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| Mets hit the road for matchup with Cardinals |
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04/21/2009 |
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| with right forearm tendinitis, and allowed three runs on five hits and two walks in six frames to absorb the loss. Jose Reyes and Daniel Murphy each had three hits in a losing effort. St. Louis was slated to wrap up a four-game series with the rival Chicago Cubs Sunday at Wrigley Field, but the finale was postponed because of rain. The game will be made up as part of a July 12th day-night doubleheader. The Cardinals won the opener with the Cubs before losing the next two games, including Saturday's 7-5 setb |
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| Votto helps Reds rally past Astros |
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04/20/2009 |
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| erkman jumped on a first-pitch curveball and hammered it over the right-field fence. Lee then followed with a shot that got just inside the left-field pole to give the Astros a one-run lead. Game Notes Cincinnati resumes its 10-game road trip at the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, while the Astros continue their 10-game homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers...Houston dominated the Reds last season, winning 12 of the 15 matchups, including wins in six of the nine games contested at Minute Maid Park...Arroyo imp |
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| Cubs-Cardinals game postponed due to rain |
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04/19/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The finale of a four-game set between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field has been postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a July 12th day-night doubleheader. The Cubs have an off day Monday before taking on the Reds for three games at home from Tuesday-Thursday. The Cardinals will take on the Mets for three games, also starting Tuesday. |
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| Cubs send Lilly to hill to battle Cards |
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04/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Left-hander Ted Lilly aims for a third consecutive triumph to start 2009 tonight when the Chicago Cubs host the St. Louis Cardinals in the finale of a four-game series under the nationally televised lights at Wrigley Field. A 33-year-old from Torrance, California, Lilly began this, his 11th season in the majors, with an 11-6 defeat of the Houston Astros on April 8, then followed it with a 4-0 downing of the Colorado Rockies in April 13. He's given up nine hits and five runs in 11 2/3 inn |
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04/19/2009 |
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| Suspended Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for making contact with an umpire. |
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| Ramirez's 11th-inning blast lifts Cubs over Cards |
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04/18/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Aramis Ramirez clubbed a two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 7-5 win over St. Louis in the third test of a four-game series at Wrigley Field. With a runner on first and two gone in the 11th, Ramirez, who was hitless in five previous at-bats, launched Dennys Reyes' (0-1) offering over the left- center field wall. Aaron Miles drove in a pair of runs and Derrek Lee added a two-run double for the Cubs, who have won five of their last seven |
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| Cubs' Bradley suspended two games |
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04/18/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley was suspended two games and fined an undisclosed amount for his actions in an April 16 game against St. Louis. Bradley was penalized after making contact with umpire Larry Vanover while aggressively arguing balls and strikes during the sixth inning. He was ejected from the contest. The suspension was scheduled to begin Saturday, but Bradley has decided to appeal. In seven games this season, his first with the Cubs, Bradley has just one |
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| Dempster, Lohse square off at Wrigley |
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04/18/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Former reliever Ryan Dempster can pitch the Chicago Cubs into an early season first-place tie in the National League's Central Division when they host the St. Louis Cardinals in the third test of a four-game series at Wrigley Field. A 31-year-old Canadian, Dempster has pitched well in two starts thus far in 2009, allowing 12 hits and six runs in 12 innings at Houston and Milwaukee. The Cubs dropped a 3-2 decision to the Astros but beat the Brewers, 8-5. The 6-foot-2, 215-pounder was a fu |
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| Reds play middle tilt with Astros |
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04/18/2009 |
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| lowing 16 hits and 11 runs in 11 innings while walking one and striking out 12. Houston goes with Dominican lefty Wandy Rodriguez, who'll make his third start of the young season. The 30-year-old went six innings in getting a no-decision against the Chicago Cubs on April 7, then dropped a 3-0 verdict to St. Louis on April 12 in which he gave up five hits and three runs in six innings. Overall, he's surrendered nine hits and four runs in 12 innings, walking six and striking out eight. Rodriguez was 1-2 in fo |
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| Soriano's homer lifts Cubs past Cardinals |
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04/17/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to help the Chicago Cubs take an 8-7 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the second of a four-game set at Wrigley Field. Aramis Ramirez went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored while Derrek Lee and Kosuke Fukudome each scored twice for the Cubs, who snapped a two-game slide. Carlos Zambrano started on the mound and was touched for seven runs on nine hits with three walks and seven strikeouts in seven innings. Aaron |
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