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| First-place Phils close series with host Cards |
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08/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ryan Howard will get one last chance to dazzle in his hometown tonight, as the Philadelphia Phillies wrap their three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Howard, born in St. Louis, is hitting .444 (12-for-27) in eight games against the Cardinals this year with six homers and 15 RBI. He has 12 homers and 32 RBI in 24 career games versus St. Louis, which also wraps its season series with Philadelphia tonight. Howard and Greg Dobbs both hit solo homers in Saturday's 2-1 vict |
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| Blanton strong as Phils edge Nats |
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08/02/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Ryan Howard and Greg Dobbs each homered to back a strong outing from Joe Blanton, as the Phillies took a 2-1 decision over the St. Louis Cardinals in the middle installment of a three-game set. Blanton (1-0), acquired in a trade with the Oakland Athletics in mid-July, earned his first victory in a Phillies uniform, hurling seven innings of one- run ball on four hits, a pair of walks and five strikeouts. Brad Lidge earned his 27th save in as many chances, as Philadelphia won for th |
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| Cardinals release veteran righty Clement |
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08/02/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Cardinals announced Saturday that they have released right-handed pitcher Matt Clement. The Cardinals signed Clement to a one-year contract in the offseason, with a club option for the 2009 season, but the 33-year-old never made it past Triple-A Memphis, where he posted a 1-0 record with a 4.61 earned-run average in 12 games. Clement has an 87-86 record and a 4.47 ERA in nine major league seasons. He last played in 2006 with the Boston Red Sox, but had that season cu |
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| Cardinals' Duncan faces season-ending surgery |
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08/02/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Chris Duncan will undergo surgery Monday to repair a herniated disk in his neck, likely ending his season. Duncan was placed on the disabled list July 22 with the injury. He received a cortisone shot that apparently had no effect. This will be the second consecutive year Duncan will have a season cut short due to injury. The 27-year-old underwent season-ending surgery to repair a bilateral sports hernia last September. The news ends a frustrating sea |
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| Phils try to bounce back against Cards |
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08/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - No team has hit more home runs in the majors this year than the Phillies. However, the St. Louis Cardinals will once again try to give Philadelphia a dose of its own medicine tonight, when the two clubs resume a three-game series at Busch Stadium. The Phillies are tied with the Marlins for the most homers hit in the majors so far this year, with each team clubbing 153. The Cardinals, meanwhile, have gone deep 119 times as a team this year. However, the Cardinals drilled three homers on Friday n |
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| Bucs attempt to make it two straight at Wrigley |
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08/02/2008 |
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| cago's attention and the two clubs resume a three-game series this afternoon at Wrigley Field. Chicago entered this series on a five-game winning streak that included a four-game sweep of Milwaukee, increasing the Cubs' edge over the Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals by five games in the National League Central. However, Chicago's hot bats were silenced by Jeff Karstens in Friday's opener, as the Cubs fell in defeat, 3-0, trimming their edge in the division to four games. Aramis Ramirez went 2-for-3 for the Cubs |
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| Cardinals prepare for stretch run |
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08/01/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With August already upon us, every game from here on out is vital for the playoff-hungry St. Louis Cardinals. The club is battered and bruised right now and sits tied with the Milwaukee Brewers at five games behind the Chicago Cubs for the top spot in the National League Central division. St. Louis and Milwaukee are also even for the NL wild card lead, but it could have been a lot different had the Cardinals not been recently swept in four games by the Brewers from July 21-24 at Busch Stadium. |
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| First-place Phils open key series with host Cards |
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08/01/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Phillies shoot for a season-high sixth straight victory tonight as they begin a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The Phillies enter this series having swept the Washington Nationals in three games, earning a fifth straight win for the second time this season. The club also posted five victories in a row from May 25-30. Philadelphia's up-and-down offense has found some consistency over this current winning streak, as the Phils have outscored their |
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| High-flying Cubs come home to battle Bucs |
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08/01/2008 |
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| ainst the new-look Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field. Chicago headed to Milwaukee on Monday with a slim one-game lead over the Brewers for supremacy in the NL Central. A four-game sweep later and the Cubs have upped their edge over the Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals to five games, while improving to 21 games over .500 at 65-44. Chicago has not been 21 games above .500 since September 24, 2004. The Cubs, who own the best home mark in the NL at 39-14, outscored Milwaukee 31-11 in the series and won Thursday's fin |
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| Brewers hope to get back on track in Atlanta |
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08/01/2008 |
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| nst the Houston Astros. He yielded eight runs and 11 hits in six innings, as the Brewers suffered an 11-6 setback. Suppan fell to 5-7 in 20 overall starts this season. Atlanta ended a five-game slide and avoided a four-game sweep at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals with Thursday's 9-4 win over the Cards in the series finale. Clint Sammons homered for the first time in his career and finished with three RBI in a winning cause. Sammons, who was called up from the minors on Monday, was appearing in his sixth majo |
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