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| Shea Farewell? Mets hope to extend season in finale with Fish |
MLB Baseball |
09/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Oliver Perez gets a shot at trying to pitch the New York Mets into the postseason today, when he takes the ball versus the pesky Florida Marlins in the finale of a three-game series at Shea Stadium. The Mets are currently tied with Milwaukee atop the National League Wild Card standings and will host a one-game playoff on Monday if both ballclubs remain knotted after this weekend. New York won for the second time in three games and moved into a tie with Milwaukee after Saturday's 2-0 victo |
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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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| tch 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 tied after today, then the Mets wil |
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| Floundering Mets roll dice with Santana vs. Marlins |
MLB Baseball |
09/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With their playoff hopes dwindling for the second straight year, the New York Mets will go with ace Johan Santana on short rest this afternoon in the second installment of a three-game series versus the Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium. The Mets have lost two of three and five of their last seven games, including Friday's 6-1 setback in the series opener with Florida, to fall two games behind Philadelphia in the NL East standings and one game back of Milwaukee in the wild card chase. Both |
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| Wild card-leading Brewers send Sheets to hill vs. Cubs |
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09/27/2008 |
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| d. Sheets is also 1-1 with a 4.82 ERA in four outings versus the Cubs this season and 10-8 through 26 lifetime matchups with Chicago. Milwaukee hopes that Sheets can keep it on top in the wild card standings, as the Brewers sit one game ahead of the New York Mets for the final postseason spot in the National League. New York lost to Florida last night. In Friday's 5-1 triumph over the Cubs in the series opener, Rickie Weeks' three-run homer in the seventh inning broke open a one-run game and helped the Brewe |
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| Sheets to take mound for Milwaukee on Saturday |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2008 |
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| iling elbow. The 30-year-old will look to keep the Brewers' playoff hopes alive by taking his 13-8 record and 2.98 earned-run average to the mound against the NL Central champion Cubs. Milwaukee entered Friday's final three-game series tied with the New York Mets in the NL wild card race, and the team confirmed Friday that CC Sabathia will once again pitch on three-days rest on Sunday if the Brewers are still alive for a postseason appearance. It will be Sabathia's third straight start going on short rest, a |
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| MLB Races: What are you doing this weekend? |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2008 |
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| f excitement, I will take the cards I have been dealt. You know the deal in the National League. We have been talking about it for the last three weeks. Three teams, two spots. Heading into the weekend, the Phillies lead the NL East by a game on the New York Mets, who are tied with the Milwaukee Brewers for the wild card. Both the Mets and Brewers helped their causes on Thursday with thrilling walk- off wins. The Mets won in the ninth on a Carlos Beltran single that scored Jose Reyes, while Ryan Braun broke |
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| Astros host Braves in final home series of year |
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09/26/2008 |
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| runs in 3 1/3 innings of work in a no-decision. Buddy Carlyle then got the final two outs in the fourth inning to record the victory. Toeing the rubber for the Braves on Friday will be Jorge Campillo, who is 8-7 with a 3.76 earned run average this season. He won his most recent start on Saturday versus the New York Mets, tossing six innings of two-run ball during a 4-2 victory at Turner Field. The right-hander has never faced the Astros. Atlanta won two of three games against Houston at home from July 4-6. |
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| Marlins hope to once again shatter Mets' playoff dreams |
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09/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Mets hope history doesn't repeat itself when the Florida Marlins come to town this evening for the first of three straight games of the final regular-season series at Shea Stadium. The Mets, who will open brand new Citi Field next year, dropped two of three tests to the Marlins in the last series of 2007 to miss out on the playoffs after leading the National League East by seven games with 17 to play. New York has won four of the last six meetings with Florida and leads the s |
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| Brewers aim to keep postseason hopes alive in opener with Cubs |
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09/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Milwaukee Brewers are still fighting for their first postseason appearance since the 1982 World Series and will begin a three-game set tonight versus the rival Chicago Cubs at Miller Park. Milwaukee is tied with the New York Mets atop the National League Wild Card standings and hasn't sniffed the playoffs since losing to the St. Louis Cardinals, four games to three, in the 1982 Fall Classic. The Brewers have won four straight games and completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pi |
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| Astros-Mets tie-breaker site set |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Should there be a need for a tie-breaking game between the New York Mets and Houston Astros to decide the National League wild card champion, Major League Baseball has determined the site will be Shea Stadium. The decision was made via a coin flip, though could be rendered moot as the Astros trail the Mets and Brewers by 3 1/2 games going into the final weekend of the season. Houston will host Atlanta this weekend. The Astros need to win all their games and have the Brewers a |
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