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| Marlins release Mitre |
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09/29/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins released pitcher Sergio Mitre on Monday. The right-hander, who underwent Tommy John surgery on July 15 and missed the entire 2008 season, is not expected to return until the middle of next season at the earliest. Mitre is 10-23 lifetime with a 5.36 earned run average in 78 games, including 52 starts, for the Cubs and Marlins. In 2007 with Florida, he went 5-8 with a 4.65 ERA in 27 starts. |
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| Helms, Uggla strike key blows as Marlins sink Mets in Shea sendoff |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| Flushing, NY (MySportsbook) - Back-to-back homers by Wes Helms and Dan Uggla in the eighth inning will haunt the Mets' faithful for the rest of the offseason, as the Florida Marlins once again spoiled New York's playoff chances with a 4-2 conquest in a tragic send-off for Shea Stadium. The Mets dropped their first game at Shea to the Pirates on April 17, 1964, but the loss on the last day of the 2008 regular season cost the Mets a chance at a one-game playoff for the National League wild card. New York and |
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| Shea Farewell? Mets hope to extend season in finale with Fish |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Oliver Perez gets a shot at trying to pitch the New York Mets into the postseason today, when he takes the ball versus the pesky Florida Marlins in the finale of a three-game series at Shea Stadium. The Mets are currently tied with Milwaukee atop the National League Wild Card standings and will host a one-game playoff on Monday if both ballclubs remain knotted after this weekend. New York won for the second time in three games and moved into a tie with Milwaukee after Saturday's 2-0 victory |
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| Sabathia hopes to keep Brewers hopes alive in rubber match with Cubs |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| tied after today, then the Mets will host a one-game playoff at Shea Stadium on Monday. The Brewers had a five-game winning streak stopped with Saturday's 7-3 loss to the NL Central-champion Cubs, while New York moved into a tie after defeating the Florida Marlins earlier in the day. Craig Counsell, Prince Fielder and J.J. Hardy each had an RBI for the Brewers while starter Ben Sheets lasted just 2 1/3 innings in the start. He was charged with four runs -- three earned -- on five hits with a pair of walks to |
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| Santana cooks Fish to keep Mets in playoff picture |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| Flushing, NY (MySportsbook) - In the biggest game of the season Johan Santana proved his worth as one of the best pitchers in the game, tossing a three-hit shutout on three days' rest in a 2-0 Mets win over the Florida Marlins, keeping New York's playoff hopes alive. The Mets now control their own playoff destiny, as they moved back into a tie with the Milwaukee Brewers for the lead in the National League wild card race. The Brewers had a one-game lead entering play Saturday, but lost to the Chicago Cubs, 7 |
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| Phils one win from East title in second test with Nats |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| me series versus the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. Philadelphia is two games ahead of New York in the standings and trimmed its magic number down to one with Friday's 8-4 victory in the series opener, coupled with the Mets' loss to the Florida Marlins. NL MVP candidate Ryan Howard continued his September success with a three-run homer and four RBI for the Phillies, who can win back-to-back division titles for the first time since taking three in a row from 1976-78 with a win or Mets loss on Satur |
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| Floundering Mets roll dice with Santana vs. Marlins |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With their playoff hopes dwindling for the second straight year, the New York Mets will go with ace Johan Santana on short rest this afternoon in the second installment of a three-game series versus the Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium. The Mets have lost two of three and five of their last seven games, including Friday's 6-1 setback in the series opener with Florida, to fall two games behind Philadelphia in the NL East standings and one game back of Milwaukee in the wild card chase. Both th |
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| Reds' Harang toes rubber in St. Louis |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| each of the last two seasons, was 4-16 this season after a 3-2 loss at Arizona on September 12 at Arizona. He has picked up two straight wins since, scattering 14 hits and four runs over 16 innings while downing the Cardinals on September 17 and the Florida Marlins five days later. Lifetime against St. Louis, Harang is 6-8 in 17 starts with a 4.63 earned run average over 103 innings. For the Cardinals, journeyman Todd Wellemeyer tries to put the brakes on a late-season skid to close out his best major-league y |
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| MLB Races: What are you doing this weekend? |
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09/26/2008 |
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| cond straight year. Barring an absolute disaster this weekend, Philadelphia is going to get in. In fact, should they get in, I will probably pick them to win the whole National League. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, though. New York will host the Florida Marlins in what very well could be the final three games at Shea Stadium. Remember, it was the Marlins who marched into Flushing on the season's final weekend a year ago and put the finishing touches on the Mets' historic collapse, taking two of the three g |
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| Marlins hope to once again shatter Mets' playoff dreams |
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09/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Mets hope history doesn't repeat itself when the Florida Marlins come to town this evening for the first of three straight games of the final regular-season series at Shea Stadium. The Mets, who will open brand new Citi Field next year, dropped two of three tests to the Marlins in the last series of 2007 to miss out on the playoffs after leading the National League East by seven games with 17 to play. New York has won four of the last six meetings with Florida and leads the sea |
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