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| Sheets' status uncertain |
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09/18/2008 |
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| remainder of the season if Sheets needs to be shut down. Milwaukee's ace before the acquisition of CC Sabathia, Sheets is a free agent in the offseason. In the MLB.com story, Brewers general manager Gord Ash said that when Sheets left a start on September 1 against the Mets, which was originally attributed to a groin injury, the real problem was the elbow. His next scheduled start is Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sheets, 29, is 13-8 with a 2.98 earned run average in 30 starts this season for Milwaukee. |
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| Dodgers close series in Steel City |
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09/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers will try to get back on track when they close out a four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates this afternoon at PNC Park. The Dodgers had their division lead trimmed to 3 1/2 games over the Arizona Diamondbacks after losing Wednesday's game by a lopsided 15-8 score. Arizona defeated San Francisco on Wednesday. Russell Martin was 3-for-5 and drove in three runs for the Dodgers, who had won the first two games of this series. Starter Cha |
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| Nomar leaves with leg injury |
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09/17/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Nomar Garciaparra left Wednesday's game with Pittsburgh Pirates during the top of the fifth inning with an apparent right leg injury. While rounding third on a Pablo Ozuna single, the first baseman pulled up and attempted to stop but fell to the ground in pain and was tagged out to end the inning. Garciaparra was attended to by team trainers and eventually left under his own power. |
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| Billingsley, Dodgers try to remain hot in Steel City |
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09/17/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Chad Billingsley will try to win four straight starts for the second time this season when he leads the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in the third test of a four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Billingsley has ripped off three straight wins and last posted four consecutive victories from June 17-July 3. In his most recent outing Friday at Colorado, Billingsley lasted six innings for the seventh straight time and allowed two runs in a 7-2 victory. He improved to 15-10 with |
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| Dodgers top Pirates behind Lowe, Blake |
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09/17/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Derek Lowe tossed seven strong innings and Casey Blake had three hits and a pair of RBI as the Los Angeles Dodgers continued their strong play in the month of September with a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. After taking two of three from the D'Backs to close out a dismal August, the Dodgers have rattled off wins in 12 of 14 games, including a three-game sweep of Arizona from September 5-7. That run, which includes wins in the first two games of this four-game set, allo |
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| Lowe, Dodgers go for another win in Pittsburgh |
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09/16/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Manny Ramirez and the National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers will resume their four-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight from PNC Park. Ramirez seems to be enjoying his time on the West Coast, as evidenced by his .395 batting average, 14 home runs and 43 RBI in 42 games with the Dodgers since being acquired from the Boston Red Sox on July 31. Ramirez, who has three homers and nine runs batted in during a six-game hitting streak, finished with three hits and two RBI in Mond |
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| Kuroda, Loney lead Dodgers over Pirates |
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09/16/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Hiroki Kuroda threw seven scoreless innings and James Loney drove in three runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers notched an 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, in the opener of a four-game series from PNC Park. Kuroda (9-10) gave up three hits and walked one batter, while striking out a pair in the win, LA's fifth in its last six. The Dodgers have won 13 of 15 overall to pull 4 1/2 games ahead of Arizona for the NL West division lead. Arizona kept pace, however, with a 3-1 win over S |
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| NL West-leading Dodgers invade PNC Park |
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09/15/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers will resume a 10-game road trip tonight with the first of three straight games against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Los Angeles is 4-2 so far on the trek and had its four-game winning streak come to an end with Sunday's 1-0 loss in 10 innings in the finale of a three- game set against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Hong-Chih Kuo was saddled with the loss after allowing Troy Tulowitzki's game-winning RBI hit in the 10th inning. D |
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| McLouth homers as Pirates sweep Cards |
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09/14/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Nate McLouth went 2-for-3 with a solo homer and finished with two runs driven in and three scored, as the Pittsburgh Pirates completed their first three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals since August 11-13 of 2006 with a 7-2 victory. Adam LaRoche went 2-for-4 with three RBI and scored once for the Pirates, who have pulled off the sweep on the heels of a six-game skid. Brandon Moss also finished with two RBI in the win. Starter Jason Davis lasted just three innings and was to |
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| Cards C Molina leaves game |
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09/14/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina left Sunday's 7-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fourth inning with tightness in his left quadriceps. Molina, who was playing in his first game since suffering a bruised left thigh on Wednesday, was 0-for-2 before leaving. He was replaced behind the plate by Mark Johnson. |
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