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| San Diego Padres Team Report - August 8 |
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08/08/2003 |
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| === San Diego Padres Team Report - August 8 === (MySportsbook) - The Padres will attempt to get back on the winning track tonight, when they open up a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Qualcomm Stadium. San Diego has lost three straight and four of its last five overall. The Padres were swept at home by the Chicago Cubs for the first time since June of 1993. On Thursday, the Padres dropped a 9-3 decision to the Cubs. San Diego starter Kevin Jarvis (4-4) took the loss, surrendering seven runs |
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| Cleveland Indians Team Report - August 8 |
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08/08/2003 |
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| reak comes after a five-game slide. Cleveland, however, is just 3-6 in its last nine games. Taking the ball tonight for the Indians will be 23-year-old lefthander Jason Davis, who is 7-8 on the year with a 4.79 ERA, but has not won since beating the Cincinnati Reds on June 29. In his most recent outing on Saturday, Davis allowed seven runs and eight hits in six innings to the Texas Rangers, but did not factor in the decision of his team's 9-7 loss. Davis lost to Anaheim earlier in the year in his only-ever app |
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| Reds activate reliever Sullivan |
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08/07/2003 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Cincinnati Reds activated relief pitcher Scott Sullivan from the 15-day disabled list on Thursday. The 32-year-old righthander was sidelined for three weeks because of tendinitis in his pitching shoulder. Sullivan is 6-0 this season with a 3.86 ERA in 45 appearances. In a related move, the club placed pitcher Jose Acevedo on the 15-day DL with a sprained left ankle. Acevedo slipped entering the Dodger Stadium dugout during Wednesday's 2-1 loss. An MRI revealed no fractur |
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| Cincinnati Reds Team Report - August 7 |
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08/07/2003 |
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| === Cincinnati Reds Team Report - August 7 === (MySportsbook) - The Reds will attempt to sidestep a three-game sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight at Dodger Stadium. Cincy dropped a 2-1 decision to the Dodgers on Wednesday. Felix Heredia (5-1) took the loss in Wednesday's game after surrendering an RBI double to Robin Ventura. Cincinnati starter Jose Acevedo left the contest after three innings when he suffered a sprained left ankle falling down the dugout steps. He was replaced in the fou |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers Team Report - August 7 |
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08/07/2003 |
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| === Los Angeles Dodgers Team Report - August 7 === (MySportsbook) - The Dodgers will go for their first three-game sweep of a series since mid-June tonight, when they close out their set versus the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles whitewashed the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field from June 13-15 which came in the midst of an eight-game winning streak. Tonight the Dodgers will be trying for their first four-contest win streak since then. The Dodgers won the second contest of this series, 2-1, o |
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| Chicago Cubs Team Report - August 7 |
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08/07/2003 |
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| rk) - The Cubs will shoot for their first sweep of a three-game road series since May 2001, when they finish up their set against the San Diego Padres at Qualcomm Stadium this afternoon. The Cubs swept a three-game set at Riverfront Stadium over the Cincinnati Reds on May 28-30, 2001. Chicago did already sweep a four-game road set this season, as it took four straight from Milwaukee at Miller Park from May 12-15. The last time the Cubs swept a three-game set from the Padres was from April 30 - May 2, 1999, at |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers Team Report - August 6 |
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08/06/2003 |
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| === Los Angeles Dodgers Team Report - August 6 === (MySportsbook) - The Dodgers will shoot for their third consecutive win tonight, when they continue their three-game set against the Cincinnati Reds at Chavez Ravine. Los Angeles registered a 5-2 win in the series opener on Tuesday. Kevin Brown pitched into the seventh inning for his first win in seven starts. Brown (11-5) gave up two runs on eight hits with a walk and nine strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. He had been 0-4 in his previous six outings and won for |
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| Oakland Athletics Team Report - August 6 |
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08/06/2003 |
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| on the season with a 2.60 ERA, has allowed three runs and eight hits over his last 23 innings. He has earned two no-decisions against the Tigers this season and is 7-2 with a 3.20 ERA in 11 career starts against Detroit. Since being acquired by the Cincinnati Reds, Guillen is just 3-for-17 with no extra base-hits or RBI. Prior to the deal he was hitting .337 with 23 homers and 63 RBI. Tejada, the reigning AL MVP, has driven in runs in each of the last five games and has 14 RBI in his last 11 games after plati |
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| Dempster's surgery worse than expected |
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08/05/2003 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ryan Dempster, who originally was scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery to remove a bone chip from his throwing elbow, also underwent Tommy John surgery to repair a complete tear of the ulnar collateral ligament. The tear was discovered during the arthroscopic procedure to remove the bone chip, and Dempster will now be sidelined until the latter stages of the 2004 season. The 26-year-old righthander is just 3-7 with a 6.54 earned run average in 22 gam |
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| Griffey undergoes shoulder surgery |
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08/04/2003 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. underwent surgery Monday to repair a torn labrum and a 50-percent tear in the rotator cuff of his right shoulder. It marked the second operation for Griffey in less than a month. He had corrective surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in his right ankle on July 18. Griffey sustained the torn labrum when he dislocated his shoulder while trying to make a diving catch during a game on April 5. He returned from the shoulder dislocation in |
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