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| Pittsburgh Pirates Team Report - April 28 |
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04/28/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The struggling Pittsburgh Pirates are coming off a three- game sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers at PNC Park. Yesterday, the Pirates managed only two runs on nine hits in a 6-2 loss to the Dodgers. Jeff Suppan was dealt his first loss of the season for Pittsburgh. Suppan (4-1) was trying to become the first National League pitcher to pick up five wins this season. He gave up just three runs and six hits in seven innings, but Pittsburgh's offense once again came up short. Jack Wilson |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates Team Report - April 26 |
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04/28/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Pirates try to end a three-game slide on Saturday when they host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle contest of their three-game series at PNC Park. Pittsburgh, which is just 3-7 on a 12-game homestand, has dropped six of its last eight games overall and nine of its past 12. The Pirates are coming off a 5-2 defeat to the Dodgers in the series opener on Friday. Adrian Beltre knocked in the go-ahead run with an RBI double during a five-run ninth inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates Team Report - April 25 |
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04/25/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Having scored the third-fewest runs in the National League entering the weekend, the Pittsburgh Pirates try to put an end to a two-game slide tonight as they begin a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers at PNC Park. On Thursday afternoon the Bucs were held scoreless until the bottom of the ninth when Craig Wilson scored on a two-out double by Matt Stairs, leaving the squad with the 3-1 defeat versus the San Francisco Giants. Kris Benson was tagged with the loss after yielding three ru |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers Team Report - April 25 |
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04/25/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Less than a month into the 2003 campaign and already the Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves in the middle of the pack in the National League West and falling back fast. On Thursday the Dodgers were in Cincinnati closing out a three-game series with the Reds and were dealt a 3-2 loss as they gave up the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning. Alex Cora had three hits and Mike Kinkade's RBI double forced extra innings for the Dodgers, who have dropped two in a row and four of their last si |
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| Cincinnati Reds Team Report - April 25 |
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04/25/2003 |
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| back into contention in the National League Central, where they are five games out of first and six games below .500 entering the weekend. On Thursday, Reggie Taylor's RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning lifted the Reds to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the finale of a three-game set at Great American Ball Park. Felipe Lopez went 2-for-4 with an RBI and scored the game-winning run for the Reds. Jason LaRue finished with two hits and a run scored, while Felix Heredia gave up a hit in an inning of |
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| Valdes to miss start against Yanks |
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04/24/2003 |
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| ins against Anaheim on April 14. He was tagged for six runs, seven hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings in his start Saturday at Oakland. Rangers manager Buck Showalter said either Joaquin Benoit, Doug Davis or R.A. Dickey will start in Valdes' spot against New York. Valdes was 8-12 with a 4.18 ERA in 31 starts with the Rangers and Mariners in 2002. Valdes had a record of 80-86 with a 3.77 ERA in 255 career games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Anaheim Angels, Rangers and Mariners coming into this year. |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers Team Report - April 23 |
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04/23/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Brian Jordan singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday. Jordan had two hits in the contest and Cesar Izturis also knocked in a run for the Dodgers, who have won two straight. Kazuhisa Ishii pitched six strong innings for Los Angeles, which won for the fourth time in six tries. Ishii gave up just one run and struck out seven. Paul Shuey (2-1) recorded the win and Eric |
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| Reds hope mass changes provide rebirth |
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04/21/2003 |
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| -old was promptly sent to Louisville in a major reshuffling of the roster on Saturday after getting swept by Montreal in a double-header. With Larson in the minors, Bob Boone will have to tweak the lineup yet again for the three-game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning on Tuesday. Aaron Boone will return to third base and utility infielder Juan Castro will be the starting second baseman. "I hate to do it," Bob Boone told the Cincinnati Post. "I don't want to keep messing with Aaron. Aaron has shown me he |
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| Dodgers need to find offense |
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04/17/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Dodgers entered the 2003 season with a retooled pitching staff that needed to get healthy quickly, but they were expected to produce at the plate with names like Shawn Green, Brian Jordan and Fred McGriff. They have done their job, through 15 games this season, LA has scored just 50 runs, third-fewest in the National League. The lack of offense has left the team in fourth place in the West Division, already seven games behind the Giants. Green is hitting .279 with two homers and |
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| Piazza's suspension reduced to four games |
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04/01/2003 |
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| . Piazza has never missed a season-opener in his career. Piazza's $3,000 fine was upheld and he will begin serving the suspension on Wednesday, meaning the catcher is not eligible to return until the Sunday, April 6 game against Montreal. Piazza and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Guillermo Mota were each suspended five games for their parts in a bench-clearing brawl between the two teams on March 12. Major League Baseball later reduced Mota's suspension to four games. Piazza charged Mota in the sixth inning after bei |
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