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| A couple of NL races getting interesting |
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09/19/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With some degree of certainty, I can say that one of these three teams - the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers - is going to miss the postseason. If you are asking me which of the three that is going to be, well, ask me again next Sunday when the last pitch of the regular season is thrown. I have given up trying to figure out how the NL is going to shake out, specifically which team is going to be the wild card winner. After what happened on Thursday, though, I am |
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| NL's cellar-dwellers square off in DC |
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09/19/2008 |
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| shington - will attempt to stay out of the overall basement tonight when they square off to open a three-game weekend series at Nationals Park. The cellar-dweller in the NL East, Washington enters at 58-94 overall after dropping a 7-2 verdict to the New York Mets on Thursday at home. Meanwhile, the Padres sit a half-game worse at 58-95, just one year after missing the playoffs on the season's final day. Reigning Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy takes the mound for San Diego with a mediocre 9-11 win-loss reco |
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| Baker helps Fish cook Astros |
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09/18/2008 |
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| r hits and scored two runs for Florida, which heads into a critical three-game showdown with Philadelphia on a season-high eight-game winning streak. The Marlins trail the front-running Phillies by 5 1/2 games in the NL East. Florida also trails the New York Mets by five games in the wild card standings. Scott Olsen (8-10) gave up one run on three hits in seven innings, with seven strikeouts and one walk. "We just got to keep winning," Olsen said. "(As for) the other teams ahead of us, the Mets are playing w |
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| Santana keeps Mets on Phillies' heels |
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09/18/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Johan Santana turned in a brilliant performance on the hill and Brian Schneider clubbed a pair of solo home runs, as the New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals, 7-2, to salvage a split in the four-game set. Ryan Church collected two hits and knocked in two runs for New York, which has won two straight and remains just a half-game behind Philadelphia for the NL East lead. The Phillies edged the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, on Thursday. Jose Reyes had two hits and an RBI for |
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| Burrell leads Phils past Braves |
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09/18/2008 |
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| , GA (MySportsbook) - Pat Burrell's two-run blast in the sixth inning put the Phillies on top, and Philadelphia held on for a 4-3 win over the Braves to complete a season sweep in Atlanta. The Phillies, who maintained their half-game lead over the New York Mets in the NL East, went 9-0 in Atlanta this season, including this latest three-game sweep in Turner Field. The Phillies are the first team to sweep a season series longer than four games in Braves franchise history in almost 100 years, since the 1909 |
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| Brewers lose heartbreaker as Cubs inch closer to division crown |
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09/18/2008 |
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| t still suffered a stomach punch of a loss as their September swoon continued. Milwaukee has lost 13 of 17 games in September, and seen a 5 1/2-game lead in the NL wild card turn into a half-game deficit entering play Thursday. The wild-card leading New York Mets play at the Washington Nationals on Thursday evening. The Cubs, meanwhile, clipped their magic number to two as their lead in the NL Central moved back to nine games. Geovany Soto's three-run homer in the ninth tied the game for the Cubs, who have w |
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| First-place Phils shoot for sweep in Atlanta |
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09/18/2008 |
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| le Hamels tries to give the Philadelphia Phillies a season sweep in Atlanta this evening, when they wrap up their three-game series with the Braves at Turner Field. Philadelphia won its sixth straight contest and remained a half-game in front of the New York Mets in the National League East race on Wednesday, as rookie left-hander J.A. Happ came through with six shutout innings in a 6-1 win. Happ (1-0), replacing the struggling Kyle Kendrick in Philadelphia's rotation, gave up just three hits with two strike |
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| Cubs vie for series win over fading Brew Crew |
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09/18/2008 |
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| runs batted in to lead Milwaukee to a 6-2 win. J.J. Hardy collected three hits and knocked in a run for the Brewers, who slammed the brakes on a five-game slide, while Corey Hart drove in two runs. The Brewers, who still sit a half-game back of the New York Mets in the NL Wild Card race, may have lost starter Ben Sheets, though. The right-hander left after two innings with tightness in his right forearm last night. Seven Milwaukee relievers combined to limit the Cubs to one run on five hits, with Mark DiFel |
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| Santana goes for Mets in Washington |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Johan Santana will try to get the wild card-leading New York Mets back on a winning streak when he toes the tubber tonight in the finale of a four-game series with the host Washington Nationals. Santana is 6-0 in his last 14 starts, but did not factor in a 3-2 loss versus Atlanta the last time out on Saturday at Shea Stadium. The two-time AL Cy Young Award winner held the Braves to a pair of runs and gave up nine hits in seven innings of work. The left-hander, who is 13-7 with a 2.70 ERA |
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| Astros finish set in South Beach |
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09/18/2008 |
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| unded the Astros, 14-2. Mike Jacobs finished 3-for-5 with two RBI and scored twice for the Marlins, who matched a season-high with their seven straight win and trail the Philadelphia Phillies by 5 1/2 games in the NL East. The Marlins also trail the New York Mets by five games in the wild card standings. Hanley Ramirez clubbed two solo home runs for Florida before leaving after the fourth inning with a left shoulder strain. Ricky Nolasco (15-7) gave up two runs on six hits over seven innings to get the win. |
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