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| Oswalt goes for Astros in Cincy |
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09/25/2008 |
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| a 6.50 ERA in 18 innings. On Wednesday, Randy Wolf was solid on the hill and Lance Berkman clubbed his 29th homer of the year, as the Astros blanked the Reds, 5-0. Houston pulled within 3 1/2 games of the wild card lead, shared by Milwaukee and the New York Mets. Wolf (12-12) got the win after tossing 6 2/3 innings and giving up eight hits and seven strikeouts with two walks. Berkman finished with two RBI for the Astros, who have won three of their last five games. Humberto Quintero drove in two runs and Hu |
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| Desperate Mets vie to even crucial series with Cubs |
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09/25/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - After failing to hold on to the lead in the National League East earlier this month, the New York Mets have now lost sole control of the Wild Card spot. New York will try to rebound tonight in the finale of a four- game series with the NL Central champion Chicago Cubs at Shea Stadium. New York, which blew a seven-game lead atop the NL East with 17 games to play last year to miss the postseason, had a 3 1/2-game edge for first place in the division on September 10, but now finds itself 1 1 |
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| Cubs edge Mets in extras to stir up wild card race |
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09/25/2008 |
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| Flushing, NY (MySportsbook) - Derrek Lee's run-scoring double and Aramis Ramirez's two-run homer in the 10th inning silenced the Shea Stadium crowd as the Chicago Cubs escaped with a 9-6 victory over the beleaguered New York Mets in the third tilt of a four-game set. The Mets stranded a runner on third base in five straight innings leading up the 10th. Luis Ayala, in his second inning of relief, got two quick outs in the top of the frame before Ryan Theriot's single up the middle. Theriot stole second and |
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| Mets activate P Maine to work out of bullpen |
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09/24/2008 |
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| Flushing, NY (MySportsbook) - New York Mets pitcher John Maine, sidelined since August 25 with a bone spur in his right shoulder, was activated from the 15-day disabled list Wednesday. The Mets will use the right-hander exclusively out of the bullpen in the last few games of the regular season before deciding whether or not to use the 27- year-old on the playoff roster, if New York makes the postseason. Doctors indicated Maine can not worsen the injury by throwing, as his velocity is somewhere between 92 |
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| Astros blank Reds to keep slim playoff hopes alive |
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09/24/2008 |
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| the hill and Lance Berkman clubbed his 29th homer of the year, as the Houston Astros blanked the Cincinnati Reds, 5-0, to barely remain alive in the playoff chase. Houston pulled within 3 1/2 games of the wild card lead, shared by Milwaukee and the New York Mets. Wolf (12-12) got the win after tossing 6 2/3 innings and giving up eight hits and seven strikeouts with two walks. Berkman finished with two RBI for the Astros, who have won three of their last five games. Humberto Quintero drove in two runs and Hu |
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| Braves crush Phils to make NL East race interesting |
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09/24/2008 |
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| s this season. The Phillies still won the season series, 14-4, but lost the final two contests of this three-game set to jeopardize their chances of winning the NL East. Philadelphia entered Wednesday's slate of games with a 1 1/2-game lead over the New York Mets, who play the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday. Atlanta won despite Jo-Jo Reyes making the start. The Braves had lost 11 straight games that Reyes began, but the young left-hander was limited to 3 1/3 innings, in which he gave up three runs on five hits. B |
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| Cubs' DeRosa leaves game |
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09/24/2008 |
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| Flushing, NY (MySportsbook) - Chicago Cubs utilityman Mark DeRosa left Wednesday's bout against the New York Mets with an apparent knee injury. DeRosa hit a two-run double in the fifth inning for the NL Central-leading Cubs, but was pinch-run for by Kosuke Fukudome after team trainers came out to examine DeRosa's right knee at second. The 33-year-old also hit a solo home run in the second inning, upping his career-best mark to 21 on the year. |
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| Mets try to pull closer to NL East lead in battle with Cubs |
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09/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - After getting a gutsy outing from their ace, the New York Mets will try to move closer to a playoff spot tonight with a hurler who hasn't lost in nearly two months. Oliver Perez will take the hill for the Mets tonight, as they play the third contest of their four-game series with the National League Central-champion Chicago Cubs at Shea Stadium. Behind a career-high 125 pitches, Johan Santana threw eight innings of two-run ball to help lead New York to a much-needed 6-2 win over the Cubs. |
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| Myers leads Phils in finale vs. Braves |
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09/24/2008 |
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| tle in the finale of a three-game series with the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park. Myers fanned Washington's Wily Mo Pena to finish off the Phils' victory over the Nats to end the 2007 regular season, completing Philadelphia's comeback over the New York Mets. The Phillies overcame a seven-game deficit with 17 games to play to capture their first NL East crown since 1993. With their magic number at three to claim a second straight postseason appearance for the first time since 1980-81, Myers takes the hi |
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| Marlins resume set at Nationals Park |
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09/24/2008 |
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| 3 in games in which Johnson has appeared. For the Nationals, journeyman right-hander Tim Redding tries to finish strongly after a sub-par final two months. The native of Rochester, NY is 3-5 in his last 10 starts, including losses to the Marlins and New York Mets in his last two outings on September 13 and 18. In those two losses, Redding has given up 12 hits and eight earned runs in nine innings. He is 4-3 in 10 career starts against Washington with a 4.05 ERA in 53 1/3 innings of work. On Tuesday, Ryan Zim |
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