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| Stakes high as Mets, Phillies renew rivalry |
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09/05/2008 |
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| for first- place in the standings. While the Mets dropped their final eight games to Philadelphia last year, they enter this key set 10-5 versus the club this season. New York's current win streak includes a three-game sweep of the playoff- hopeful Milwaukee Brewers, earning the feat with Wednesday's 9-2 victory. Ryan Church hit a grand slam as part of a six-run first inning, while Brian Schneider also went deep to help the Mets end an eight-game road trip at 6-2. The club begins an eight-game residency tonight |
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| Estes leads Padres past Brewers |
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09/04/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Shawn Estes' impressive return to the mound was backed by a pair of RBI from Nick Hundley and Luis Rodriguez as the San Diego Padres topped the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 in the opener of a four-game series. Estes (2-1), sidelined since May 28 with a fractured left thumb, scattered seven hits, a walk and a run in his six-inning start for the Padres, who snapped a nine-game road losing streak and three straight overall. Adrian Gonzalez doubled, worked two walks and scored a pair of ru |
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| Sliding Brewers hoping for rebound against Padres |
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09/04/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Recent postseason standout Jeff Suppan takes another shot at keeping the Milwaukee Brewers in the playoff race tonight, when the team opens a four-game series with the visiting San Diego Padres at Miller Park. Suppan, who pitched for St. Louis during that club's march to the 2006 World Series title before heading for Milwaukee the subsequent offseason, takes the mound for a Brewers squad that sits five games in back of the Chicago Cubs in the chase for the National League's Central Division t |
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| Sabathia tabbed NL Pitcher of Month |
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09/03/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia was named the National League Pitcher of the Month for the second consecutive time in August. Sabathia is just the fourth pitcher since 2000 to win the award in consecutive months joining Jake Peavy (August-September 2007), Mark Prior (August- September, 2003) and Greg Maddux (June-July, 2001). The bulky left-hander, who was 5-0 with a 1.12 earned run average, led the NL in ERA and innings pitched with 48 1/3 and was tied with teammate Jeff S |
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| Cubs try to get on track versus red-hot Astros |
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09/03/2008 |
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| e NL Central standings, but have hit a wall as of late. The Cubs will try to avoid losing their fifth straight game and salvage the finale of a three-game series tonight versus the Houston Astros at Wrigley Field. Chicago is 4 1/2 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers in the division standings and was handed a 9-7 loss in 11 innings on Tuesday. Relief pitcher Kerry Wood allowed a two-run homer to Geoff Blum in the top of the 11th inning to absorb the loss and starter Carlos Zambrano, who was scratched from his Su |
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| Playoff hopeful Mets, Brewers wrap set at Miller Park |
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09/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Two teams battling for the postseason conclude a three-game series this afternoon, when the National League East-leading New York Mets take on the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. The Mets remained two games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies in the division standings after Tuesday's 6-5 victory over the Brewers in 10 innings. Endy Chavez was the hero with the game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th and Carlos Beltran finished 2-for-3 with a three-run homer for New York, which couldn't stretc |
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| Butler boosts Royals over A's |
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09/03/2008 |
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| eighth and Joakim Soria notched his 34th save of the campaign with a 14-pitch ninth. Game Notes Greinke halted a four-start winless streak and in the process improved to 3-0 in his career against the A's...Gonzalez holds a 7.18 earned run average in 2008...Oakland has now failed to score more than six runs in 38 consecutive games, which is the longest streak by an AL team since 1988. That year, the Milwaukee Brewers went 40 consecutive games without a seven-run offensive output...The A's left five men on base. |
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| Cubs hope rested Zambrano can cool down red-hot Astros |
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09/02/2008 |
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| Monday's opener, as Astros ace Roy Oswalt quieted the home crowd with 8 1/3 shutout innings. Alfonso Soriano, Geovany Soto, Ryan Theriot and Daryle Ward collected the hits for the Cubs, who committed two errors and remained 4 1/2 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers in the division standings. Starter Jason Marquis was saddled with the loss, allowing a pair of runs and five hits in six innings of work. Jeff Samardzija gave up the other run in relief. Chicago is 2-3 on a seven-game homestand and an NL-best 51-22 |
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| Rookie to get call for Mets in key battle with Brewers |
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09/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - In the heat of a pennant race, the National League East- leading New York Mets will send Jonathon Niese to the mound tonight for his major league debut against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. Niese is taking the roster spot currently vacated by John Maine, who is on the disabled list with a bone spur in his right shoulder. Niese, a 21-year-old left-hander, went 5-1 with a 3.40 ERA with Triple-A New Orleans. He also saw action at Double-A Binghamton this year. The seventh-round pick in 2 |
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| Brewers' Sheets leaves with tightness in groin |
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09/01/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Ben Sheets left Monday's 4-2 loss to the New York Mets with tightness in his left groin. "He started to get some tightness and I wasn't going to take any chances of him pulling it," Brewers manager Ned Yost said of the injury. Sheets exited the game after completing five full frames and with the Brewers leading 1-0. The right-hander was cruising at the time, having given up only two hits and one walk to the Mets with no strikeouts. "I didn't fe |
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