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| Ramirez drives in go-ahead run as Dodgers extend NL West lead |
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09/10/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Manny Ramirez moved into sole possession of 17th place on the all-time home run list while Andre Ethier registered four runs batted in, as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres, 6-2, at PETCO Park. Ramirez also drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning for the Dodgers, who evened this three-game series and have won nine of their last 10 games overall. LA holds a 2 1/2-game lead over Arizona in the NL West after the Diamondbacks lost to San Francisco Tuesday ni |
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| Streaking Dodgers pay Padres a visit |
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09/08/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Dodgers will try to win their ninth straight game tonight, when they begin a three-game series with the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Los Angeles completed a three-game sweep of the Diamondbacks on Sunday to run its winning streak to eight games, matching a season-high set from April 25- May 3. More importantly, the sweep moved the Dodgers 1 1/2-games up on Arizona for first place in the National League West. In Sunday's 5-3 win, Nomar Garciaparra's sacrifice fly drove in the |
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| Dodgers have D'Backs' number, increase lead in NL West |
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09/07/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Nomar Garciaparra's sacrifice fly drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-3, to complete a three-game sweep from Chavez Ravine. James Loney knocked in three runs for the Dodgers, who have won eight games in a row to match their season-high. Andre Ethier finished 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored for Los Angeles, which increased its lead in the NL West standings to 1 1/2 games over Arizona. "We had |
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| The other Manny: Brewers send Parra to mound versus Padres |
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09/07/2008 |
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| gainst St. Louis. He was out more than two months before coming back and making three starts -- getting three no-decisions while allowing 12 hits and nine runs in 14 1/3 innings -- before sustaining the forearm injury after a Monday meeting with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In that game, a 5-2 loss, he allowed six hits and four runs in five innings. He got a no-decision in his lone career start against Milwaukee, allowing two hits and two runs in six innings. On Saturday, Ben Sheets pitched a complete game to outduel |
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| Brave papa: Reyes returns to hill to face Nats |
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09/07/2008 |
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| nder Collin Balester makes his second consecutive start against the Braves. The 6-foot-5, 194-pounder met Atlanta on August 31 in Washington and got a no- decision after allowing six hits and four runs in seven innings of an 8-4 win. He defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers one start prior, scattering five hits and a single run over five innings of a 2-1 triumph. Previously, he'd won just twice in his first nine starts, allowing 50 hits and 27 earned runs in 48 2/3 innings. He's 1-3 in five road starts. On Saturday, El |
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| Manny moves LA into first place |
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09/06/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Manny Ramirez clubbed a three-run homer off Brandon Webb and drove in five runs to help the Los Angeles Dodgers supplant the Diamondbacks from atop the NL West standings with a 7-2 victory over Arizona. Matt Kemp had two hits and scored a run for the Dodgers, who grabbed sole possession of first place for the first time since April 4th. Russell Martin and Andre Ethier each walked three times and scored a run for Los Angeles, which has won the first two games of this series and s |
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| D'Backs, Dodgers fight for NL West supremacy at Chavez Ravine |
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09/06/2008 |
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| gue's first 20-game winner since 2005. Arizona could think of no better time than now for him to post that milestone victory. With their lead in the NL West now down to a half-game, the Diamondbacks continue a three-game series with the second-place Los Angeles Dodgers this afternoon at Chavez Ravine. Webb has been less-than-stellar on the mound in his two previous attempts at 20 wins. After allowing six runs over 4 2/3 innings in a loss versus San Diego on August 26, the 2006 NL Cy Young Award winner was tagged f |
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| Can the Colorado Rockies do it again? |
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09/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - While the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers do their best to lose the NL West, a third team has entered the fray in by far the league's worst division. That's right, the Colorado Rockies are right back in the mix and with nine of their 21 games remaining against the division's top two teams, who says they can't steal this thing once it is all said and done? As I write this, the D'Backs hold a one-game edge on the Dodgers in the West with a critical three-game set between the two of t |
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| Nats send Bergmann to mound versus Braves |
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09/05/2008 |
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| y, which came August 7 after he scattered seven hits and a run over seven innings of a 6-3 triumph at Colorado. For the Braves, right-hander Jair Jurrjens tries again to find the winning formula. A 22-year-old, Jurrjens was 9-4 after a defeat of the Los Angeles Dodgers in his final start before the All-Star break in July. He's just 2-5 in nine starts since, including a four-start drought since his last victory, which came at Arizona on August 9. Over the last four outings, Jurrjens has surrendered 25 hits and 15 e |
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| Dodgers sweep Padres |
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09/04/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Angel Berroa and Blake DeWitt hit back- to-back home runs in the fourth and the Los Angeles Dodgers downed the San Diego Padres, 6-4, to earn a three-game sweep at Chavez Ravine. Casey Blake also homered, one of two hits, while knocking in two runs and Berroa also doubled, scoring twice for Los Angeles, which has rattled off five straight wins following an eight-game slide. The win helped the Dodgers keep pace in the NL West as Arizona beat St. Louis 4-3 earlier Wednesday. LA re |
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