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| Marlins end Cubs' nine-game road winning streak |
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08/17/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Hanley Ramirez finished 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk, as the Florida Marlins edged the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, in the middle test of a three-game weekend series at Dolphin Stadium. Cody Ross knocked in the other run for the Marlins, who banged out only four hits for the third straight game. With the win, Florida put an end to its three-game slide and remained 3 1/2 games behind New York for the top spot in the NL East after the Mets downed the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-4, on Saturday |
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| Marlins bring up C Lo Duca from minors |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins purchased the contract of veteran catcher Paul Lo Duca from Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday. Lo Duca, 36, was signed to a minor league contract by the Marlins on August 9, and had a .423 average (11-for-26) and seven RBI in seven games for the Isotopes. Lo Duca was released by the Washington Nationals on August 1 after suffering from chronic problems involving a fractured right hand suffered in mid-April. He has spent most of the season on the disabled list an |
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| Cubs put nine-game road winning streak on line in South Beach |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Recovering right-hander Anibal Sanchez makes start No. 4 of his 2008 comeback tonight when the Florida Marlins host the streaking Chicago Cubs in the middle test of a three-game weekend series at Dolphin Stadium. A 10-game winner in just 18 appearances as a rookie in 2006, Sanchez was limited to just six starts last season before undergoing shoulder surgery. Sanchez, though, will have his hands full tonight with a Cubs team who has won nine straight on the road for the first time since a 12 |
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| Diamondbacks attempt to slow down red-hot Astros |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| Petit has made four starts and nine relief appearances for Arizona this season. As a starter, the 23-year-old is 1-2 with a 3.00 earned run average in 21 innings. The Venezuelan native's lone career encounter with the Astros came as a member of the Florida Marlins in 2006, with Petit allowing four runs and five hits in just 1 2/3 innings of work. Houston will send out the erratic Brandon Backe in this evening's test, hoping the oft-injured righty can deliver a performance like his last start. Backe held light |
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| Pineiro tries to stay perfect versus Cincinnati |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| Two of those starts have come this season, during which Pineiro has allowed just four hits and two runs in 12 innings while getting a win and a no- decision. Overall, Pineiro's won two straight since a four-start skid, including a 4-2 defeat of the Florida Marlins on August 11, when he scattered seven hits and allowed an earned run in seven innings. Meanwhile, recent ace Aaron Harang continues his 2008 struggles for the Reds. A 16-game winner in each of his last two seasons and among the league leaders in str |
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| Ward keeps Cubs rolling with ninth-inning blast in Florida |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Daryle Ward clubbed a pinch-hit three-run homer in the top of the ninth, as the Chicago Cubs rallied to a 6-5 win over the Florida Marlins in the opener of a three-game set at Dolphin Stadium. Mark DeRosa had a two-run homer, walked three times and scored three runs for Chicago, which won for the 15th time in 18 tries. The Cubs have also won nine straight road games. It's the club's first nine-game road winning streak since a 12-game stretch from July 1-August 3, 1945. "I just pic |
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| Cardinals continue road swing in Cincinnati |
MLB Baseball |
08/15/2008 |
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| resume what's been a solid road trip so far tonight, when the playoff contenders visit Great American Ball Park for the first of three straight meetings with the Cincinnati Reds. St. Louis has gone 4-3 on its 10-game, three-city trek and topped the Florida Marlins three times in four matchups heading into this set. The Cardinals received excellent pitching in Thursday's finale, as Todd Wellemeyer and three relievers combined on a four-hit shutout to lead the Redbirds to a 3-0 win. Wellemeyer (10-4) yielded ju |
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| Zambrano goes for Cubs in South Beach opener |
MLB Baseball |
08/15/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Chicago Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano will try to rebound from his last outing when he takes the mound this evening in the first of three straight games against the Florida Marlins at Dolphin Stadium. Zambrano was unbeaten (2-0) in three starts before running into the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday at Wrigley Field. He was pummeled for a season-high nine runs on 10 hits in just 4 1/3 innings of work to fall to 12-5 with a 3.22 ERA in 23 starts this season. The fiery right-hander, though, ha |
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| Wellemeyer, Cardinals baffle Fish |
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08/15/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Todd Wellemeyer and three Cardinals relievers combined on a four-hit shutout, and Ryan Ludwick provided all the offense in St. Louis' 3-0 win over the Florida Marlins in the finale of a four-game series. Wellemeyer (10-4), a former Marlin, gave up just three hits in 7 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and four walks as he lowered his ERA on the season to 3.79. Ludwick hit a two-run homer and an RBI double for the Cards, who took three of four from the Marlins. "I felt pretty good |
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| Playoff hopefuls conclude set in South Beach |
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08/14/2008 |
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| dings, but their Central division rivals have ripped off eight straight wins to distance themselves. St. Louis can only hope for help from other clubs in its quest for a postseason berth and will close out a four-game series this evening against the Florida Marlins at Dolphin Stadium. The Cardinals have alternated wins and losses over their last six games, having posted a 6-4 victory over Florida on Wednesday behind a solid performance from Troy Glaus, who ended with a game-high four hits and finished with an |
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