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| Sox 3B Lowell has torn labrum in hip |
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09/16/2008 |
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| he past few months. Lowell, playing in the first year of a three-year contract, has seen his numbers decline since suffering the injury. The 34-year-old hit .297 with 13 homers and 57 RBI before the All-Star break, but has batted .224 with four homers and 16 RBI since. An 11-year veteran, Lowell is hitting .275 for the season, with 17 homers and 73 RBI, after his career year of 2007, when he batted .324 with 21 homers and 120 RBI and won the World Series MVP in Boston's four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies. |
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| Padres, Rockies resume series at Coors Field |
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09/16/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Padres continue a nine-game road trip tonight with the second test of three straight meetings with the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. San Diego got the trip off to a great start Monday, posting an 11-5 victory. Wade LeBlanc earned his first major league win and Adrian Gonzalez knocked in four runs in the victory. Gonzalez had three hits, including a three-run homer, as he went deep for the fourth time in his last five games, while Brian Giles also had three hits with a pair o |
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| Gonzalez drives in four as Padres pound Rockies |
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09/16/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Wade LeBlanc earned his first major league win and Adrian Gonzalez knocked in four runs, as the San Diego Padres thumped the Colorado Rockies, 11-5, in the opener of a three-game set from Coors Field. LeBlanc (1-1) tossed six innings and allowed four runs on seven hits and three walks, while fanning six. Gonzalez had three hits, including a three-run homer while Brian Giles also had three hits with a pair of RBI and two runs scored for the Padres, who were coming off a three-game |
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| NL West-leading Dodgers invade PNC Park |
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09/15/2008 |
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| e first of three straight games against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Los Angeles is 4-2 so far on the trek and had its four-game winning streak come to an end with Sunday's 1-0 loss in 10 innings in the finale of a three- game set against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Hong-Chih Kuo was saddled with the loss after allowing Troy Tulowitzki's game-winning RBI hit in the 10th inning. Dodgers starter Greg Maddux was perfect through the first 4 1/3 frames before allowing a single to Garrett Atkins, one |
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| Rox shoot for consecutive wins in opener with Padres |
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09/15/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Rockies will shoot for consecutive wins for the first time since the beginning of the month when they open a three-game series tonight versus the San Diego Padres at Coors Field. The Rockies ended a seven-game slide with a 1-0 victory in 10 innings over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. Troy Tulowitzki singled home Matt Holliday in the bottom of the 10th inning to lead the Rockies, who are 9 1/2 games off the lead in the NL West standings. Garrett Atkins had a pair of hits and |
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| Tulowitzki gives Rockies extra-inning win over NL West-leading LA |
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09/14/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Troy Tulowitzki drove in the game's only run with a single in the 10th and the Colorado Rockies avoided a three-game sweep by the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 1-0 win at Coors Field. Hong-Chih Kuo (5-3) came on for LA in the 10th and gave up a leadoff single to Matt Holliday. Brad Hawpe went down swinging but Garrett Atkins moved Holliday up one bag with a single to left. Pinch-hitter Ryan Spilborghs flared a single to center and the bases were loaded for Tulowitzki, who drove a bal |
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| LA targets fifth straight win against Rockies |
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09/14/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Dodgers are starting to pull away in the National League West standings and will wrap up a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies today at Coors Field. The Dodgers are 4 1/2 games ahead of Arizona in the NL West standings thanks to four straight wins and victories in 12 of their last 13 contests. They handed the Rockies a 5-1 setback on Saturday, as Russell Martin drove in a pair of runs to lead the offense. Angel Berroa drove in a run for Los Angeles. Starter Clayton |
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| Red-hot Dodgers crush lowly Rockies |
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09/14/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Russell Martin drove in a pair and Clayton Kershaw threw six solid innings, as the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers bested the struggling Colorado Rockies, 5-1, in the middle test of a three-game set at Coors Field. Angel Berroa collected two doubles and knocked in a run for Los Angeles, which has won 12 of its last 13 games. Blake DeWitt walked three times and scored twice. Kershaw (4-5) gave up one run on four hits, with seven strikeouts and two walks. The Dodgers now lead the NL W |
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| Braves rally past Mets to open doubleheader |
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09/14/2008 |
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| f the eighth proved to be the difference, as the Atlanta Braves edged the New York Mets, 3-2, in the opener of a doubleheader from Shea Stadium. Jeff Francoeur knocked in the other two runs for Atlanta, which was coming off a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies. Casey Kotchman reached base in all four plate appearances, going 3-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. Mike Hampton gave up two runs on six hits in six frames, with five walks and four strikeouts. Jeff Ridgway (1-0) got the win after he tossed a sc |
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| Mets, Braves kick off doubleheader at Shea |
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09/13/2008 |
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| I in the win. Joe Smith pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to get the win, while Mets starter Mike Pelfrey was rocked for five runs and eight hits in five innings. The Mets will try to cool off a suddenly-hot Atlanta club which just swept the Colorado Rockies in three games at Turner Field. The Braves recorded an 8-4 victory in the series finale on Thursday, as starter Jair Jurrjens struck out a career-high 10 batters and allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks over six innings. Yunel Escobar went |
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