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| Nervous Mets seek a rebound in Washington |
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09/16/2008 |
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| alf-game. Tonight, New York will try to solve the Washington Nationals in the second test of a four-game series at Nationals Park. The Mets dropped Monday's opener by a 7-2 score and had its division lead cut to the smallest of margins over the idle Philadelphia Phillies. Starter Pedro Martinez was saddled with the loss for giving up four runs and eight hits in six innings of work, while Duaner Sanchez allowed three runs in relief. Jose Reyes ended with two RBI while Brian Schneider and Luis Castillo each scored run |
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| Veteran Moyer leads Phils into Atlanta |
MLB Baseball |
09/16/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - At 45 years old, Jamie Moyer still plans to pitch next season. With the way the left-hander has been pitching this year, his current season might just stretch into October. Moyer will lead the Philadelphia Phillies tonight in the opener of a three- game series with the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. Moyer has been his team's most consistent starter this year, as he leads the Phils with 14 wins to go along with a 3.68 earned run average in 30 starts. He has allowed three runs or fewer in 17 of hi |
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| Dukes helps Nats top NL East-leading Mets |
MLB Baseball |
09/15/2008 |
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| l said. "We didn't hit, we didn't pitch as well, we didn't relieve, and when it looked like we were coming back we hit into a double-play. It was just a bad game, period, for us." With the loss, the Mets are now only a half-game ahead of the surging Philadelphia Phillies for the top spot in the NL East. The Phillies, who are also tied with Milwaukee for the NL wild card lead, will begin a three-game series at Atlanta on Tuesday. Washington moved back out in front in the fourth as Milledge led off with a double and s |
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| Cubs close series with Astros in Milwaukee |
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09/15/2008 |
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| o is 8-4 in 17 road starts this season, owns a 2-1 record and a 3.06 earned run average in five career starts against Houston. Houston had a six-game winning streak come to an end after yesterday's loss and sits two games behind both the Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies for the top spot in the NL wild card standings. In Sunday's loss to the Cubs, starter Randy Wolf was saddled with the loss after allowing five runs -- four earned -- on six hits in just 2 2/3 innings. Michael Bourn reached base for the Astros on a w |
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| Mets hope to get back in win column against Nats |
MLB Baseball |
09/15/2008 |
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| onight on the road. New York blew a seven-game lead atop the National League East standings a year ago and just dropped two of three games versus the Atlanta Braves to watch its current division advantage dwindle down to just a game over the surging Philadelphia Phillies. In Sunday's 7-4 loss, Greg Norton's three-run homer highlighted a five-run ninth inning for the Braves. Starter Oliver Perez allowed two runs on four hits and struck out eight batters over seven innings before handing the ball to New York's leaky b |
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| Zambrano no-hits 'Stros in spectacular return |
MLB Baseball |
09/15/2008 |
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| in just 2 2/3 innings for Houston, which had won six straight and 14 of its previous 15. With the victory, the Cubs hold a commanding 7 1/2-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers for the lead in the NL Central, while Houston fell two games behind the Philadelphia Phillies and Brewers for the NL wild card spot. Soriano got the Cubs started offensively by taking Wolf's third pitch of the game over the left-center field wall for his 49th career leadoff homer. Chicago broke it open with four runs in the third. With two o |
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| Phils complete four-game sweep of Brew Crew behind Myers |
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09/14/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Brett Myers threw his second complete game of the season, allowing just a run on two hits and a walk in helping the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-1 victory over Milwaukee in the second game of a doubleheader, concluding a convincing four-game sweep of the Brewers. Milwaukee came into the series with a four-game lead in the NL wild card race, but now sit tied for the top spot with the Phillies and fell a nearly insurmountable seven games back of the Cubs for the NL Central crown. M |
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| Phils, Brewers play two at Citizens Bank Park |
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09/14/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Phillies have a chance to move into a tie atop the National League Wild Card standings with a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers today in a day/night doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park. Philadelphia has won the first two tests of this set and the twinbill was made possible after Friday's contest was postponed due to inclement weather. The Phillies pulled within two games of the NL wild card-leading Brewers following Saturday's 7-3 victory behind a solid outing from starter Cole Hamel |
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| Niese fires eight shutout innings to give Mets split |
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09/13/2008 |
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| Stadium. Niese (1-0) picked up his first career win by scattering six hits and two walks while fanning seven. Jose Reyes, David Wright and Carlos Beltran each hit long balls for the Mets, who have won four of five and stand 2 1/2 games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies for the NL East lead. "[Niese] changed speeds, threw a lot of strikes," Braves manager Bobby Cox said. "[He's] got a real good, slow curveball. [He] didn't look like a 21-year old kid on the mound." Jo-Jo Reyes (3-11) was hit hard for four runs on f |
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| Jays' Burnett highlights first of two games at Boston |
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09/13/2008 |
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| l rest on the oft-injured right arm of former AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon, who will be making his first big league appearance since mid-June. Colon is 4-2 with a 4.09 ERA, but hasn't pitched since June 16 after leaving a start against the Philadelphia Phillies with stiffness in his lower back. He is 8-3 lifetime against the Blue Jays with a 3.85 ERA in 16 starts. Toronto will counter with righty Jesse Litsch, who has won three of his four starts. Litsch won his second straight start on Tuesday to cap a da |
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