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| Cardinals P Wainwright to return |
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08/21/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright is expected to return from the disabled list and start Friday against the Atlanta Braves. Wainwright has been on the DL since June 8 with a sprained right middle finger. In 13 starts this season, Wainwright had posted a record of 6-3 with a 3.14 earned run average over 91 2/3 innings. The right-hander threw a bullpen session on Tuesday in which he deemed himself ready to return to MLB action. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa announced Wed |
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| Cards' hurler Lohse suspended |
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08/20/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Kyle Lohse was suspended five games and fined an undisclosed amount on Wednesday. Lohse was penalized for an incident in his last start on Sunday, when he threw a pitch near the head of the Reds' Edinson Volquez during the fifth inning of Cincinnati's 7-3 win. The 29-year-old right-hander decided to appeal the decision and the suspension will not begin until a ruling has been made. Lohse is 13-6 this season with a 3.94 earned-run average in 27 starts for |
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| Brewers, Astros to complete Central clash |
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08/20/2008 |
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| -2 at home in 2008, is sporting a 2-2 record and a 5.91 ERA in four engagements with the Astros this season. In a July 25 matchup against Houston, Parra yielded three runs in six innings of a 3-1 loss. Milwaukee is currently 2 1/2 games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Wild Card standings, but has dropped four of six contests since an eight-game winning streak. In Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Astros, starter Ben Sheets continued his rough stretch after giving up all five runs on five hits in six innings to |
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| Pirates wrap up short set in St. Louis |
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08/20/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Todd Wellemeyer goes for an eighth start without a loss tonight when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second and final game of an abbreviated two-game set at Busch Stadium. Wellemeyer, who'll turn 30 on August 30, was coming off a two-start skid when he last faced the Pirates on July 12, allowing four hits and four runs en route to a no-decision in 6 1/3 innings of the Cardinals' 12-11 loss. He's 3-0 in six starts since, allowing 31 hits and 13 runs in 37 |
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| Cards' Isringhausen shut down with elbow tendonitis |
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08/20/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jason Isringhausen has been shut down indefinitely after an MRI exam Tuesday revealed tendonitis in his right elbow and a partial tendon tear in his flexor group. The team has prescribed only rest for the reliever and there is no timetable for his return to throwing. This is possibly the final chapter in a frustrating and disappointing season for the 35-year-old veteran. Isringhausen was demoted from the closer's role in early May and was placed on the |
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| Red Sox great Yastrzemski hospitalized |
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08/19/2008 |
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| n AL MVP honors in 1967 when he became the last player to win batting's Triple Crown. He led the league that year with a .326 batting average and 121 runs batted in, while tying Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew for the AL lead with 44 homers. The Red Sox also reached the World Series in 1967, losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. Yastrzemski also played in the 1975 World Series against Cincinnati, another agonizing seven game setback. He batted .352 with three homers and nine RBI in 14 World Series games. |
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| Cubs welcome Reds to Wrigley |
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08/19/2008 |
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| isions and giving up a combined 14 hits and seven earned runs in 12 2/3 innings. On Sunday in Cincinnati, Edinson Volquez hurled seven innings of shutout ball and the Reds salvaged the final contest of a three-game series with a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Volquez (15-5) put together his second consecutive strong start, allowing just three hits and four walks with four strikeouts. Brandon Phillips hit a three- run homer while Chris Dickerson and Edwin Encarnacion had three-hit games with a run scored |
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| Looper goes for Cards in opener with Pittsburgh |
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08/19/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Rugged right-hander Braden Looper can make it six quality starts in a row tonight when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of an abbreviated two-game mid-week series at Busch Stadium. Looper, a 33-year-old Oklahoma native, has allowed two runs or less in five straight starts and lasted seven innings in four straight for the Cardinals, who are trying to remain in contention in the National League Central Division. St. Louis enters tonight's games in third place |
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| Royals, Indians start three-game series in Cleveland |
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08/19/2008 |
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| oject Anthony Reyes makes his third start in an American League uniform tonight when the Cleveland Indians host the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game series at Progressive Field. Reyes, who made 17 starts for the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals in 2006, tumbled to 2-14 in 22 appearances for the Cardinals last season and had made just 10 trips from the bullpen this year before being dealt to Cleveland late last month. He pitched 6 1/3 strong innings and scattered seven hits in a 5-2 win at |
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| Pirate rally halts Mets' six-game winning streak |
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08/18/2008 |
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| treak to 12 games with a single in the fourth inning...Mets manager Jerry Manuel was ejected in the third inning arguing a call at first base...To make room on the roster for Luis Ayala, who was acquired Sunday from the Washington Nationals for a player to be named later, the Mets optioned pitcher Eddie Kunz to Triple-A New Orleans...The Pirates set a record for attendance during a four-game series, attracting 129,473 fans during the series. The old record was 129,066, set in 2001 against the St. Louis Cardinals. |
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