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| Marlins kick off long trip with stop in Colorado |
MLB Baseball |
07/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins start a season-long 11-game road trip this evening, when they open a four-game set with the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Florida closed its nine-game homestand in winning fashion on Wednesday, as Alfredo Amezaga blasted a two-run go-ahead homer in the seventh inning to lift the Marlins to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals in the rain-soaked rubber match of a three-game series. Ricky Nolasco (9-4) went seven innings for Florida, yielding two runs on three hit |
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| Rockies have nothing to worry about, yet |
MLB Baseball |
07/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - There hasn't been much to smile about these days for the defending NL champion Colorado Rockies. Poor pitching, injuries and having a less attractive record than yearly doormats Pittsburgh and Kansas City would put a frown on anyone's face. So now is a perfect time to hop off the Colorado bandwagon, right? Well, maybe, but not yet at least. Colorado, which is currently 18 games under .500 at 33-51, owned a 39-43 mark at this time last year before eventually pulling off an improbable run to t |
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| Rockies, Padres battle again to get out of West basement |
MLB Baseball |
07/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Both the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies have halted long losing streaks in this current three-game series. The two National League West rivals go for temporary bragging rights tonight in the finale of this set from Coors Field. The Padres won the opener of this series on Monday to snap an eight-game skid while running the Rockies' slide to eight games as well. However, it was Colorado's turn on Tuesday, as it halted its losing streak with a 4-0 victory behind a gem from Aaron Cook. Co |
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| Padres erupt for seven runs in ninth to beat Rockies |
MLB Baseball |
07/01/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Edgar Gonzalez belted two solo home runs, the second as part of a seven-run ninth to break open a tie game, as the San Diego Padres outslugged the Colorado Rockies, 15-8, in the opener of a three-game set between two teams badly in need of a win. Edgar Gonzalez was 4-for-5 with three RBI and Jody Gerut had a three-run homer and finished four RBI and two runs scored. Brian Giles added four hits with an RBI and a run scored while Kevin Kouzmanoff was 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBI |
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| Rockies, Padres bring long winless droughts into series opener |
MLB Baseball |
06/30/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of slumping cellar-dwellers in the National League West will get together tonight, as the Colorado Rockies welcome the division- foe San Diego Padres for the first of three straight games at Coors Field. The Padres are last in the division standings, while the Rockies are only a half-game out of the basement. San Diego has lost eight in a row and 12 of its last 13 games, including Sunday's 9-2 loss to Seattle in the finale of a three-game set from Petco Park. Edgar Gonzalez had two hi |
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| Royals, Orioles begin series at Camden Yards |
MLB Baseball |
06/30/2008 |
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| even runs on nine hits and four walks over 4 2/3 innings for Kansas City, which fell for only the third time in their last 14 games. Zack Greinke gets the call tonight for the Royals, as he tries to win his third straight start. Greinke defeated the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, surrendering three runs and nine hits in six innings to run his record to 7-4 on the season to go along with a 3.40 ERA. Greinke, who has given up just four runs in his last three starts spanning 20 innings, is 0-2 lifetime against the O |
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| Interleague Game Capsules |
MLB Baseball |
06/29/2008 |
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| gs, fanning three and walking three. Final Score: Detroit 4, Colorado 3 Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Dane Sardinha drilled a two-run triple for his first major league hit and the game-winner, helping the Detroit Tigers to a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 4-3 decision in the finale of an interleague set at Comerica Park. With the win the Tigers, who started the season with seven straight losses, poked above .500, at 41-40, for the first time in 2008. Marcus Thames finished the day 3-for-4 with |
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| Tigers cap sweep of Rox, go above .500 for first time in '08 |
MLB Baseball |
06/29/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Dane Sardinha drilled a two-run triple for his first major league hit and the game-winner, helping the Detroit Tigers to a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 4-3 decision in the finale of an interleague set at Comerica Park. With the win the Tigers, who started the season with seven straight losses, poked above .500, at 41-40, for the first time in 2008. "We're better off than we were three weeks ago, put it that way," Tigers skipper Jim Leyland said of his club's re |
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| Tigers go for sweep against Rockies |
MLB Baseball |
06/29/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Tigers will try to complete a sweep over the Colorado Rockies as the two teams close out a three-game interleague series at Comerica Park. The red-hot Tigers turn to their crafty lefty Kenny Rogers, who will try to push the team's winning streak to five games. Rogers dropped to 5-5 the last time he toed the rubber, as the veteran was hammered by St. Louis. In the 8-4 setback to the Cardinals, the 43-year-old allowed five runs on nine hits and three walks in just 5 1/3 innings of |
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| Red-hot Tigers rebound from disaster to nip Rockies |
MLB Baseball |
06/29/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - After giving up four runs in the top of the ninth, the Detroit Tigers scored two runs on Miguel Cabrera's one-out double in the bottom half to defeat the Colorado Rockies, 7-6, in the middle installment of a three-game interleague set from Comerica Park. "It feels good," Cabrera said. "We were able to win the game. I went up there to swing hard and try to put my best swing on." Edgar Renteria finished 3-for-5 and scored a run for the Tigers, who own a 16-4 mark over their last 20 |
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