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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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| d three runs, walking two and striking out two. Ortiz last faced the Dodgers in 2008, going 0-1 in two starts while giving up 15 hits and six runs in 10 1/3 innings. On Monday in Houston, Joey Votto hit a two-run double in the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds held on to edge the Astros, 4-3. Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee hit back-to-back homers in the sixth inning for the Astros, who have split their last six contests. Mike Hampton got the starting nod for Houston and gave up three runs on eight hits, whi |
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| Votto helps Reds rally past Astros |
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04/20/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - Joey Votto hit a two-run double in the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds held on to edge the Houston Astros, 4-3, taking three of four in the series at Minute Maid Park. Votto finished with two hits and a run scored, while Edwin Encarnacion knocked in the other two runs with a 2-for-4 effort for Cincinnati, which has won six of eight overall. Willy Taveras chipped in with two hits and two runs scored in the victory. Bronson Arroyo (3-0) picked up the win after allowing thre |
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| Reds aim for series win against Hampton, Astros |
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04/20/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Mike Hampton will make his first home start of the season in an Astros uniform tonight, as Houston concludes a four-game set with the Cincinnati Reds at Minute Maid Park. The 36-year-old Hampton has now come full circle with the Astros. He pitched with the club from 1994-1999, going 22-4 with a 2.90 earned run average in his final season in Houston. He then moved on to the New York Mets, Colorado and Atlanta, never winning more than 15 games in a season before getting derailed due to a host |
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| Astros again welcome Reds to Minute Maid Park |
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04/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Dominican-born right-hander Felipe Paulino makes his first major-league appearance since 2007 today when the Houston Astros host the Cincinnati Reds in the third meeting of a four-game series at Minute Maid Park. A 6-foot-2, 180-pounder, Paulino was out for nearly all of 2008 with shoulder problems, making a single start for the Astros' Triple-A affiliate in Round Rock. He made three starts in five appearances for Houston in 2007, going 2-1 with a 7.11 earned run average after allowing 22 h |
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| Rodriguez, Astros two-hit Reds |
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04/18/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - Wandy Rodriguez pitched seven scoreless innings and tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts, as the Houston Astros crushed the Cincinnati Reds, 7-0, at Minute Maid Park. Rodriguez (1-1) allowed only two hits and two walks for the Astros, who squandered a ninth-inning lead in Friday's loss to the Reds. Carlos Lee went 3-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and an RBI, and Geoff Blum also had three hits and drove in three runs in the win. Houston pitchers faced only 30 batters, three |
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| Dempster, Lohse square off at Wrigley |
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04/18/2009 |
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| ns 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 full-time starter upon reaching the majors with Florida in 1998 and remained so through 2003 with the Cincinnati Reds. He was in the bullpen exclusively from 2004 through 2007, making 226 appearances while going 9-20 with 87 saves. Dempster started three times against St. Louis in 2008, going 2-0 with a 2.89 earned run average on 18 2/3 innings. He allowed 19 hits |
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| Reds play middle tilt with Astros |
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04/18/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Workhorse right-hander Aaron Harang tries for a third straight successful outing tonight when the Cincinnati Reds visit Minute Maid Park for the middle game of a three-game series with the Houston Astros. A two-time 16-game winner who slumped to 6-17 last season, Harang opened 2009 with a 2-1 loss against the New York Mets on April 6, then followed it with a three-hit shutout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 12 - won by the Reds, 2-0. In the two games combined, he's allowed 10 hits and a |
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| Oswalt attempts to continue mastery of Reds |
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04/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Slumping Houston right-hander Roy Oswalt gets a chance to get well against his all-time favorite opponent tonight when the Astros host the Cincinnati Reds in the opening game of a three-game weekend series at Minute Maid Park. A 31-year-old Mississippi native, Oswalt is a remarkable 23-1 in 28 career games against the Reds with a 2.47 earned run average, allowing 153 hits and 50 earned runs in 182 innings of work. Four of those 23 wins came in 2008, when he held the Reds to a .250 batting a |
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| Reds hand Brewers fourth straight loss |
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04/15/2009 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Jerry Hairston Jr. hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the third inning, as the Cincinnati Reds topped Milwaukee, 6-1, in the second of three games with the Brewers at Miller Park. Joey Votto had a double and batted in a run for the Reds, who have won three in a row, while Bronson Arroyo was improved in his second start of the season. Arroyo allowed five runs in a six-inning outing against the Mets last Thursday, though still got the win. In Tuesday's contest, Arroyo allowed only |
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| Reds, Brewers continue series after slugfest |
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04/14/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Lefty Manny Parra tries to shake off a difficult first start of 2009 when he and the Milwaukee Brewers host the Cincinnati Reds tonight in the middle test of a three-game series at Miller Park. A 26-year-old product of Carmichael, California, Parra opened the season on Thursday with a 7-1 loss at San Francisco in which he was raked for six hits and five runs in 4 1/3 innings. He threw 85 pitches overall, walking three and striking out two. Now in his second full-time season, Parra actually |
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