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| Phils head to Florida for key divisional set |
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04/24/2009 |
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| arting pitcher Ricky Nolasco. Nolasco (1-2) gave up six runs -- five earned -- on eight hits in six innings to absorb the loss. The right-hander fanned five and walked three. After the Marlins host Philadelphia at Dolphin Stadium, the division-rival New York Mets will pay a visit to Miami for three games. Josh Johnson will take the mound for Florida on Friday and he is 2-0 with a 2.91 ERA in three starts this season. Johnson won his first two starts of the season versus the Nationals and Mets, but did not fa |
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| Red-hot Cardinals ready to renew rivalry with Cubs |
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04/24/2009 |
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| . Louis at Wrigley Field from April 16-18. The series was originally slated to be four games, but the finale was postponed because of rain and rescheduled for a July 12th day-night doubleheader. St. Louis is coming off a three-game sweep against the New York Mets to improve to 11-5 this season and posted a 12-8 victory on Thursday thanks to a productive day at the plate from Albert Pujols. The reigning NL MVP went 3- for-4 with a pair of homers, three runs batted in and four runs scored to lead the Cardinals |
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| Astros, Brewers to begin NL Central clash |
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04/24/2009 |
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| ers and 30 runs batted in through 25 games against Houston. Yovani Gallardo gets the nod for the Brewers on Friday and is 1-1 with a 4.58 earned run average in three starts this season. Gallardo posted a no-decision his previous time out against the New York Mets, allowing just five hits over six shutout innings of his team's 1-0 loss. Gallardo, who split his first two starts of the season, struck out seven and walked two batters. The righty owns a perfect 2-0 mark and a 0.00 ERA through 15 innings pitched i |
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| Surging Pirates sail into San Diego |
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04/24/2009 |
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| while Gonzalez is batting .368 (7-for-19) during his. Kevin Correia will toe the rubber for the first time since April 15. He was to start on Monday, but that contest versus Philadelphia was rained out. In his last start, he got the loss against the New York Mets despite allowing just two runs and five hits over five innings. The 28-year-old right-hander, who got a no-decision in his first start of the year back on April 9 versus Los Angeles, is 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA in four games (1 start) in his career versu |
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| Mets, Santana welcome Nationals to Citi Field |
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04/24/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Mets call on southpaw ace Johan Santana to stop the early season bleeding tonight when they open a three-game weekend series with the visiting Washington Nationals at Citi Field. The Mets open the weekend in fourth place in the five-team National League East, leading only the Nationals after coming out on the short end of a three- game sweep at St. Louis. Santana, who came to New York from Minnesota prior to 2008, was a 16-game winner in his first National League tour of duty |
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| Pujols leads Cards to sweep of Mets |
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04/23/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Albert Pujols went 3-for-4 with a pair of homers, three runs batted in and four runs scored, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12-8 victory over the New York Mets and a sweep of the three- game series at Busch Stadium. Rick Ankiel added three hits with a homer and two runs batted in, while Ryan Ludwick and Skip Schumaker each drove in two runs for the Cardinals, who have won seven in a row at home and swept the Mets at Busch for the first time since August 6-8, 2004. "We |
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| Mets try to avoid sweep in St. Louis |
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04/23/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Kyle Lohse will make his fourth start of the season this afternoon for the St. Louis Cardinals, who will shoot for a three-game sweep of the New York Mets at Busch Stadium. Lohse is 2-0 with a 2.57 earned run average in three starts this season, but is coming off a rough outing against the Chicago Cubs. In a 7-5 loss at Wrigley Field on Saturday, Lohse did not factor in the outcome even though he surrendered four runs and five hits in five innings of work. He was coming off a complete-gam |
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| Pineiro solid as Cardinals down Mets |
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04/23/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Joel Pineiro tossed eight-plus strong innings, as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets, 5-2, in the middle test of a three-game series from Busch Stadium. Pineiro (3-0) gave up six hits, two runs, walked two and earned a third straight win to start the season for his efforts, which were backed by Albert Pujols' two RBI and runs-scoring hits by Joe Thurston and Skip Schumaker. "It was an outstanding performance," Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa said of Pineiro. " |
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| Texas Rangers |
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04/23/2009 |
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| Placed pitcher Kris Benson on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 16; claimed pitcher Darren O'Day off waivers from the New York Mets; transferred pitcher Dustin Nippert from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list. |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks |
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04/22/2009 |
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| Placed pitcher Kris Benson on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 16; claimed pitcher Darren ODay off waivers from the New York Mets; transferred pitcher Dustin Nippert from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list. |
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