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| Webb goes for No. 16 as D-Backs entertain Pirates |
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08/05/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Brandon Webb will try to become the first 16-game winner in the majors this season when he takes the ball tonight for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who play the second installment of a three-game series versus the Pittsburgh Pirates at Chase Field. Webb is 15-4 with a 3.04 earned run average in 23 starts this season, and 4-0 with a 2.63 ERA in his seven most recent trips to the hill. Webb continued his solid campaign on Thursday at the Los Angeles Dodgers, hurling eight dazzling innings of one-run b |
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| Manny, Dodgers head to St. Louis |
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08/05/2008 |
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| lead his new team this evening, when it opens a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Ramirez was acquired in a three-team deal with Boston and Pittsburgh last week and made his Dodgers debut against the division-rival Arizona Diamondbacks. The right fielder collected eight hits, including two homers, and five runs batted in for the Dodgers, who are 1 1/2 games behind the D'Backs in the NL West. In Sunday's 9-3 victory in the series finale, Ramirez finished 4-for-5 with a home run and |
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| Reynolds and D'Backs clobber Pirates |
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08/05/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Best E Casino) - Mark Reynolds homered and finished with three hits and three RBI to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 13-7, in the first game of a three-game set at Chase Field. Stephen Drew drove in a pair of runs for the Diamondbacks, who won for the first time in three games. Arizona finished with 18 hits and 13 runs, both season highs. Doug Mientkiewicz homered en route to a three-hit game for the Pirates, who fell to 1-3 on their 10-game, four-city road trip. Pittsburgh |
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| D-Backs kick off homestand against road-challenged Bucs |
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08/04/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Arizona Diamondbacks' recent weekend series did nothing to clear up a tight National League West race. Tonight the club will try to beat up on one of the worst road teams in the league as it begins a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Chase Field. Arizona returns home for seven straight games after going 7-3 on a recent 10- game road trip. The swing ended with four straight tests versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, which entered the series trailing the Diamondbacks by one game. Ari |
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| Ramirez slugs Dodgers past D-Backs |
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08/03/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - Manny Ramirez finished 4-for-5 with a home run and drove in three runs, as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-3, to salvage a spilt in the four-game series at Chavez Ravine. Matt Kemp went 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored for the Dodgers, who have won seven of their last 10 games and trail the D-Backs by one game for supremacy in the NL West. James Loney and Casey Blake each had two hits and knocked in a run. "They kept giving me a |
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| D'Backs, Dodgers continue pivotal series at Chavez Ravine |
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08/02/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Young right-hander Yusmeiro Petit takes his turn in the Manny Ramirez circus tonight when the Arizona Diamondbacks face the host Los Angeles Dodgers in the third game of a four-game series at Dodger Stadium. The 23-year-old Petit has started just twice in 11 appearances with Arizona this season, but got a 9-2 defeat of the Chicago Cubs on July 22 after allowing three hits and a run in five innings. He tossed two innings of one-hit scoreless relief six days later while getting a no-decision again |
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| Perez stellar on mound as Nats snap nine-game skid |
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08/02/2008 |
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| out from Jerry Hairston Jr. and a strikeout from Keppinger to end the threat. Bruce smacked an 0-2 slider off Joel Hanrahan over the right field wall to open the ninth, but it was too little, too late for Cincy. Game Notes Bonifacio, formerly of the Arizona Diamondbacks, joined the Nationals in a trade for reliever Jon Rauch in mid-July. To make room for Bonifacio on the roster, the Nats optioned pitcher Garrett Mock to Columbus before Friday's game. Washington also activated pitcher Ryan Wagner from the 60-day dis |
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| MLB suspends two minor leaguers |
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08/02/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Major League Baseball suspended Cincinnati Reds minor league pitcher Renny Amador and Arizona Diamondbacks minor league shortstop Bernardino Jimenez for 50 games after each tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Amador tested positive for metabolites of Stanozolol and Jimenez tested positive for Boldenone. Both players are members of their organization's Dominican summer league teams. The suspensions are effective immediately. |
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| MLB suspends Two minor leaguers |
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08/01/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Major League Baseball suspended Cincinnati Reds minor league pitcher Renny Amador and Arizona Diamondbacks minor league shortstop Bernardino Jimenez for 50 games after each tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Amador tested positive for metabolites of Stanozolol and Jimenez tested positive for Boldenone. Both players are members of their organization's Dominican summer league teams. The suspensions are effective immediately. |
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| Cardinals prepare for stretch run |
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08/01/2008 |
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| er Manny Ramirez before the MLB trade deadline. So the next few days will be tough ones for St. Louis and its faithful fans because Philly is in the midst of a three-team battle for division supremacy, while the Dodgers are just two games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks for the NL West lead. The Cardinals have a solid rotation and are grateful for the return of Chris Carpenter. They are still waiting for fellow starter Adam Wainwright to get better from an injured finger, however, and will send Kyle Lohse, Braden L |
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