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| Talented arms headline Brewers-Reds opener |
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04/13/2009 |
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| injury. Harang bounced back from needing 114 pitches to last five innings in a season-opening loss to the Mets on Monday. Cincinnati had dropped three of its first four to start off the 2009 season. In Milwaukee's finale of a three-game set with the Chicago Cubs last night, Alfonso Soriano hit the first pitch of the game for a homer and Reed Johnson made a spectacular catch in the fifth inning to rob Prince Fielder of a grand slam, as the Cubs held off the Brewers, 8-5. Rickie Weeks had three hits, includin |
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| Cubs return to Wrigley to face Rockies |
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04/13/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The best home team in the National League last season, the Chicago Cubs make their Wrigley Field debut this afternoon in the opener of a two-game series with the Colorado Rockies. Chicago went an NL-best 55-26 at home last season, while winning all four of its matchups as the host versus the Rockies. In fact, the Cubs have won eight in a row at Wrigley over Colorado, which hasn't won there since September 30, 2006. The Cubs took five of six overall in the 2008 series with Colorado and ha |
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| Pirates to hold home opener against sputtering Astros |
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04/13/2009 |
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| ing swept in three games. Wandy Rodriguez (0-1) pitched six innings in Sunday's start, giving up three runs on five hits. Brian Moehler draws the starting assignment today for Houston after a horrid first start of the season. On Wednesday versus the Chicago Cubs, Moehler was tagged for seven runs on eight hits over just 1 2/3 innings. An 11-game winner last year, the right-handed Moehler is 5-5 with a 5.84 ERA in 14 career outings versus the Pirates, 11 of those starts. The 37-year-old had a 9.39 ERA versus |
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| Cubs walk over Brewers to win three-game series |
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04/13/2009 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Alfonso Soriano hit the first pitch of the game for a homer and Reed Johnson made a spectacular catch in the fifth inning to rob Prince Fielder of a grand slam, as the Chicago Cubs held off the Milwaukee Brewers, 8-5, in the finale of a three-game series. Chicago capitalized on four bases-loaded walks in the fourth inning, something Philadelphia did in a comeback win over Atlanta last Wednesday. Soriano, Derrek Lee and Koyie Hill each knocked in two runs for the Cubs, who t |
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| Lohse tosses shutout as Cards top Astros |
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04/12/2009 |
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| dwick and Chris Duncan also had an RBI. Wandy Rodriguez (0-1) pitched six innings in the start, giving up three runs on five hits. The 30-year-old Rodriguez also struck out four and walked three. Rodriguez made his first start on Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs and allowed four hits and a run in six innings while getting a no-decision in the Astros' 3-2 win. Kazuo Matsui, Hunter Pence, and Michael Bourn had a hit apiece for the Astros in a losing effort. "We got to figure out a way to score some runs," Ast |
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| Padres sign P Gaudin |
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04/12/2009 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Padres have signed pitcher Chad Gaudin to a minor league contract. Gaudin was released by the Chicago Cubs last Sunday, and, in the end, signed a contract with San Diego because he would be a starter. In 2008, Gaudin made 50 appearances between Oakland and the Cubs -- only six of them starts. He went 9-5 with a 4.40 earned run average overall last season. The 26-year-old right-hander's last full season as a starter came in 2007 with the A's. In 34 starts, Gaud |
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| Cards hope to bust out the brooms on Astros |
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04/12/2009 |
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| nst the Astros last season, allowing 21 hits and seven runs in 26 innings. For Houston, southpaw Wandy Rodriguez makes his second start of 2009 looking for his initial win. The 30-year-old native of the Dominican Republic started Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs and allowed four hits and a run in six innings while getting a no- decision in the Astros' 3-2 win. In 2008, the 5-foot-11, 160-pounder won nine games for the third straight season, going 9-7 over 25 starts and 137 1/3 innings with a 3.54 ERA. He wa |
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| Cubs, Brewers close thrilling series at Miller Park |
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04/12/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ryan Dempster will take the hill this evening for the Chicago Cubs, as they wrap up what has been a thrilling three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. After Milwaukee rallied for a ninth-inning win in the opener of this set on Friday, Chicago returned the favor on Saturday, as Alfonso Soriano's two-run homer in the top of the ninth propelled the Cubs to a 6-5 win. Soriano finished 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored, while Kosuke Fukudome had a solo homer, doub |
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| Soriano's two-run homer lifts Cubs over Brewers |
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04/12/2009 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs held on to edge the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-5, in the second of a three-game series at Miller Park. Soriano finished 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored, while Kosuke Fukudome had a solo homer, double and two RBI for the Cubs, who dropped a 6-5 decision in the series opener. Aramis Ramirez added a solo shot in the win. Carlos Zambrano started and pitched to a no-decision for the Cubs |
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| Oswalt faces off with Wainwright in St. Louis |
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04/11/2009 |
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| e weekend set with the St. Louis Cardinals. A winner of 129 major-league games in a career that began in 2001, Oswalt went seven innings and allowed seven hits and three runs in his season debut on Monday but still dropped a 4-2 home decision to the Chicago Cubs. Oswalt struck out two and walked one while throwing 93 pitches in the start, but allowed a pair of home runs. He won 17 games for Houston last season while posting a career-high 3.86 earned run average in 208 2/3 innings. The 17 wins were his best |
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