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| Braves go for third straight in San Diego |
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05/17/2003 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The National League best Atlanta Braves take aim at their third consecutive victory this evening when they continue their four-game set against the San Diego Padres at Qualcomm Stadium. Robert Fick's RBI double highlighted a two-run eighth inning as the Braves edged San Diego, 6-4, on Friday. Atlanta is now 29-13 and leads the NL East by three games over the Montreal Expos. Javy Lopez and Rafael Furcal both homered for Atlanta, which has won the first two of this series and won |
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| San Diego Padres Team Report - May 15 |
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05/15/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The struggling San Diego Padres open a four-game set against the National League's top team, the Atlanta Braves. San Diego is tied with the Milwaukee Brewers for the worst record in the NL. Since a three-game winning streak from April 23-25, the Padres have lost 14 of their last 17 games. The Padres' woes continued on Wednesday in the form of a 10-3 loss to the Florida Marlins. Brian Buchanan stroked two hits and drove in all three runs for the Padres, who have dropped four of their last fiv |
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| Atlanta Braves Team Report - May 15 |
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05/15/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The NL East-leading Atlanta Braves open a four-game set at Qualcomm Stadium today against the lowly San Diego Padres. The Braves had their four-game winning streak halted with a 5-1 loss to Los Angeles on Wednesday. Greg Maddux (3-5) did not fare well, giving up four runs on seven hits in six innings for Atlanta, which won the first two games of the series and has won 23 of 28. No Brave registered more than one hit in the losing effort. Chipper Jones knocked in Atlanta's only run. Atlanta wi |
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| Mets place Sanchez on disabled list |
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05/14/2003 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The New York Mets placed shortstop Rey Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list with a thumb injury. The 35-year-old Sanchez was hurt while sliding into second base during a 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday. The move is retroactive to May 10. Sanchez is batting just .196 with six RBI and seven runs scored this season. He was also the subject of heavy criticism after reportedly receiving a haircut in the clubhouse during a game earlier this month. New York recalled infielde |
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| Around the Majors - Wednesday, May 14 |
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05/14/2003 |
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| n, Puerto Rico. "That's one of the options we have discussed from time to time," said DuPuy. "Just as we did for this year." Playing the games in San Juan has proven to be a positive change of scenery for the Expos. An average crowd of 14,282 came out during a 10-game homestand in April at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, which was filled at an average of 75 percent capacity. The Expos have had tremendous trouble drawing crowds. A three-game series against the San Diego Padres last week drew just over 16,000 total fans. |
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| New York Mets Team Report - May 14 |
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05/14/2003 |
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| as allowed three earned runs or less in all but one of his six starts this season, has no-decisions in his last two starts. On Friday, the 25-year-old hurler allowed three runs on six hits over five innings, as his team suffered a 5-4 setback to the San Diego Padres. Piazza, who has been struggling defensively behind the plate which has been the main reason for the speculation that he could be moved to first base before long, has belted half of his six home runs over the last four games and raised his batting a |
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| Florida Marlins Team Report - May 14 |
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05/14/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - They had threatened to put together their first three-game win streak since late April, but the Florida Marlins couldn't complete the trick as they fell to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday, 6-5. The Marlins battled back to tie the contest after allowing four runs by San Diego in the second inning at Qualcomm Stadium, but in the 10th inning the Florida bullpen let one slip away in the one-run setback. Mike Lowell homered twice for the Marlins, who lost for the first time in three tries under n |
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| Mets' Strickland placed on DL |
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05/11/2003 |
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| Flushing, NY (MySportsbook) - New York Mets reliever Scott Strickland was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a strained right groin. Strickland injured his groin in the eighth inning of Saturday's, 4-2, 10- inning victory over the San Diego Padres. The 27-year-old Strickland owns a 2.25 ERA in 19 games this season. He has yielded just five earned runs and 16 hits in 20 innings this season. The Mets recalled left-handed pitcher Jaime Cerda from Triple-A Norfolk to take Strickland's roster spot. Ce |
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| Florida Marlins Team Report - May 11 |
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05/11/2003 |
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| hree-game series today against the Colorado Rockies at Pro Player Stadium. Manager Jeff Torborg and pitching coach Brad Arnsberg were fired after Saturday's game, a 5-4 loss. Jack McKeon has been hired to replace Torborg. McKeon formerly managed the San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds. The move to fire Torborg came with the Marlins tied with the New York Mets for last place in the NL East, nine games behind front-running Atlanta. Torborg took the reigns in Florida during the 2002 campaign when they finished 79 |
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| Where will the Expos go? |
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05/10/2003 |
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| siastic city for its NBA's Trail Blazers, but will the city support a big league baseball club? Consider this, tickets to a March 29, 2002 Mariners-Padres exhibition game at PGE Park sold out in 15 minutes. The Beavers, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, currently play at PGE Park and have drawn just about an average of 3,000 fans this year in the 20,000-seat complex, according to a spokesman for the team. Those figures are expected to rise as the weather gets better in the Portland area, which is |
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