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| Cubs shoot for sweep of Pirates |
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08/27/2008 |
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| e loss after he gave up four runs on one hit and did not retire a batter in the troublesome eighth. Heading to the hill for the Cubs today will be righty Jason Marquis, who is 8-7 with a 4.76 ERA. Marquis did not get a decision on Friday against the Washington Nationals, as he allowed four runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 13-5 loss. Marquis lost to the Bucs the last time he faced them, but is 7-6 lifetime against them with a 4.05 ERA in 22 games, 18 of which have been starts. Pittsburgh will try to avoid th |
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| Guzman, Nats edge Dodgers |
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08/27/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Cristian Guzman finished 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of a three-game series. Lastings Milledge homered while Collin Balester worked five-plus innings and earned the win for the Nationals, who won for only the third time in their last 17 games overall. Balester (3-6) allowed one run on five hits with two walks. Nomar Garciaparra scored the only run for the Dodgers, who have dropped five straight games |
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| Nationals' Kearns headed back to DL |
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08/27/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - The Washington Nationals placed right fielder Austin Kearns on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday for the second time this season. Kearns has a stress fracture in his left foot. Kearns missed 38 games earlier this season after having surgery to remove loose bodies from his right elbow on May 23. The 28-year-old has batted a disappointing .217 with 10 doubles, seven home runs and 32 RBI in 86 games this season with Washington. A career .260 hitter in seven seasons with the Reds and N |
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| Dodgers hoping to get back on track at Nationals' expense |
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08/26/2008 |
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| ) - The Los Angeles Dodgers were shown no mercy in the City of Brotherly Love to start their current road trip. The club will try to reverse its misfortunes when it visits the nation's capital tonight for the first of three straight games versus the Washington Nationals. Los Angeles swept the Phillies in four games at home from August 11-14 to tighten up the NL West race, but Philadelphia just returned the favor with a four-game sweep of its own at Citizens Bank Park. In Monday night's 5-0 setback to the Phillies i |
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| Sweet revenge? Phillies aiming to turn tables on slumping Dodgers |
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08/25/2008 |
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| nine of its last 11 on the road. Hoping to get the Phillies back to the top of the division tonight will be right-hander Brett Myers, who has won three of his four decisions since returning from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Myers was terrific against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, as he tossed a nine-hit shutout to run his record to a 6-10 and lower his earned run average to 4.71. He also fanned nine and walked a batter in the win. Over his last five starts, Myers has surrendered just six runs over 36 2/3 inning |
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| Cubs hit the road seeking another win over Bucs |
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08/25/2008 |
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| matchups with the Bucs this season, including four of the six meetings in the Steel City. In Pittsburgh's defense, though, the Cubs have beaten a lot of teams this season. On Sunday, Chicago won its eighth straight series with a 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the finale of a three-game set at Wrigley Field. Chicago has won eight straight series for the first time since 1937 and at 80-50, is 30 games above .500 for the first time since finishing 96-65 in 1984. Rich Harden (4-1) was excellent on the mou |
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| Harden, Cubs take series from Nationals |
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08/24/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Rich Harden was excellent on the mound and Kosuke Fukudome had a pinch-hit, two-run homer to lead the Cubs in a rout of the lowly Washington Nationals, 6-1, in the rubber match of a weekend set from Wrigley Field. Harden (9-2) was touched for just one run on two hits over seven frames. The righty also matched a career-high by fanning 11 batters without issuing a base on balls to get the win. Mark DeRosa had a solo homer and has now homered in four straight games for the Cubs, who are |
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| Cubs close homestand against lowly Nats |
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08/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Cubs conclude a six-game homestand today with the last of three consecutive meetings with the lowly Washington Nationals from Wrigley Field. Washington, which owns the worst record in baseball at 46-84, actually managed to get the best of the National League Central-leading Cubs with a 13-5 victory in Friday's opener of this series. Chicago got things back to normal on Saturday, however, cruising to a 9-2 win behind an impressive power display by third baseman Aramis Ramirez. Ramirez |
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| Jimenez hopes to stay hot against Reds |
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08/24/2008 |
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| s first two cracks at the majors, going 4-4 and allowing 75 hits and 42 earned runs in 89 2/3 innings. Rookie right-hander Johnny Cueto goes for Cincinnati and looks for his second win since early July. Cueto improved to 7-8 with a 5-3 defeat of the Washington Nationals on July 3, but is just 1-4 with three no-decisions since, including a tough-luck loss to the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 19 in which he allowed four hits and a run in seven innings. He allowed four hits and a run in five innings of his most recent win, a 3 |
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| Ramirez homers twice as Cubs pound Nats |
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08/23/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Aramis Ramirez belted two three-run home runs, and Ryan Dempster put up another strong outing at home as the Chicago Cubs downed the Washington Nationals, 9-2, in the second game of a three-game set. Dempster (15-5) held the Nationals to one run on eight hits in 7 1/3 innings, with four strikeouts and one walk. The Chicago right-hander tied a career-high for wins while improving to 12-2 in 16 starts at Wrigley Field this season, where he has allowed two or less earned runs in seven o |
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