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| Zambrano no-hits 'Stros in spectacular return |
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09/15/2008 |
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| y Wolf (10-12) was saddled with the loss, allowing five runs -- four earned -- on six hits in just 2 2/3 innings for Houston, which had won six straight and 14 of its previous 15. With the victory, the Cubs hold a commanding 7 1/2-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers for the lead in the NL Central, while Houston fell two games behind the Philadelphia Phillies and Brewers for the NL wild card spot. Soriano got the Cubs started offensively by taking Wolf's third pitch of the game over the left-center field wall fo |
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| Phils, Brewers play two at Citizens Bank Park |
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09/14/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Phillies have a chance to move into a tie atop the National League Wild Card standings with a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers today in a day/night doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park. Philadelphia has won the first two tests of this set and the twinbill was made possible after Friday's contest was postponed due to inclement weather. The Phillies pulled within two games of the NL wild card-leading Brewers following Saturday's 7-3 victory behind a solid outing from starter Cole H |
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| Phils, Brewers try again to resume series |
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09/13/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers will try again to resume their crucial four-game series at Citizens Bank Park, where both clubs are expected to square off late this afternoon. Friday's scheduled game between Milwaukee and Philadelphia was postponed because of inclement weather. It will now be played as the second contest of a day/night doubleheader on Sunday at 7:35 p.m. (et). The first game is scheduled to begin at 1:35 p.m. Milwaukee is currently three games ahead of both Ph |
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| Weather forces Brewers, Phillies to play doubleheader Sunday |
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09/12/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Friday's scheduled game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Philadelphia Phillies has been postponed because of inclement weather. It will now be played as the second contest of a day/night doubleheader on Sunday, at 7:35 p.m. (et). The first game is scheduled to begin at 1:35 p.m. The clubs are also set to play Saturday afternoon at 3:55. The Phillies' Cole Hamels and the Brewers' Manny Parra were slated to start Friday's contest, but were bumped to Saturday's game. |
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| Above average: Cards' Pujols setting the mark |
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09/12/2008 |
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| take the hill this evening, while Pujols is hitting .500 with a homer and three runs batted in against the left-hander. St. Louis will need a big lift from its NL MVP candidate on Friday in the Steel City as the ballclub sits 4 1/2 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the lead in the National League Wild Card standings. Pujols has hit .387 at PNC Park with a .465 on-base percentage and a .739 slugging percentage in his career for St. Louis, which had a streak of three straight postseason appearances come to a |
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| Howard tries again to power Phils past Brewers |
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09/12/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ryan Howard will try to homer in a fourth consecutive game, as the Philadelphia Phillies play the second test of a four-game series with the National League wild-card leading Milwaukee Brewers tonight at Citizens Bank Park. Howard set the tone in Thursday's 6-3 series opening win, connecting on a two- run homer in the first inning. He later added a run-scoring double to give him a major-league leading 43 homers and 129 runs batted in. The 2006 NL MVP is hitting .417 (10-for-24) over a six-gam |
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| Howard's bat helps Phils top Brewers, creep closer to wild card |
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09/12/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Ryan Howard hit a two-run home run and drove in three overall, as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-3, in the opener of a crucial four-game series. Jamie Moyer (14-7), pitching on three days' rest, limited the Brewers to three runs on four hits and a walk in 5 2/3 innings to get the win, while fanning five. Pedro Feliz finished 2-for-3 with a run batted in, while Carlos Ruiz drove in two in the win. The Phillies snapped a two-game losing streak and mov |
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| Brewers OF Kapler has shoulder tear |
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09/11/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - An MRI revealed on Thursday that Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Gabe Kapler has a torn latissimus dorsi muscle in his right shoulder. He suffered the injury during the sixth inning of Wednesday's 4-3 victory over Cincinnati while making a throw to home plate. Kapler will remain in Milwaukee and undergo physical therapy. The team will monitor his progress to determine whether he can return in 2008. On the season, the 33-year-old is batting .301 with eight home runs and 38 RBI in |
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| Playoff hopefuls collide in the City of Brotherly Love |
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09/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - For the second time in a week, the Phillies will get a chance to help themselves in the playoff race. Playoff-hopeful Philadelphia begins a four-game series tonight against the National League wild-card leading Milwaukee Brewers at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies began a three-game set with New York -- the NL East's top team -- last Friday three games back of the Mets. Philadelphia managed to take two of three in that series to get a game closer, but lost two of three to Florida in their sub |
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| Oswalt goes for red-hot Astros against Bucs |
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09/11/2008 |
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| d the cause with a two-run home run for Houston, which ran its win streak to five. The Astros, who have won 13 of their last 14 games and are an MLB-best 35-16 since the Mid-Summer classic, have moved to within four games of the NL wild card-leading Milwaukee Brewers. Adam LaRoche homered and doubled with a pair of RBI and Nate McLouth had two hits and an RBI for Pittsburgh, which extended its losing streak to five games. Starter Tom Gorzelanny gave up three hits and two runs with a pair of walks and as many str |
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