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| Gonzalez homers twice as Padres pummel Giants |
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09/12/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Adrian Gonzalez blasted two home runs to help the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants, 11-3, in the first of four games at PETCO Park. The Padres' first baseman finished the game 3-for-4 with four runs batted in, and Edgar Gonzalez, Drew Macias and Brian Giles each drove in two runs to help the Padres end a two-game losing streak. Josh Geer (2-0) allowed just two runs on nine hits in seven innings to get the win. Matt Cain (8-12) had his shortest outing of the year, |
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| Dodgers' Lowe puts streak on line in clash with Padres |
MLB Baseball |
09/10/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Derek Lowe will try to extend his streak of 19 consecutive scoreless innings tonight, when the Los Angeles Dodgers conclude a three-game series with the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Lowe is 3-1 with a 1.02 ERA over his last five starts, and 14 innings of his current shutout streak have come in back-to-back starts versus Arizona. That includes last Friday's outing in which he hurled eight scoreless frames while allowing just two hits and a pair of walks. The 35-year-old is now 12-11 with a |
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| Ramirez drives in go-ahead run as Dodgers extend NL West lead |
MLB Baseball |
09/10/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Manny Ramirez moved into sole possession of 17th place on the all-time home run list while Andre Ethier registered four runs batted in, as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres, 6-2, at PETCO Park. Ramirez also drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning for the Dodgers, who evened this three-game series and have won nine of their last 10 games overall. LA holds a 2 1/2-game lead over Arizona in the NL West after the Diamondbacks lost to San Francisco Tuesday |
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| Red-hot Astros continue series with Pittsburgh |
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09/09/2008 |
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| d also reached 11, 10 and 11 wins in 2000, 2001 and 2002, respectively. He made no more than 23 appearances in any season between 2004 and 2007 due to injury, but has returned to start 29 times this season while splitting time between the Astros and San Diego Padres. A winner just six times in 21 starts with the Padres, Wolf is 3-1 in eight starts with Houston, posting a 3.80 earned run average in 47 1/3 innings. He's 5-1 lifetime against Pittsburgh with a 3.61 ERA in 52 1/3 innings. On Monday, Alberto Arias' s |
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| West-leading Dodgers try to solve road woes in San Diego |
MLB Baseball |
09/09/2008 |
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| k) - Forgotten during Los Angeles' recent eight-game winning streak was its current struggles on the road. The Dodgers will try to avoid losing as the visiting club for the 12th time in the past 14 games when they resume a three-game series with the San Diego Padres tonight at Petco Park. The Dodgers began a 10-game road trip on Monday with a 4-0 loss to the Padres. Though that setback halted their season-high tying winning run, that burst included a perfect 6-0 homestand. Los Angeles lost the first eight tests |
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| Streaking Dodgers pay Padres a visit |
MLB Baseball |
09/08/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Dodgers will try to win their ninth straight game tonight, when they begin a three-game series with the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Los Angeles completed a three-game sweep of the Diamondbacks on Sunday to run its winning streak to eight games, matching a season-high set from April 25- May 3. More importantly, the sweep moved the Dodgers 1 1/2-games up on Arizona for first place in the National League West. In Sunday's 5-3 win, Nomar Garciaparra's sacrifice fly drove in t |
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| Young nearly perfect as Padres pound Brewers |
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09/07/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Chris Young lost his bid for a perfect game on Gabe Kapler's solo homer with two outs in the eighth, but held on for his first career complete game as the San Diego Padres routed the Milwaukee Brewers 10-1 in the finale of a four-game set. Holding a 10-0 lead and only four outs away from the 18th perfect game in major league history and the first since 2004, Young surrendered the homer to Kapler. The no-doubt-about-it blast went into the stands down the line in left, Kapler's e |
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| The other Manny: Brewers send Parra to mound versus Padres |
MLB Baseball |
09/07/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Southpaw Manny Parra continues a breakout season in his first full year in the major leagues today when the Milwaukee Brewers host the San Diego Padres to close out a four-game series at Miller Park. Parra, a 26th-round draft choice in 2001, reached the big leagues with nine appearances in 2007, making two starts and going 0-1 with a 3.76 earned run average in 26 1/3 innings of work. He's been sold throughout 28 appearances -- 27 starts -- as a full-time member of the staff this season, thou |
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| Aces Wild: Peavy, Sheets square off in Milwaukee |
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09/06/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Two of the National League's established aces square off tonight when the San Diego Padres visit the Milwaukee Brewers in the third test of a four-game weekend series tonight at Miller Park. Reigning Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy goes for the road-tripping Padres, who split the first two games of the series - winning, 5-2, on Thursday before dropping a 3-2 decision in 11 innings Friday. Ben Sheets takes the mound for the Brewers, missing no time after tweaking a left groin muscle during h |
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| Hardy gives Brewers a critical win over Padres in 11 |
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09/06/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - J.J. Hardy drove in the game-winning run in the 11th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers pulled out a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres, in the second contest of a four-game set from Miller Park. Brian Falkenborg (2-3) returned in the 11th after pitching the 10th and created a first and third situation by allowing singles to Mike Rivera and Ray Durham around a force out by Craig Counsell. Hardy stepped to the plate and lined the game-winner down the left field line. Jason Kend |
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