in 19 innings while the Cubs beat Houston, Milwaukee and St. Louis. He's made one of those three starts at Wrigley, going seven innings against the Ca |
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| Dodgers try to avoid sweep in Houston |
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04/23/2009 |
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| t-hander Wandy Rodriguez tries to make it two straight victories. The 30-year-old tossed seven innings of scoreless two-hit ball in his last start, a 7-0 defeat of Cincinnati on April 18. Previously, he'd posted a no- decision and a loss against the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis, giving up nine hits and four runs in 12 innings. Rodriguez got a no-decision in one start against the Dodgers in 2008 after being touched for six hits and five runs in five innings. After halting the Dodgers' eight-game winning streak |
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| Cueto, Reds shut down Cubs |
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04/23/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Johnny Cueto was stellar on the hill and went 2-for-2 at the plate to help the Cincinnati Reds edge the Chicago Cubs, 3-0, in the middle tilt of a three-game set from Wrigley Field. Cueto (1-1) went seven innings and gave up just four hits and fanned three batters in the process. Francisco Cordero gave up just one hit in the ninth to get his sixth save of the year. With the save he becomes just the 11th player in major league history to record 100 saves in each league. Jay Br |
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| Ramirez powers Cubs past Reds |
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04/22/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Aramis Ramirez had three hits and three runs batted in, as the Chicago Cubs dealt the Cincinnati Reds a 7-2 final in the opener of a three-game series from Wrigley Field. Micah Hoffpauir hit a solo home run, collecting a pair of RBI, and Ryan Theriot had two hits and an RBI for the Cubs, who most recently took two of three from bitter division rival St. Louis in a rain-shortened set from Wrigley. Rich Harden (1-1) picked up his first win of the season in three chances, hurlin |
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| Reds, Cubs begin series at Wrigley |
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04/21/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Newcomer meets ace tonight at Wrigley Field when the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs open a three-game series. The Reds will go with No. 5 starter Micah Owings, who'll make his second start since coming over as the player to be named later in a deadline deal that sent Adam Dunn to the Arizona Diamondbacks last summer. Owings debuted on April 15 at Milwaukee and picked up a loss after allowing five hits and four runs in five innings of a 9-3 Brewers win. He was the National League's 2007 |
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| Dodgers hope to push win streak to nine in Houston |
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04/21/2009 |
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| in the major leagues, Ortiz joined the Astros in April after signing a minor-league deal during the offseason. Ortiz began 2009 with a pair of relief appearances, tossing a combined five hits and three runs in four innings in Houston's losses to the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. He returned against the Pirates three days later, getting a no-decision after a 4 2/3-inning outing in which he surrendered five hits and three runs, walking two and striking out two. Ortiz last faced the Dodgers in 2008, goi |
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