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| Pads down Bucs behind Young |
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09/28/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Chris Young threw six effective innings and Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a two-run home run as the San Diego Padres edged Pittsburgh, 3-2, in the second of three games with the Pirates. Young (7-6) gave up one run on five hits, with no walks and five strikeouts for the Padres, who have won two of three. Adrian Gonzalez finished with a hit and run batted in for San Diego. "I had a pretty good slider," Young said. "I didn't use my curveball much; mixed fastballs and sliders to throw them |
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| Padres continue set with visiting Pirates |
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09/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Pirates will resume a three-game series against the San Diego Padres tonight at Petco Park. Pittsburgh ended a four-game slide with Friday's 6-3 win in the series opener, as Ryan Doumit clubbed a three-run homer to lead the way. Freddy Sanchez had three hits, including a solo home run, and scored twice for the Pirates. Starter Ian Snell gave up one hit -- a solo home run to Nick Hundley -- and struck out five in five innings of work to record the win. He left the game due to a |
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| Doumit homers to give Pirates win over Padres |
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09/27/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Ryan Doumit clubbed a three-run homer, as the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the San Diego Padres, 6-3, in the opener of a three- game series at PETCO Park. Freddy Sanchez had three hits, including a solo homer, and scored twice for the Pirates, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Ian Snell (7-12) gave up one hit -- a solo home run to Nick Hundley -- and struck out five in five innings of work. He left the game due to a cramp in his right calf. "He's been making a lot of progress |
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| Pirates, Padres start season-ending series at Petco |
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09/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Padres will try to avoid their first 100-loss season in 15 years tonight, as they begin a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Petco Park. At 62-97, the Padres need just one victory in this set to avoid hitting the century mark in losses for the first time since they lost 101 contests in 1993. San Diego snapped a two-game slide on Thursday, handing a Los Angeles squad that had already clinched the National League West earlier in the day a 7-5 setback. Luis Rodriguez |
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| Dodgers celebrate NL West title |
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09/26/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Manny Ramirez and the rest of the Los Angeles Dodgers popped the champagne to celebrate the NL West title, even after losing, 7-5, to the San Diego Padres. Arizona's 12-3 loss at St. Louis earlier Thursday handed the Dodgers their second division title in the last 13 seasons. LA heads to the playoffs for the third time in five years. Dodgers manager Joe Torre then opted to change his lineup for the finale of the three-game series against the Padres, choosing to start Eric Stu |
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| Blue Jays sign Gaston to extension through 2010 |
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09/25/2008 |
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| -75 on the season after a 35-39 start under Gibbons. The first two-time manager in Blue Jays history, Gaston managed the club from 1989 to 1997 and led the team to four playoff appearances, including back-to- back World Series championships in 1992 and 1993. Gaston owns a career 749-685 record as manager in a franchise-high 1,434 regular season games. The former outfielder for the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, and Pittsburgh Pirates was the club's hitting coach from 1982 to 1989 and again in 2000 and 2001. |
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| Dodgers try to wrap up NL West division |
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09/25/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Dodgers can wrap up the National League West division even before taking the field tonight in the finale of a three- game series versus the San Diego Padres at Chavez Ravine. If the Arizona Diamondbacks, who are four games behind LA in the division standings, lose this afternoon against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Dodgers will earn their first division crown since the 2004 season. Los Angeles has already clinched a share of the NL West title. The Dodgers have won two straigh |
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| Dodgers rout Padres, clinch share of NL West title |
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09/25/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Manny Ramirez blasted a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a share of the NL West title with a 12-4 victory over the San Diego Padres. Nomar Garciaparra also went deep and finished with two RBI for the Dodgers, whose magic number was reduced to one to win the division outright, thanks in part to Arizona's 4-2 loss at St. Louis earlier Wednesday. The Dodgers can win the division before they even play the Padres Thursday night. That's because the Diamondbacks wr |
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| Dodgers aim for another win over Padres |
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09/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A National League West title is on the horizon for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who will try to inch closer to glory in tonight's second installment of a three-game series versus the San Diego Padres at Chavez Ravine. The Dodgers handed the Padres a 10-1 beating in Tuesday's series opener and grabbed a three-game lead over Arizona in the NL West standings after the Diamondbacks lost to St. Louis. LA's magic number for clinching the division is now three with only five games remaining. Nomar Garc |
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| Dodgers crush Padres, move closer to division crown |
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09/24/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Nomar Garciaparra's three-run homer highlighted a six-run opening inning, and the Dodgers moved closer to the NL West title with a 10-1 victory over the San Diego Padres. Manny Ramirez added a two-run double in the first, and Chad Billingsley threw six strong innings and knocked in two runs, as Los Angeles trimmed its magic number to three for winning the division. LA's lead increased to three games over Arizona, which lost 7-4 at St. Louis Tuesday night. Billingsley (16-10) |
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