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| Burrell blasts Phillies into NLCS |
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10/05/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Pat Burrell belted two of Philadelphia's four home runs, as the Phillies earned a trip to the National League Championship Series for the first time in 15 years with a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Burrell collected three hits and drove in four runs for the Phillies, who captured the best-of-five National League Division Series three games to one and won a postseason series for the first time since ousting the Atlanta Braves in the 1993 NLCS. Philadelphia will next fac |
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| Brewers' Weeks removed from NLDS roster |
MLB Baseball |
10/05/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - The Milwaukee Brewers removed second baseman Rickie Weeks from their National League Division Series roster with a sprained left knee. Weeks, 26, suffered the injury running out a ground ball in Saturday's 4-1 win over Philadelphia. He landed awkwardly while stepping on first base and fell to the ground. He has been replaced with shortstop Alcides Escobar. By rule, Weeks would not be eligible to play if the Brewers were to advance to the next round. However, he would be eligible |
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| Brewers try to force a fifth game against Phils in NLDS |
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10/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Milwaukee Brewers try to stave off elimination once again this afternoon when they play Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Miller Park. Milwaukee avoided a three-game sweep in this best-of-five set on Saturday, as J.J. Hardy finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, lifting the Brewers to a 4-1 win. The victory was the franchise's first in the postseason since October 17, 1982 -- in Game 5 of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardi |
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| Brewers' Weeks leaves game |
MLB Baseball |
10/04/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks left Saturday's 4-1 win against the Phillies with a sprained left knee. Weeks appeared to suffer the injury when running out a ground ball in the bottom of the second inning. He landed awkwardly while stepping on first base and fell to the ground. Craig Counsell entered the game at second base for Weeks in the third inning. He finished 1-for-3. |
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| Phils, Moyer go for sweep against Brewers at Miller Park |
MLB Baseball |
10/04/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Jamie Moyer tries to pitch the Philadelphia Phillies into the National League Championship Series for the first time since 1993 this evening, when the team tries to complete a three-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in the best-of-five NLDS at Miller Park. Philly pushed the Brewers to the brink of elimination on Thursday, as Shane Victorino hit a grand slam off CC Sabathia and Brett Myers tossed seven strong innings to help Philadelphia to a 5-2 win in Game 2. The Phillies are now one victo |
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| Cleveland Indians |
MLB Baseball Transaction |
10/04/2008 |
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| Acquired outfielder Michael Brantley from the Milwaukee Brewers to complete a July 7 deal. |
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| CC goes on short rest again, as Brewers try to pull even with Phils |
MLB Baseball |
10/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - CC Sabathia goes on short rest for the fourth straight time this evening, when the Milwaukee Brewers try to even up their best-of- five National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Sabathia started three of the Brewers' final eight games, going 2-1 over that span while pitching to a brilliant 0.83 earned run average. He pitched the Brewers into the playoffs with a complete-game win over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday to clinch the wild card. He was 11-2 |
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| Sheets done for season |
MLB Baseball |
10/01/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Brewers ace Ben Sheets has a torn muscle near his pitching elbow which will keep him off the club's postseason roster. Sheets has pitched only once in the last 11 days and was kept off the roster as an MRI revealed the swelling in his right elbow has worsened. The 30-year-old Sheets is one of three players excluded from the Brewers' NLDS roster, as reliever David Riske (elbow surgery) and outfielder Gabe Kapler (shoulder tear) are not expected to play. A big reason |
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| Phillies' Burrell in lineup despite balky back |
MLB Baseball |
10/01/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Phillies outfielder Pat Burrell was in the lineup Wednesday for Philadelphia's division series-opening 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Burrell was questionable for the game after he left batting practice on Tuesday when he felt discomfort in his lower back during a swing. He went 0- for-2 with a walk before being replaced in left field by Eric Bruntlett to start the eighth. In 157 regular season games this year, Burrell batted .250 with 33 home runs and 86 runs batted |
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| Brewers play first postseason game in 26 years in Philadelphia |
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10/01/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Milwaukee Brewers play their first postseason game since 1982 this evening when they open the best-of-five National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Ironically, the turning point of the Brewers' season may have come following their last visit to Philadelphia. After a four-game sweep at the hands of the Phillies from September 12-14, the team fired manager Ned Yost, replacing him with Dale Sveum. Milwaukee then overcame a two-game deficit in t |
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