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| Brewers hope to have Braun in finale with Nats |
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08/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - It seems the NL wild card-leading Milwaukee Brewers can win with or without All-Star outfielder Ryan Braun in the lineup. This afternoon, the Brewers may get their injured star back when they try for a four-game sweep of the Washington Nationals at Miller Park. Braun missed Sunday's dramatic 5-4 win in 13 innings because of a lower back injury suffered during Saturday's 6-0 victory. Braun, who leads the club with 30 homers and 84 RBI, is listed as day-to-day. Gabe Kapler filled in for Braun yest |
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| Kapler's homer lifts Brewers over Nationals |
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08/11/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Gabe Kapler's leadoff home run in the 13th inning handed the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-4, comeback win against the Washington Nationals in the third game of a four-game set. Filling in for injured star left fielder Ryan Braun, Kapler golfed a low pitch off the pole in left for his sixth homer of the season, and his first career game-ending blast. The Brewers have won five straight, and remained four games back of the Cubs, who downed the Cardinals 6-2, for first place in the NL Central |
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| Giles leads San Diego slugfest in win over Rockies |
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08/11/2008 |
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| ich has dropped four of five. "We've been playing so well at home this year, and to lose two series to a couple teams we thought we should beat is tough to take and frustrating," Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said referring to the Padres and the Washington Nationals. The Padres got going in the first inning with two singles followed by run- scoring doubles from Giles and Gonzalez for a quick 3-0 lead. Later in the inning Carlin singled in Gonzalez. Walks and homers were the story in the third inning, as San Die |
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| Brewers' Braun sits with bad back |
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08/10/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Brewers star outfielder Ryan Braun was kept out of the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Washington Nationals with the same balky back that caused him to leave Saturday's game. Braun, who is hitting .300 with a team-high 30 home runs and 84 RBI this season, left in the third inning of the club's 6-0 win over Washington on Saturday with lower back tightness. The 2007 NL Rookie of the Year struck out in the bottom of the first, and during the at-bat appeared to |
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| Parra aims to get on track for Brewers in clash with Nats |
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08/10/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Brewers starter Manny Parra will try to end a personal three-game slide when he takes the mound versus the Washington Nationals this afternoon at Miller Park. Parra is 0-3 with a 7.27 earned run average during his recent losing streak, having lost at Cincinnati the last time out on August 4. Parra was roughed up for six runs and four hits in six innings of a 6-3 loss. The left-hander, who is a solid 5-2 at home this season, faced Washington for the first time in his career on May 25 th |
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| Brewers aim to get slumping Sheets on track in test with Nats |
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08/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Brewers starter Ben Sheets hasn't won since the nation celebrated its independence. Tonight, Sheets will try to reach the win column once again in the second test of a four-game series versus the Washington Nationals at Miller Park. Sheets is 0-3 with a 4.60 earned run average over his last five starts, and has dropped back-to-back trips to the mound. In his previous start on August 3 at Atlanta, Sheets was reached for three runs -- two earned -- and six hits in six innings of a 5-0 lo |
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| Marlins sign C Lo Duca to minor league deal |
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08/09/2008 |
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| Flushing, NY (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins signed veteran catcher Paul Lo Duca to a minor league contract on Friday. Lo Duca was released by the Washington Nationals last Friday after suffering from chronic problems involving a fractured right hand suffered in mid-April. He has spent most of the season on the disabled list and hit .230 with 12 RBI in 46 games with the Nationals. The four-time All Star is a career .286 hitter with 80 homers and 478 RBI in 1,061 games. This is his second stint with the Flor |
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| Sabathia remains perfect with Brewers as he throws five-hit shutout |
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08/08/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - CC Sabathia continued a stellar stretch since joining the Brewers with his second shutout, and Milwaukee easily dispatched of the Washington Nationals 5-0 in the opener of a four-game series at Miller Park. Sabathia (6-0) stayed perfect in a Brewers uniform with a five-hit, one-walk performance while fanning nine. The big left-hander has made seven starts so far for his new ballclub and has four complete games for Milwaukee, which benefited with its third straight victory. "Some of |
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| Nationals face challenge in Brewers' Sabathia |
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08/08/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - CC Sabathia has given the Milwaukee fans a reason to be excited for a postseason run. He will try to stay perfect in a Brewers uniform in tonight's opener of a four-game series versus the Washington Nationals at Miller Park. The big left-hander has made six starts so far for his new ballclub and is 5-0 with a 1.88 earned run average. Sabathia already has three complete games and a shutout for Milwaukee, which is 5-1 when the former first-round draft pick takes the mound. He previously pitched la |
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| Nats sweep doubleheader with Rockies |
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08/08/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Wil Nieves and Willie Harris drove in two runs apiece to give the Washington Nationals a 6-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies, sweeping Thursday's doubleheader at Coors Field. Odalis Perez (5-8) won his second consecutive start, throwing six solid innings on two runs and six hits. The southpaw struck out one and walked one en route to Washington's sixth win in seven games. "We have new life, new energy," said Nationals manager Manny Acta. "These kids, for the most part, are playing g |
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