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| National League Game Capsules |
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08/20/2008 |
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| yielded four runs on six hits over six innings, suffered the loss. Final Score: Florida 6, San Francisco 0 San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - Ricky Nolasco was dominant, fanning 11 in a two-hit shutout as the Marlins cruised to a 6-0 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game set. Nolasco (12-7) walked one in his first career shutout, and his first career complete game. The 25-year-old nearly threw what could have been a controversial one-hitter, in the process ending the longest complete-ga |
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| Nolasco's near no-no allow Marlins to spear Giants |
MLB Baseball |
08/20/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - Ricky Nolasco was dominant, fanning 11 in a two-hit shutout as the Marlins cruised to a 6-0 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game set. Nolasco (12-7) walked one in his first career shutout, and his first career complete game. The 25-year-old nearly threw what could have been a controversial one-hitter, in the process ending the longest complete-game drought for a team in major league history. A Marlins pitcher had not tossed a complete game since Aniba |
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| NL East-leading Mets open home set with Braves |
MLB Baseball |
08/19/2008 |
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| s Beltran and Carlos Delgado each knocked in a run in the loss for the Mets, who hold a 1 1/2 game- edge on the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East. Atlanta, meanwhile, also enters tonight's opener on a sour note after dropping three of four to the San Francisco Giants, including a 5-0 loss in Monday's finale at Turner Field. Starter Jorge Campillo (7-6) took the loss, charged with seven hits and five runs over 6 2/3 innings while striking out two and walking one for the Braves, who have dropped seven of their las |
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| Giants shoot for rare series win in Atlanta |
MLB Baseball |
08/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Barry Zito tries to avoid his third straight loss this afternoon when the San Francisco Giants attempt to win their first series at Turner Field since 1997 in the finale of their four-game set with the Atlanta Braves. Zito lost for the third time in four starts on Wednesday in Houston, as he allowed six runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings, dropping him to 6-15, while raising his earned run average to 5.73. The 30-year-old left-hander has faced the Braves twice in his career and is 1-1 against th |
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| Lincecum goes for Giants in Atlanta |
MLB Baseball |
08/17/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Braves' offense broke out in a big way in Saturday's matchup with the San Francisco Giants. Runs could be tougher to come by this afternoon, however, when the two teams continue their four-game series at Turner Field. The Giants will send out ace Tim Lincecum in today's clash, although the All- Star hurler nearly had to miss the assignment after exiting his last start due to injury. Lincecum was struck on the right knee by a line drive off the bat of Houston's Brad Ausmus during the |
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| Giants place Sanchez on DL, Palmer makes ML debut |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - San Francisco Giants left-hander Jonathan Sanchez was scratched from his scheduled start Saturday against Atlanta due to a left shoulder strain and was placed on the 15-day disabled list. Matt Palmer, recalled to the team Thursday to work in middle relief, made his major league debut as the replacement starter in the club's 11-5 drubbing. The 29-year-old Palmer was working as a starter at Triple-A Fresno where he went 6-9 with a 4.13 earned run average in addition to 137 strikeouts i |
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| Francoeur highlights Braves thrashing of Giants |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Jeff Francoeur woke up from a year-long slump to go 4-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI to highlight the Atlanta Braves' 11-5 thrashing of the San Francisco Giants in the second test of a four-game set. Greg Norton crushed a two-run homer while Omar Infante had two hits, two runs scored and two RBI to help the Braves snap a five-game skid Mike Hampton (2-1), who beat San Francisco for his first win in nearly three years earlier in the month, threw six innings while giv |
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| Giants place Sanchez on DL, Palmer to make ML debut |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - San Francisco Giants left-hander Jonathan Sanchez was scratched from his scheduled start Saturday against Atlanta due to a left shoulder strain and was placed on the 15-day disabled list. Matt Palmer, recalled to the team Thursday to work in middle relief, will make his major league debut as the replacement starter. The 29-year-old Palmer was working as a starter at Triple-A Fresno where he went 6-9 with a 4.13 earned run average in addition to 137 strikeouts in 131 innings. Sanchez, |
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| Giants scratch Sanchez, Palmer to make ML debut |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - San Francisco Giants left-hander Jonathan Sanchez was scratched from his scheduled start Saturday against Atlanta due to a left shoulder strain. Matt Palmer, recalled to the team Thursday to work in middle relief, will make his major league debut as the replacement starter. The 29-year-old Palmer was working as a starter at Triple-A Fresno where he went 6-9 with a 4.13 earned run average in addition to 137 strikeouts in 131 innings. Sanchez, who is 8-9 with a 4.53 ERA over 24 starts |
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| Braves pin hopes on Hampton against San Fran |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Mike Hampton has won just one game in the major leagues over the last three years, but that victory came at the expense of the San Francisco Giants. The injury-riddled pitcher will try to repeat recent history when he takes the mound for the Atlanta Braves in tonight's second test of a three-game series with the visiting Giants. Hampton held San Francisco to two runs and four hits over seven innings on August 5 at AT&T Park, the left-hander's first win since August 14, 2005. The two-time All |
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