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| Jones, Garciaparra return for Dodgers |
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07/04/2008 |
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| work) - The Los Angeles Dodgers received a boost on Friday when Andruw Jones and Nomar Garciaparra returned from the disabled list. Garciaparra played shortstop, went 2-for-4, knocked in two runs and scored for the Dodgers in their 10-7 win over the San Francisco Giants. Jones continued his struggles, though, as he went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts to drop his batting average to .159 on the season. Garciaparra has been out since April 26 with a strained left calf, while Jones went on the DL on May 25 with torn cart |
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| Dodgers should get reinforcements for latest battle with Giants |
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07/04/2008 |
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| s season. However, with two big-name players set to return from the disabled list today, that may not be a problem. Los Angeles is expected to get both Nomar Garciaparra and Andruw Jones back in the lineup when it begins a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants today at AT&T Park. The Dodgers' offense had found some momentum in the last three games, as the team plated 16 runs after scoring just twice in its previous three contests and eight times in the last five. Now the club gets both Garciaparra and |
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| Aurilia, Lincecum help Giants defeat Cubs |
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07/03/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - Rich Aurilia drilled a three-run homer to lift the San Francisco Giants to an 8-3 win and a split of a four-game series with the Chicago Cubs. Aaron Rowand went 2-for-4 with two runs scored while Jose Castillo went 2- for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored for the Giants, who have won four of six overall. Tim Lincecum (10-1) continued his stellar season and won his sixth straight decision, giving up three runs on seven hits in six innings of work. His last and only loss of the s |
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| Giants turn to Lincecum in hopes of gaining split with Cubs |
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07/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Young right-hander Tim Lincecum tries to stretch his unbeaten streak to 12 games this evening, when the San Francisco Giants wrap up a four-game set with the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Park. Lincecum had one of his best outings of the season Saturday in Oakland, as he held the Athletics to just five hits over seven scoreless innings to improve to 9-1 on the year and lower his earned run average to 2.38. The 24-year-old hurler, who has not lost since April 29, also struck out 11 and leads the Natio |
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| Fontenot lifts Cubs over Giants |
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07/03/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - Mike Fontenot's solo home run in the top of the eighth inning broke a tie game and proved to be the game-winner in Chicago's 6-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants in the third installment of a four-game set. Jim Edmonds went 2-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored and a two-run homer for the Cubs, who won for just the second time in seven games. Geovany Soto also knocked in a pair during a 2-for-4 effort at the plate. Ryan Dempster did not factor in the decision and is stil |
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| Giants sign 16-year-old pitcher Mateo |
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07/03/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Francisco Giants have signed 16-year-old Dominican pitcher Luis Mateo. The 6-foot-3, 175 pound right-hander joined the Giants on the first day he was eligible to sign with a major league club. He had been scouted by San Francisco for the past eight months. "The Giants are very pleased to be able to sign Luis Mateo," special assistant to the general manager John Barr said. "He is a young, strong pitcher who shows good command of two pitches with a plus breaking ball. Tod |
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| Cubs try to get back on track versus Giants |
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07/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ryan Dempster will try to put a poor performance behind him when he leads the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs tonight in the third test of a four-game series against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. Dempster battled through his shortest outing since joining the Chicago rotation on Friday against the rival White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field, yielding eight runs and seven hits in just 2 1/3 innings of work. The 10-3 defeat dropped Dempster to 0-3 in seven road starts this season, and 9-3 w |
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| Cain pitches Giants past struggling Cubs |
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07/02/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (MySportsbook) - Matt Cain hurled eight shutout innings, as the San Francisco Giants topped the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, in the second installment of a four-game series at AT&T Park. Cain (5-6) fanned 10 Cubbies on just two hits and three walks for San Francisco, which has won three of four overall. "He's only going to get better and I think he's learning how important it is to use his pitches and his command," Giants skipper Bruce Bochy said of Cain. "He was on, and a couple of games ago he thre |
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| Cubs aim to continue Giants' home woes |
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07/01/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Cubs will try to string together back-to-back road wins for the first time in more than two weeks tonight, when they resume a four-game series against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. The Cubs had lost four straight overall and six in a row as the guest before handing the Giants a 9-2 setback in Monday's series opener. Mark DeRosa was a huge lift for the NL Central-leading Cubs last night, going 3-for-4 with a grand slam and a two-run homer. Matt Murton had two doubles and |
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| Marlins' Hendrickson hopes to rebound in matchup with Nats |
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07/01/2008 |
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| League East division rivals tonight in game two of a three-game series at Miami's Dolphin Stadium. A 34-year-old product of Washington State University, Hendrickson has dropped four straight decisions and is winless in six starts since defeating the San Francisco Giants on May 25. He was beaten, 6-1, by the Tampa Bay Rays in his last start on Thursday and has allowed 37 hits and 31 earned runs in 28 innings over the winless skid. Hendrickson is 1-1 in six appearances (4 starts) in his career against the Nationals. |
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