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| Padres sweep Nats |
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09/21/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Kevin Kouzmanoff had two doubles and drove in three runs to give the San Diego Padres a 6-2 victory to complete a three- game sweep of the Washington Nationals. Adrian Gonzalez homered and scored three times while Edgar Gonzalez added two more runs scored for the Padres, who have won three in a row following a two- game skid. Cha Seung Baek (6-10) allowed only one run on five hits in seven strong innings, with five strikeouts, to earn the win. "(Baek) threw well. His hard cutter w |
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| Padres hoping to end Washington visit with sweep |
MLB Baseball |
09/21/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Veteran lefty Odalis Perez looks for a fifth start without a loss when the Washington Nationals host the San Diego Padres today in the finale of a three-game weekend series at Nationals Park. Perez fell to 5-10 with a 9-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on August 23, but has gone 2-0 in four subsequent outings while allowing 23 hits and 11 earned runs in 21 2/3 innings. He downed the New York Mets in his most recent outing on Tuesday, tossing 7 1/3 scoreless innings and striking out si |
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| Nationals aim to even series with visting Padres |
MLB Baseball |
09/20/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Second-year southpaw John Lannan will try to reach double- digit wins tonight, when the Washington Nationals host the San Diego Padres in the middle matchup of a three-game series at Nationals Park. Lannan, an 11th-round pick of the Nationals in 2005, reached the majors last season and made six starts, going 2-2 with a 4.15 earned run average in 34 2/3 innings. The Long Beach, N.Y. native, who turns 24 next week, was 4-4 after a 2-1 interleague defeat of Baltimore on May 18, but went on to lose |
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| A couple of NL races getting interesting |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| t the big fella here in September? If Pat Burrell ever awakens from his slumber, the Phillies are going to be a tough out in October. Following their series with the Marlins this weekend, the Phillies return home for six games against the Braves and Washington Nationals, who have given both the Mets and Fightins' fits here over the last couple of weeks. Back to the Marlins, who are just five back in the wild card. Florida is flying under the radar here. But, if you haven't been paying attention, the Marlins are sta |
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| Mets hope to find success in Dixie versus Braves |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| ine of the 15 matchups with the Braves this season. To make matters even worse for New York, the ballclub has also dropped all six games so far in Dixie. The Mets remained within striking distance of the Phillies with Thursday's 7-2 victory over the Washington Nationals in the finale of a four-game series. They won the last two matchups in the set and got great pitching from staff ace Johan Santana last night. Santana improved to 14-7 on the season and allowed one run on eight hits in seven innings with eight strik |
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| Santana keeps Mets on Phillies' heels |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Johan Santana turned in a brilliant performance on the hill and Brian Schneider clubbed a pair of solo home runs, as the New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals, 7-2, to salvage a split in the four-game set. Ryan Church collected two hits and knocked in two runs for New York, which has won two straight and remains just a half-game behind Philadelphia for the NL East lead. The Phillies edged the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, on Thursday. Jose Reyes had two hits and an RBI for the Me |
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| Brewers lose heartbreaker as Cubs inch closer to division crown |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| punch of a loss as their September swoon continued. Milwaukee has lost 13 of 17 games in September, and seen a 5 1/2-game lead in the NL wild card turn into a half-game deficit entering play Thursday. The wild-card leading New York Mets play at the Washington Nationals on Thursday evening. The Cubs, meanwhile, clipped their magic number to two as their lead in the NL Central moved back to nine games. Geovany Soto's three-run homer in the ninth tied the game for the Cubs, who have won six of seven. Kerry Wood (5-4) |
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| Santana goes for Mets in Washington |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Johan Santana will try to get the wild card-leading New York Mets back on a winning streak when he toes the tubber tonight in the finale of a four-game series with the host Washington Nationals. Santana is 6-0 in his last 14 starts, but did not factor in a 3-2 loss versus Atlanta the last time out on Saturday at Shea Stadium. The two-time AL Cy Young Award winner held the Braves to a pair of runs and gave up nine hits in seven innings of work. The left-hander, who is 13-7 with a 2.70 ERA this se |
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| Brewers stop slide; Sheets injured |
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09/17/2008 |
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| Field. Corey Hart drove in two runs for the Brewers, who slammed the brakes on a five-game slide. J.J. Hardy collected three hits and knocked in a run. Milwaukee sits a half-game back of New York in the NL wild card standings. The Mets held off the Washington Nationals, 9-7, earlier Wednesday. Sheets left after two innings with tightness in his right forearm. The right- hander gave up a home run to Aramis Ramirez and recorded two strikeouts. Seven relievers combined to limit the Cubs to one run on five hits, with |
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| Mets stave off Nats to keep postseason hopes a reality |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Carlos Beltran homered twice, and the New York Mets hung on for a 9-7 win over the Washington Nationals in the third- game of a four-game set. The Mets nearly blew another late lead, as the Nationals fought back from six runs down after six innings to bring the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but New York held on to end a three-game losing streak and hold on to the lead in the NL wild-card race. The Mets own a half-game lead over Milwaukee for the NL wild card. The Brewers de |
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