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| Marlins resume road trip against battered Braves |
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08/26/2008 |
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| -4 with a 6.70 ERA in 10 career appearances (9 starts) against them. Atlanta is pretty much in offseason mode already, having lost seven of eight and 12 of its last 14 games. After ending a six-game losing streak with Saturday's 8-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the second test of a three-game series, the Braves suffered a 6-3 setback in Sunday's finale at Busch Stadium. Braves starter Jo-Jo Reyes absorbed the loss after he allowed six runs -- five earned -- on nine hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings o |
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| Cubs try to overpower Pirates once again |
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08/26/2008 |
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| e Pirates 23 times (21 starts) over the course of his career and is 10-6 with a 3.85 ERA against them. Pittsburgh will counter with right-hander Ian Snell, who is 5-10 with a 5.60 ERA. Snell had his best effort of the season last Tuesday against the St. Louis Cardinals, as he scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings to nail down the win. He also struck out eight and walked just one batter. Snell is 1-5 lifetime against the Cubs with a 5.53 ERA in 10 games, eight of which have been starts. With a win tonigh |
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| Major League Baseball |
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08/26/2008 |
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| Suspended Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Rafael Aybar, Florida Marlins pitcher Alfredo Buret, Baltimore Orioles pitcher Julio Sanchez, Minnesota Twins outfielder Eliel Sierra and St. Louis Cardinals catcher Juan Castillo 50 games apiece for testing positive for a performance- enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. |
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| Indians vie for seventh straight win, sweep of Rangers |
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08/24/2008 |
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| is 2-2 in five lifetime starts against the Indians with a 7.09 ERA in 26 2/3 innings. For Cleveland, right-hander Anthony Reyes makes his fourth start tonight since coming to the American League. The 26-year-old Californian began the season with the St. Louis Cardinals and made 10 appearances from the bullpen before he was dealt to the Indians shortly before the July 31 trade deadline. He made his first start for Cleveland on August 8 and defeated the Toronto Blue Jays with 6 1/3 innings of seven-hit, one-run ball |
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| Cards send Looper to hill in finale with Braves at Busch |
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08/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Braden Looper can equal last season's personal-best win total today when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Atlanta Braves in the finale of a three-game series at Turner Field. A 33-year-old Oklahoman, Looper was a full-time reliever for his initial 572 appearances in the major leagues through 2006 before become a full-time starter in 2007 and going 12-12 with a 4.94 earned run average. He picked up win No. 11 this season on Aug. 13 in Florida, allowing five hits and an earned run ov |
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| Braves snap slide, down Cards |
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08/23/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Martin Prado had three hits with two RBI and two runs scored as the Atlanta Braves doubled up the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-4, in the second of three games from Busch Stadium. Jeff Francoeur and Greg Norton each drove in a pair of runs while Brian McCann scored twice for the Braves, who snapped a season-high tying six-game losing streak. Jorge Campillo started on the mound and gave up three runs on seven hits in five innings of work. Buddy Carlyle (1-0) got the win for pitching two s |
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| Volquez and Harang square off at Coors Field |
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08/23/2008 |
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| lquez, a 25-year-old in his first season in the National League after breaking into the majors with the Texas Rangers, is 3-1 in four outings since facing Colorado. He tossed seven scoreless innings of three-hit ball in his last start, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3, to earn his 15th victory of the season. He'd entered 2008 with just three wins in 20 outings with the Rangers, who traded him to the Reds in the offseason for slugging outfielder Josh Hamilton. Volquez is 8-3 in 13 road games this season with |
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| Lohse hopes to add to Braves' misery |
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08/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Kyle Lohse will stay active during an appeal of a National League suspension today, starting for the St. Louis Cardinals when they host the Atlanta Braves in the middle game of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. Lohse was sentenced to a five-game penalty on Wednesday after the NL powers- that-be deemed that he "intentionally (threw) a pitch in the head area of Edinson Volquez" during his six-inning stint in a 7-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. The loss to the Reds, for whom Lohse |
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| Wainwright to return for Cards against reeling Braves |
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08/22/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Opening Day starter Adam Wainwright returns to the mound for the first time since early June tonight, when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Atlanta Braves for the first of three weekend games at Busch Stadium. Wainwright, who broke in as a closer in 2006 and was on the mound to record the last out of that fall's World Series for St. Louis, became a full-time starter last season and won 14 times in 32 outings. He opened 2008 with a 6-3 mark in 13 starts before rupturing a tendon in a finger on h |
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| Hosting Brewers begin set with Pirates |
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08/22/2008 |
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| to strengthen their standing in the National League playoff race when the postseason hopefuls start up a three-game series tonight against a Pittsburgh Pirates team they've dominated at home recently. Milwaukee maintained its 2 1/2-game lead on the St. Louis Cardinals for the top spot in the NL Wild Card standings with Wednesdays 5-2 home victory over Houston. It was the 11th win in the last 15 games for the Brewers, who are seeking to end a 26-year postseason drought. Ned Yost's team seems to have a strong case |
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