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| Tracy, Reynolds spark D-Backs past Padres |
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07/31/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Chad Tracy and Mark Reynolds each went 2- for-4 with a pair of runs batted in, and the Arizona Diamondbacks charged past the San Diego Padres, 7-3, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Petco Park. Chris Young doubled twice and knocked in a run for the D-Backs, winners in seven of their last nine. Reynolds and Chris Snyder each homered in the win, while Orlando Hudson had a pair of hits and scored a run. "We're playing good," Snyder said. "We're playing the way we should b |
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| Red-hot Haren to take mound in D-Backs' finale with Pads |
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07/30/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Dan Haren will try to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to their third straight series win tonight, when he takes the mound against the San Diego Padres in the finale of a three-game series at Petco Park. The NL West-leading Diamondbacks have won eight of Haren's last 10 trips to the mound, while the right-hander is sporting a 4-1 mark and a 1.26 earned run average in his last eight outings. Haren defeated San Francisco the last time out on July 25, as he tossed eight strong innings of two-run b |
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| Davis shines as D-Backs blank Padres |
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07/30/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Doug Davis was perfect through six innings and wound up giving up just two hits to help the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-0 win over the San Diego Padres in the second of three games at Petco Park. Davis (4-5) had a perfect game going until Brian Giles punched a two-out single in the seventh. Davis lasted 7 2/3 innings and was charged with two hits and two walks along with eight strikeouts. "The ball that Giles hit, it was a mistake," said Davis about the hit. "It was suppossed t |
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| Padres reinstate Young for start |
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07/30/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Padres reinstated right- handed pitcher Chris Young from the 15-day disabled list in time make his first start in more than two months on Tuesday against Arizona. Young took the mound for the first time since he was hit in the face by a line drive off the bat of St. Louis' Albert Pujols on May 21, breaking his nose and fracturing his skull. The 6-foot-10 Young was sharp in the start as he threw five scoreless innings and gave up just two hits and two walks with ei |
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| Padres reinstate Cameron, option him to minors |
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07/29/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Padres reinstated pitcher Kevin Cameron from the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday and optioned him to Triple-A Louisville. Cameron had been on the DL since early May with a first-degree right elbow strain. In 10 games this season before the injury, he posted a 3.60 earned run average. Over 10 innings, he had given up nine runs on 10 hits with six walks and five strikeouts. He has been rehabbing with the Beavers and in nine games in Portland he is 1-0 with a 2.03 ER |
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| Young to return in streaking Padres' test with D-Backs |
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07/29/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Padres are expected to activate starting pitcher Chris Young off the disabled list in time for his scheduled start tonight against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second installment of a three-game series at Petco Park. Young has been sidelined since late May after being hit in the face by a line drive off the bat of St. Louis All-Star Albert Pujols. He suffered a broken nose and fractured skull after allowing three runs and four hits in 2 1/3 frames of an 11-3 loss to the Card |
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| Maddux ends career-long 14-start winless streak against D-Backs |
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07/29/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Greg Maddux got his first win since May 10 and the San Diego Padres downed the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8-5, in the opener of a three-game set at Petco Park. Maddux (4-8) got career win No. 350 on May 10, but was 0-5 in his previous 14 trips to the mound before this game. It was the longest winless drought of his caree. He went five-plus innings and was charged with nine hits and four runs along with four strikeouts. Also, he moved past Phil Niekro into 10th place on the all-time |
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| Hirsh makes season debut for Rox in Steel City |
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07/28/2008 |
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| went six innings and gave up just five hits to combine with three other pitchers on a six-hit shutout. In Pittsburgh, Jerry Hairston Jr. hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to break a 1-1 tie and Josh Bard added a solo shot in the ninth, as the San Diego Padres defeated the Pirates, 3-1, in the finale of a four-game set. Adam LaRoche accounted for the Pirates lone run with an RBI single. Pittsburgh has lost three straight after winning its previous four. Paul Maholm pitched to a no-decision despite giving |
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| Padres' Maddux hopes to end lengthy winless skid versus Arizona |
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07/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The 2008 baseball season was still fresh the last time Greg Maddux posted a victory. Tonight, he will try again to reach the win column when he leads the San Diego Padres versus the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first of three straight games at Petco Park. Maddux hurled six strong innings to beat Colorado back on May 10 for his 350th career triumph. Since then, however, the future Hall of Famer is a lowly 0-5 with a 4.54 earned run average over 14 trips to the mound. Maddux previously pitched |
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| Blum's two homers power Astros past Brewers |
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07/27/2008 |
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| son (5-3) got the win, allowing one run on two hits in 2 2/3 innings of relief. Astros starter Randy Wolf gave up four runs -- three earned -- on seven hits and three walks in 4 1/3 frames in making his Houston debut. The lefty was acquired from the San Diego Padres on Tuesday. Wolf was denied the win for failing to reach the fifth inning and has dropped six of his last eight starts. Jeff Suppan (5-7) was shelled for eight runs on 11 hits and a walk in six innings to take the loss. Suppan was coming off back-to |
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