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| Reds place Hairston on DL |
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08/20/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Cincinnati Reds placed infielder Jerry Hairston Jr. on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained right hamstring. The move is retroactive to August 18. In 63 games this season, Hairston is hitting .338 with two home runs, 22 RBI and 15 stolen bases. To replace Hairston on the roster, the Reds recalled infielder Adam Rosales from Triple-A Louisville. |
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| Lilly goes for Cubs against Reds |
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08/20/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Lefty Ted Lilly can reverse the result of his lone loss in 10 starts when the Chicago Cubs host the Cincinnati Reds in the middle test of a three-game series tonight at Wrigley Field. A 32-year-old Californian, Lilly is 5-1 with four no-decisions while going at least six innings in nine of the 10 outings. He was touched for six hits and four runs in just 2 2/3 innings against the Reds on July 10, however, losing a 12-7 decision that dropped his career mark against Cincinnati to 1-3 in seven |
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| Cubs welcome Reds to Wrigley |
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08/19/2008 |
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| ight at Wrigley Field when a pair of National League Central rivals get together for the first of a three-game series. The front-running Chicago Cubs - holders of a 5 1/2-game bulge in the six-team loop - look to extend that lead at home against the Cincinnati Reds, who've tumbled from the fringes of contention to the back of the pack since the All- Star break. Taking the mound for the Cubs will be recent acquisition Rich Harden, who's made six starts since coming over from the American League's Oakland Athlet |
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| Mets aim for perfect road trip, sweep in Pittsburgh |
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08/18/2008 |
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| his mark on the season to 10-7, while lowering his earned run average to 3.97. Maine is 2-2 lifetime against the Pirates with a 3.57 ERA in four starts. Pittsburgh will counter with lefty Paul Maholm, who is 8-7 with a 3.69 ERA. Maholm defeated the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, as he gave up a pair of runs and seven hits in eight innings. Maholm has faced the Mets four times and is 3-1 against them with a 2.16 ERA. The Mets should have new reliever Luis Ayala on Monday. Ayala was acquired from the Nationals o |
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| Volquez leads Reds past Cards |
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08/18/2008 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - Edinson Volquez hurled seven innings of shutout ball and the Cincinnati Reds salvaged the final contest of a three- game series with a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Volquez (15-5) put together his second consecutive strong start, allowing just three hits and four walks with four strikeouts. Brandon Phillips hit a three- run homer while Chris Dickerson and Edwin Encarnacion had three-hit games with a run scored each. Jay Bruce added two hits and an RBI for Cincinna |
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| Cubs try to get back on track in South Beach finale |
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08/17/2008 |
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| orida in 2001 before a string of injuries and a stint as a full-time closer limited him to just 22 victories between 2002 and 2007. He returned to the rotation with the Cubs this season and hit the ground running, picking up his 10th win against the Cincinnati Reds on July 8. He's 5-3 overall in his last 10 starts, including a 6-2 defeat of the St. Louis Cardinals on Aug. 10, in which he allowed six hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings. Dempster made his first career start against the Marlins on July 25 and got |
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| Reds bring Votto back from bereavement list |
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08/16/2008 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - The Cincinnati Reds reinstated first baseman Joey Votto from the bereavement list Saturday. Adam Rosales, who was brought up at the time Votto took the leave, was optioned to Triple-A Louisville. Votto hasn't played since August 8 because of an urgent family matter, but was allowed seven bereavement days and had to be placed back on the roster. He is batting .280 with 14 home runs and 53 RBI in 112 games this season. Rosales, in his MLB debut, went 1-for-5 in his time with th |
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| Reds sign top pick Alonso |
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08/16/2008 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - The Cincinnati Reds signed their first-round draft pick from 2008, first baseman Yonder Alonso, on Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cincinnati had until midnight (et) Friday to sign Alonso, who was the seventh overall choice out of Miami-Florida. He was also drafted in 2005 by the Twins, out of Coral Gables High School in Florida. He went on to have an illustrious career at Miami, and as a junior, Alonso batted .373 with 15 home runs and 51 runs batted in. |
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| Cardinals continue road swing in Cincinnati |
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08/15/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Cardinals resume what's been a solid road trip so far tonight, when the playoff contenders visit Great American Ball Park for the first of three straight meetings with the Cincinnati Reds. St. Louis has gone 4-3 on its 10-game, three-city trek and topped the Florida Marlins three times in four matchups heading into this set. The Cardinals received excellent pitching in Thursday's finale, as Todd Wellemeyer and three relievers combined on a four-hit shutout to lead the Redbirds |
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| Pirates, Reds close out series at PNC |
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08/14/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of slumping young right-handers get together tonight, when the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds meet at PNC Park in the finale of a three-game series between cellar dwellers in the National League Central Division. The teams, who split the first two games of the series before Pittsburgh's 5-2 win on Wednesday, currently sit fifth and sixth in the division, far behind the pace-setting Chicago Cubs and their nearest pursuers in Milwaukee, St. Louis and, to a lesser extent, Housto |
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