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| Rough waters: Marlins begin tough stretch with test against Cards |
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08/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins kick off a tough stretch of games tonight but at least have the luxury of playing in front of their home crowd. The Marlins will welcome the St. Louis Cardinals to Dolphin Stadium on Monday for the first of four consecutive matchups in South Beach. They will then host the Chicago Cubs for three more games as they battle for positioning in the competitive NL East division. Florida is currently 2 1/2 games behind Philadelphia for the top spot, while the New York Mets are secon |
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| Cards' Carpenter leaves start early |
MLB Baseball |
08/10/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter left Sunday night's 6-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs with a strained right triceps. Carpenter was in the midst of his third start of the season when the right- hander called battery mate Yadier Molina out to the mound with one away in the sixth. Manager Tony LaRussa and team trainers were quick to follow. Carpenter grabbed near his right shoulder in explaining the injury and LaRussa made a move for reliever Ron Villone. The oft-injure |
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| Cubs, Cardinals wrap series in Windy City |
MLB Baseball |
08/10/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Cubs still have a seemingly comfortable lead in the NL Central standings, but will try to get back on track tonight when they wrap up a three-game series versus the division-rival St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field. The Cubs had a three-game winning streak stopped with Saturday's 12-3 drubbing at the hands of the Cardinals, but hold a four-game edge over Milwaukee and a six-game advantage ahead of St. Louis in the Central standings. Mark DeRosa and starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano |
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| Glaus powers Cardinals past Zambrano, Cubs |
MLB Baseball |
08/09/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Troy Glaus belted two home runs en route to a three-hit and five-RBI day to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Chicago Cubs, 12-3, in the second contest of a three-game set at Wrigley Field. Skip Schumaker and Albert Pujols also homered for the Cardinals, who won for the first time in three games. Mark DeRosa and Carlos Zambrano homered for the Cubs, who fell for just the third time in 13 outings. Todd Wellemeyer (9-4) tossed a career-high 112 pitches as he improved to 2-0 over h |
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| Zambrano puts perfect home mark on the line vs. Cards |
MLB Baseball |
08/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Carlos Zambrano will try to stay perfect at home this season when he leads the Chicago Cubs in the second test of a three-game series versus the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field. Zambrano has taken the Wrigley mound 12 times this season and is 6-0 with a 2.25 earned run average in front of the home crowd. Zambrano is 2-0 in his last three starts overall and has won four of his previous five decisions. He did not factor in the outcome of an 8-5 win over Pittsburgh the last time out on August |
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| American League Game Capsules |
MLB Baseball |
08/09/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Anthony Reyes was impressive in his Cleveland debut as the Indians downed Toronto, 5-2, in the opener of a three-game set at Rogers Centre. Reyes (1-0), who was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals on July 26 and made a pair of starts for Cleveland's Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, surrendered just one run on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. Ben Francisco and Shin-Soo Choo had two RBI apiece for the Indians, who snapped a two-game skid. Choo finished 3-for-4 in the game. Matt Stairs and |
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| Reyes solid in debut as Indians top Blue Jays |
MLB Baseball |
08/09/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Anthony Reyes was impressive in his Cleveland debut as the Indians downed Toronto, 5-2, in the opener of a three-game set at Rogers Centre. Reyes (1-0), who was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals on July 26 and made a pair of starts for Cleveland's Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, surrendered just one run on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. Ben Francisco and Shin-Soo Choo had two RBI apiece for the Indians, who snapped a two-game skid. Choo finished 3-for-4 in the game. Matt Stairs and |
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| Sabathia remains perfect with Brewers as he throws five-hit shutout |
MLB Baseball |
08/08/2008 |
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| d a shutout, there's no way he's coming out of that game." J.J. Hardy was 2-for-4 with a home run while Mike Cameron also went deep with a solo shot. Prince Fielder and Corey Hart had an RBI apiece. Milwaukee stretched its lead to two games over the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Wild Card standings and remained five games back of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central with the win. Chicago topped St. Louis 3-2 in 11 innings earlier Friday. Collin Balester (2-4) was shaky through five innings, allowing four runs -- thr |
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| Blanco lifts Cubs over Cards in extras |
MLB Baseball |
08/08/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Henry Blanco singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning off Ryan Franklin to give the Cubs a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series at Wrigley Field. Bob Howry (5-4) was credited with the win by throwing a scoreless inning of relief behind starter Ted Lilly, who took a no decision after allowing two runs on seven hits and two walks through 7 1/3 innings. Jim Edmonds connected on two solo home runs in Chicago's third stra |
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| Nationals face challenge in Brewers' Sabathia |
MLB Baseball |
08/08/2008 |
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| n June 21 of the 2002 campaign when the Nationals were still located in Montreal. The former Cleveland Indian allowed three runs through 7 1/3 innings of the Tribe's 3-1 setback to the Expos. Milwaukee will try to maintain its one-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Wild Card standings on Friday. It has won two straight and four of its last six games, including Wednesday's 6-3 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds in the finale of a three-game set. Rickie Weeks went 4-for-5 with two RBI and Jason Kendall a |
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