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| Series Notes: Seattle at Washington |
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06/10/2005 |
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| s 997 career hits in 692 career games. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last player to collect 1,000 hits in less than 700 games was Chuck Klein in 1933. Klein collected his 1,000th hit in career game 683. WASHINGTON (34-26) The first-place Washington Nationals try to stretch their winning streak to eight games in this series opener. Washington, which leads the tightly-wound NL East by 1 1/2 games over second- place Philadelphia, is coming off a three- game sweep of visiting Oakland. Tonight, the franchise |
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| Brewers deal Spivey to Nationals for Ohka |
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06/10/2005 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - The Washington Nationals traded right-handed pitcher Tomo Ohka to the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday in exchange for second baseman Junior Spivey. Ohka, who was supposed to start Friday's game against Seattle at RFK Stadium, was fined by the Nationals last Sunday for contempt directed towards manager Frank Robinson. Sun-Woo Kim will start in Ohka's place tonight. Ohka was fined for an incident that occurred in the fourth inning of Saturday night's 7-3 win against Florida, as he turne |
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| Hammonds announces retirement |
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06/10/2005 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Washington Nationals outfielder Jeffrey Hammonds announced his retirement on Friday. Hammonds, 34, hit .272 with 110 home runs in his 13-year career, during which he played for Baltimore, Cincinnati, Colorado, Milwaukee and San Francisco before joining the Nationals. He was an All-Star with the Rockies in 2000, when he hit .335 with 20 homers and 106 RBI. "The only thing that I was not able to achieve in this game was playing in the World Series," Hammonds said. "This Washington N |
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| Washington's Byrd gets two-game suspension, but appeals |
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06/09/2005 |
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| === Washington's Byrd gets two-game suspension, but appeals === New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Washington Nationals outfielder Marlon Byrd has been suspended two games by Major League Baseball for aggressive action following his ejection in Saturday's contest against the Florida Marlins. However, Byrd, who was also fined an undisclosed amount, has already appealed the suspension, which was set to begin tonight. The incident in question occurred when Byrd knocked over second base umpire Joe Brinkman in the seventh |
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| Justin Upton chosen first in MLB Draft |
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06/07/2005 |
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| Upton said. "It was special to have my brother there. He's been through it." Kansas City had the second pick and selected Nebraska third baseman Alex Gordon. The Seattle Mariners took Southern California catcher Jeff Clement with the third pick. The Washington Nationals had the fourth selection and picked Virginia third baseman Ryan Zimmerman. Miami-Florida infielder Ryan Braun went to Milwaukee with the fifth pick. Gordon is the highest draft pick out of the University of Nebraska since Darin Erstad was taken firs |
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| Series Notes: Seattle at Florida |
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06/07/2005 |
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| two straight starts and is winless in three consecutive appearances. Moehler is 5-5 lifetime with a 3.29 ERA in 10 starts against the Mariners. He is 0-2 lifetime in seven games (5 starts) at Dolphins Stadium. On Sunday, the Marlins lost 6-3 to the Washington Nationals, and were swept for the third time this season. The Marlins, who outhit the Nationals 13-9, were led by Paul Lo Duca, as he finished 3-for-5 and drove in a run for the reeling Marlins, who have dropped 10 of their last 12 games. The Marlins have out |
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| Pujols, Johnson share NL Player of the Week |
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06/06/2005 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - First basemen Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals and Nick Johnson of the Washington Nationals were each named National League Players of the Week for games played between May 30 - June 5. Pujols led the NL with an .833 slugging percentage while tying for the league- lead with three homers and eight walks. During the seven-game stretch, Pujols batted .458 with eight runs and six RBI. Johnson helped Washington go 6-1 and climb into first place in the NL East as he hit a league-h |
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| Ohka fined for contempt towards Robinson |
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06/05/2005 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - The Washington Nationals announced Sunday that righthanded pitcher Tomo Ohka has been fined an undisclosed amount of money for contempt directed towards team manager Frank Robinson. The incident occurred in the fourth inning of Saturday night's 7-3 win against Florida, as Ohka turned his back from Robinson when the skipper came to the mound to make a pitching change. Robinson was then forced to grab the ball from Ohka's hand as the pitcher was departing. Ohka allowed three runs -- |
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| Diamondbacks acquire Herges from Giants; claim Vargas |
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06/03/2005 |
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| ports Network) - The Arizona Diamondbacks obtained pitcher Matt Herges from the San Francisco Giants on Friday in exchange for minor league outfielder Doug DeVore. The Diamondbacks also claimed righthanded pitcher Claudio Vargas off waivers from the Washington Nationals. Herges, who was just designated for assignment on Sunday, is 1-1 with a 4.71 earned run average in 21 appearances this season. The 35-year-old righthander was designated to make room for newly-acquired setup man LaTroy Hawkins. In seven big league |
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| For Seattle, May was mayhem |
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06/03/2005 |
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| one of the team's only two triples in the last week, Bret Boone is still hitting just .190 in his last six contests. COMING UP The Mariners get a taste of the Sunshine State over the next week, hosting the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for three games over the weekend and then heading across the country for another bout of interleague play versus the Florida Marlins. From there it's a trip up the east coast for three against the Washington Nationals and then back to the Pacific Northwest once more for a 10-game homestand. |
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