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| Cardinals pick up INF Lopez |
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08/06/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Cardinals signed free-agent infielder Felipe Lopez to a major-league contract Tuesday. Lopez was released by the Washington Nationals last week in a roster upheaval. The 28-year-old was hitting .234 with 20 doubles and 25 RBI in 100 games this season. For his six-year career, Lopez has compiled a .256 average with 67 home runs, 313 RBI and 105 stolen bases in 830 combined games with Toronto, Cincinnati and Washington. |
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| Nats shoot for fifth straight win against Rockies |
MLB Baseball |
08/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Washington Nationals take aim at their season-best fifth straight win this evening when they continue a four-game series with the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Washington continued to roll in Monday's opener, as Willie Harris and Jesus Flores each homered, helping the Nats to a 9-4 victory. One of baseball's worst teams knocked around one of baseball's best pitchers on Monday night, as the suddenly hot Nationals belted 11 hits off Aaron Cook (14-7), scoring seven runs -- four earned -- of |
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| Harris, Flores homer as Nats down Rockies |
MLB Baseball |
08/05/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Willie Harris and Jesus Flores each homered and the Washington Nationals rode to a 9-4 victory over Colorado in the opener of a four-game set at Coors Field. One of baseball's worst teams knocked around one of baseball's best pitchers on Monday night, as the suddenly hot Nationals -- winners of four straight -- belted 11 hits off Aaron Cook (14-7), scoring seven runs -- four earned -- off the right-hander while walking once and striking out three times. "We're trying to get back to pl |
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| Rockies return home to face Nats |
MLB Baseball |
08/04/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Even when they are struggling, the Rockies still enjoy their Coors Field advantage. Colorado kicks off a 10-game homestand tonight with the opener of a four-game set against the Washington Nationals. Colorado is 11 games under .500 (51-62) and seven games off the pace in the National League West, but have still enjoyed a solid campaign at home. The Rockies rank second in the NL in average (.292), runs scored (299) and runs batted in (290). Not surprisingly, the Rockies are 31-22 at Coors Field, |
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| Milledge and Nats sweep Reds |
MLB Baseball |
08/03/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Lastings Milledge homered, walked twice and stole a base to help the Washington Nationals to a 4-2 win and a three- game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds at Nationals Park. Austin Kearns was 3-for-4 with a run scored while Pete Orr and Wil Nieves recorded an RBI apeice for the Nationals, who rebounded nicely in the series after matching a season-high, nine-game losing streak. Collin Balester (2-3) kept the Reds at bay for 5 1/3 frames, allowing one run on six hits and two walks. The y |
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| Rookies square off in Cincinnati |
MLB Baseball |
08/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of rookies square off on the mound today when the Cincinnati Reds visit Nationals Park for the third and final game of a three- game weekend series with the host Washington Nationals. For the Reds, right-hander Johnny Cueto faces the Nationals for the second time in exactly a month, and will hope to repeat the performance from July 3 - when he allowed seven hits and three runs in seven innings of a 5-3 win at Cincinnati. Cueto is winless in four starts since, however, dropping two decisio |
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| Nats send Bergmann to hill in Cincinnati |
MLB Baseball |
08/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Slumping right-hander Jason Bergmann faces Cincinnati for the second time in a month tonight when the Washington Nationals face the Reds in the second of three games at Nationals Park. Bergmann, a 26-year-old from Neptune, N.J., is winless in 13 appearances since defeating the New York Mets on May 15 at Shea Stadium. He's lost seven subsequent decisions, including a 2-0 verdict to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 27. He gave up six hits and three runs - two earned - against the Reds on July 4 at |
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| Nats continue roster shakeup; recall 2B Bonifacio |
MLB Baseball |
08/02/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - The Washington Nationals recalled second baseman Emilio Bonifacio from Triple-A Columbus on Friday, one day after adding newly acquired shortstop Alberto Gonzalez to the roster and releasing established veterans Johnny Estrada, Paul Lo Duca, and Felipe Lopez. Bonifacio, acquired late last month from Arizona in the Jon Rauch trade, has appeared in eight games this season while with the Diamondbacks, batting .167 (2-for-12) with three runs scored, a double and two runs batted in. Th |
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| First-place Phils open key series with host Cards |
MLB Baseball |
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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| Reds begin life without Griffey in opener with Nats |
MLB Baseball |
08/01/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Cincinnati Reds officially enter the post-Ken Griffey Jr. era tonight when they head to Nationals Park for the first of a three-game weekend series with the host Washington Nationals. Cincinnati sent its hometown hero and All-Century player back to the American League on Thursday, trading him to the Chicago White Sox for right-handed pitcher Nick Masset and second baseman Danny Richar. Griffey, 38, hit .245 with 15 home runs and 53 runs batted in this season for the Reds, who are tied for fo |
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