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| NLDS Preview - Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies |
MLB Baseball |
09/30/2008 |
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| o remember and fended off the New York Mets once again to capture their second straight National League East title. Now the Phillies will get a chance to redeem themselves after a miserable showing in the first round a year ago when they take on the Milwaukee Brewers in the best-of-five NLDS. The Phillies, who went 17-8 in the month, reached the 90-win mark this season for the first time since the National League champion squad of 1993 recorded 97 victories. The last time Philadelphia won back-to-back division t |
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| Marson, Phillies' reserves close out season with a win |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| and posted a 3.87 ERA. Les Walrond (1-1) tossed two scoreless innings to record his first win in the majors. Philadelphia, which has won six of eight and 13 of its last 16 games, will open postseason play Wednesday at home at 3 p.m. (et) against the Milwaukee Brewers. Cole Hamels will start Game 1 of the NL division series for the Phillies. "Our ultimate goal is to win the World Series," said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel. Luke Montz hit a solo home run for the Nationals (59-102), who ended the season on a fou |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Mixed Emotions in Wisconsin, NYC |
NFL Football |
09/28/2008 |
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| ht and the paper-thin bullpen, members of the Mets-Jets axis will be able to fully devote themselves to the work of Favre and his compatriots. Meanwhile in Wisconsin, the tone is delirium mixed with grave concern. For the first time in 26 years, the Milwaukee Brewers will be playing postseason baseball, as their win over the Chicago Cubs coupled with the Mets' setback put Milwaukee in the NL playoffs. Brewers fans will spend the next couple of days obsessing over whether manager Dale Sveum should or should not p |
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| Marson, Phillies reserves close out season with a win |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| rick went 10-4 and posted a 3.87 ERA. Les Walrond (1-1) tossed two scoreless innings to record his first win in the majors. Philadelphia, which has won six of eight and 13 of its last 16 games, will open postseason play Wednesday at home against the Milwaukee Brewers. Cole Hamels will start Game 1 of the NL division series for the Phillies. "Our ultimate goal is to win the World Series," said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel. Luke Montz hit a solo home run for the Nationals (59-102), who ended the season on a fou |
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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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| (MySportsbook) - CC Sabathia will pitch for the third straight time on three days' rest this afternoon, when the playoff-hopeful Milwaukee Brewers wrap up a three-game series versus the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park. Milwaukee is sending out its staff ace again, as it sits tied with the New York Mets atop the National League Wild Card standings. A win today coupled with a New York loss would give the Brewers their first postseason berth since losing to St. Louis in the 1982 World Series. If both teams remained |
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| Phils hold on against Nats and repeat as NL East champs |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| oing to enjoy this," Howard said. "We're not going to try to look forward to the World Series. We're just going to take it one game at a time." The Phillies will wrap up the regular season on Sunday and open the playoffs next week against either the Milwaukee Brewers or the Los Angeles Dodgers. Last season, the Phillies were swept in the NLDS by the Colorado Rockies. Philadelphia plated two runs in the fourth. Utley had a leadoff single, advanced to third on a Howard base hit and scurried home on Pat Burrell's s |
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| Santana cooks Fish to keep Mets in playoff picture |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| 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, 7-3. If the Mets win Sunday and the Brewers lose, New York will earn the wild card berth. If both teams finish |
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| Braves take on host Astros again at Minute Maid Park |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| Darin Erstad clubbed a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Astros to a 5-4 win. Michael Bourn collected three hits and scored a run for the Astros, who were officially eliminated from playoff contention after the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs, 5-1, on Friday. Ty Wigginton added a solo homer. Houston starter Brian Moehler gave up two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings, Jose Valverde (6-3) got the win despite blowing his seventh save of the season. Casey Kotchman |
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| Wild card-leading Brewers send Sheets to hill vs. Cubs |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The National League Wild Card-leading Milwaukee Brewers will send Ben Sheets to the mound this afternoon in the second test of a three-game series versus the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park. Sheets has been bothered by a sore elbow since leaving his last start on September 17 at Chicago after just two innings. He gave up a home run and struck out a pair of batters in the 6-2 win and is 13-8 with a 2.98 earned run average in 30 starts this season. The right-hander and 2008 All-Star Game starter, w |
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| Streaking Brewers down Cubs, move into wild card lead |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Rickie Weeks' three-run homer in the seventh inning broke open a one-run game and helped the Milwaukee Brewers take sole possession of the National League wild card spot with a 5-1 victory over the NL Central champion Cubs in the opener of a season-ending three-game set. Corey Hart was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, while Seth McClung (6-6) took the win with four scoreless innings of relief behind Jeff Suppan, who allowed a run on eight hits while striking out five in his |
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