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| All MLB players to wear No. 42 on Wednesday |
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04/13/2009 |
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| year, more than 330 players and on-field staff members wore No. 42. Commissioner Bud Selig requested that all on-field personnel wear the number Wednesday as a sign of unified, league-wide support. Since 2004, MLB has honored Robinson's legacy. The New York Mets will host a special Jackie Robinson Day celebration at Citi Field prior to their game against the San Diego Padres. The on-field ceremony will include Jackie's wife, Rachel Robinson, founder of the Jackie Robinson Foundation; and their daughter Shar |
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| Josh Johnson named NL Player of the Week |
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04/13/2009 |
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| season, has been honored as the National League Player of the Week for the period ending April 12. Johnson recorded an earned run average of 0.57 in his two starts, giving up just one earned run in 15 2/3 innings in victories over Washington and the New York Mets. On April 7, Johnson threw 6 2/3 scoreless frames against the Nationals, and this past Sunday he took a shutout into the ninth inning as the Marlins upended the Mets, 2-1. He totaled 15 strikeouts in the two games. Other nominees this past week incl |
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| Talented arms headline Brewers-Reds opener |
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04/13/2009 |
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| ns make their second starts of 2009 tonight, when the Cincinnati Reds visit the Milwaukee Brewers to open a three-game series at Miller Park. For the Reds, right-hander Edinson Volquez makes his second appearance after dropping a 9-7 decision to the New York Mets Wednesday in Cincinnati, in which he allowed six hits and four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. A 25-year-old from the Dominican Republic, Volquez came to the Reds prior to the 2008 season in exchange for outfielder Josh Hamilton. He subsequently made |
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| Mets open Citi Field against Padres |
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04/13/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The first regular-season game at Citi Field takes place tonight, when the New York Mets christen their new state-of-the-art stadium with the first of three straight contests against the San Diego Padres. After spending their first 44 seasons of existence at Shea Stadium, the Mets will move into the lavish new 41,800-seat ballpark, which was constructed at a cost of nearly $800 million and took nearly three years to build. To ring in the facility, which did host a pair of exhibition games |
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| Braves' Glavine has setback in rehab start |
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04/12/2009 |
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| nderwent successful season-ending elbow and shoulder surgery in the off-season. The two-time Cy Young Award winner was expected to regain form after four-to-five months of rehab, after determining he was healthy enough to return for a 23rd major-league campaign. The Boston-area native was 2-4 with a 5.54 earned run average over 13 starts in 2008, giving him a career mark of 305-203 -- including 56 complete games -- with a 3.54 ERA during two stints with Atlanta and a five-year tenure with the New York Mets. |
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| Pirates close rain-shortened set in Cincy |
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04/12/2009 |
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| was 2-2 in four starts against the Reds in 2008, allowing 28 hits and 13 earned runs in 23 1/3 innings. Cincinnati counters with workhorse right-hander Aaron Harang, who tossed 114 pitches over five innings in his season debut on Monday against the New York Mets. A two-time 16-game winner, Harang slumped to a 6-17 record last season and missed time due to a forearm injury. He went five innings in the opener against the Mets, allowing seven hits and an earned run in a 2-1 loss. A 6-foot-7, 261-pounder, Haran |
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| Aces Wild: Santana, Johnson square off in South Beach finale |
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04/12/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A terrific pitching matchup is on tap this afternoon at Dolphin Stadium when Johan Santana and the New York Mets play the rubber match of their three-game series against Josh Johnson and the Florida Marlins. After a rough first inning on Opening Day, Santana settled down and delivered a fantastic effort to beat the Cincinnati Reds, as he surrendered just one run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings. He also struck out seven and walked four batters. Santana, who led the majors with a 2.53 ERA i |
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| Reyes, Mets deal Marlins first loss |
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04/12/2009 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Jose Reyes finished 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and three RBI as the New York Mets doubled up Florida, 8-4, in the middle test of a three-game set from Dolphin Stadium. Carlos Delgado collected three hits and two RBI for the Mets, who snapped a two-game slide. Luis Castillo was 4-for-4, scored three runs and drove one in, while Alex Cora and David Wright knocked in a run each. Livan Hernandez (1-0) allowed six hits and two runs over his 6 2/3-inning start. "He was pretty good t |
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| Pirates, Reds try once again to start series in Cincy |
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04/11/2009 |
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| Ross Ohlendorf (0-1) gave up two runs on seven hits during six innings of work. This was the first time Ohlendorf opened a season as a starter. In Cincinnati, Joey Votto clubbed a three-run homer and finished with four RBI to lead the Reds past the New York Mets, 8-6, in the finale of a three-game series. Votto had three hits and Paul Janish drove in a pair of runs for the Reds, who salvaged the finale of the three-game season-opening series. Darnell McDonald and Brandon Phillips both knocked in runs in a w |
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| Marlins attempt to continue best start in team history against Mets |
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04/11/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins try to continue their best start in team history when they play the middle contest of their three-game set with the New York Mets at Dolphin Stadium. On Friday, Florida moved to 4-0 for the first time since entering the league in 1993 as Jorge Cantu's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Marlins to a 5-4 win. Emilio Bonifacio began the rally with a one-out infield single off Pedro Feliciano (0-1). John Baker fanned, then Darren O'Day entered and issued a wa |
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