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| Mets hope to find success in Dixie versus Braves |
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09/19/2008 |
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| 4 loss on Sunday versus Atlanta. Perez held the Braves to a pair of runs and four hits in seven innings to remain at 6-4 in 13 career starts against them. He will face them for the third time this season. Atlanta was just swept in three games by the Philadelphia Phillies at home and has dropped four of its last five games. In Thursday's 4-3 loss in the series finale to the Phils, starting pitcher Mike Hampton surrendered four runs -- two earned -- on six hits in seven frames to absorb the defeat. Casey Kotchman home |
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| First-place Phils shoot for sweep in Atlanta |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Cole 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 w |
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| Astros finish set in South Beach |
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09/18/2008 |
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| ove in four runs and Jorge Cantu added a grand slam, as the streaking Marlins pounded 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 |
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| Amezaga, Cantu power up-and-coming Marlins over Astros |
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09/18/2008 |
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| pounded the Houston Astros, 14-2, in the middle installment of a three-game series at Dolphin Stadium. 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 |
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| Nats' Belliard, Kearns, Young, Flores all done for '08 |
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09/17/2008 |
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| ns suffered a stress fracture in his left foot in late August, ending a disappointing campaign for the 27-year-old. Kearns hit .217 with seven home runs and 32 RBI. Flores has been out since spraining his left ankle in a collision at home plate with Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley on September 2. The 23-year-old backstop hit .256 with eight homers and a team-leading 59 RBI this season. Young has had a disappointing 2008 after batting a career-high .320 in 2007 for the Nats. The 34-year-old first bas |
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| Reeling Mets hoping for good Knight in Washington |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| test of this series at Nationals Park. Mets starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey absorbed the tough-luck loss, surrendering one run on seven hits in seven frames. He also walked four batters and struck out four for the Mets, who fell a half-game behind the Philadelphia Phillies for the top spot in the NL East standings. Mets left fielder Fernando Tatis left Tuesday's loss with a separated right shoulder and will miss the rest of the season. Tatis will be missed by the team after he batted .297 with 11 homers and 47 RBI in |
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| Garcia makes season debut in Arlington |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| the Detroit Tigers visit Rangers Park for the third and final game of their series with the Texas Rangers. A 32-year-old Venezuelan, Garcia won 17 games as recently as 2006 with the Chicago White Sox, before being limited to just 11 starts with the Philadelphia Phillies last season. He had shoulder surgery and had not pitched competitively in 2008 until signing a minor-league deal with the Tigers last month and logging five scoreless innings over two starts with Class-A Lakeland and Triple-A Toledo. Garcia is 5-5 i |
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| Nolasco goes for Fish against Astros |
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09/17/2008 |
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| ve innings, walking two batters and striking out two more. The 25-year-old won 10 of his first 14 decisions prior to the All-Star break and is 4-3 since, including a six-start unbeaten streak that stretches back to early August. Nolasco defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3, on September 10, allowing seven hits and three runs in 7 2/3 innings. The Marlins have won five straight games in which he's pitched. For the Astros, Galveston, Texas native Brandon Backe will try to make it four starts without a loss. The 30- |
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| Howard's blast beats Braves and sends Phillies into NL East lead |
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09/17/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Ryan Howard's two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning was the difference, as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the Atlanta Braves, 8-7, in the opener of a three-game series at Turner Field. Howard finished 4-for-5, falling a double shy of the cycle, with three RBI and two runs scored for the Phillies, who have won five games in a row and moved a half-game ahead of New York for first place in the NL East. The Mets were blanked by Odalis Perez and the Washington Nationals, 1- |
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| Volstad outpitches Oswalt as Marlins top Astros |
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09/16/2008 |
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| e streaking Florida Marlins to a 5-1 win over the Houston Astros in the opener of a three-game series at Dolphin Stadium. Volstad (5-3) allowed one run on four hits and struck out four batters for the Marlins, who have won six straight and trail the Philadelphia Phillies by 5 1/2 games in the NL East. Jorge Cantu drilled a three-run homer while Hanley Ramirez produced two hits and two runs scored in the win. Michael Bourn scored the lone run for Houston, which sits three games back in the race for the NL wild card. |
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