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| Dodgers start Manny Ramirez-era against D'Backs |
MLB Baseball |
08/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Manny Ramirez-era starts tonight for the Los Angeles Dodgers, as they continue their pivotal four-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Ramirez did not suit up for Los Angeles on Thursday, but he will presumably be ready to go in left field tonight for his first career game in the NL and his first outing in a non-Boston uniform since the close of his days with the Cleveland Indians back in 2000. The 36-year-old, who was the MVP of the Red Sox' title-winning sweep of St |
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| Red Sox cut nose off to spite their face with Manny deal |
MLB Baseball |
07/31/2008 |
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| ances with a quiet deadline day: WINNERS LOS ANGELES DODGERS The Dodgers were very close to joining the loser category here, but when you grab one of the best hitters to ever play, it changes things a bit. Joe Torre's crew is just a game back of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West with a pivotal four-game series between the two on tap this weekend. Could Manny have the same effect on the struggling Andruw Jones that he had on Ortiz and Drew? LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM The Angels already own the best record i |
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| D'Backs, Webb invade Chavez Ravine |
MLB Baseball |
07/31/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Sinker-ball expert Brandon Webb faces Los Angeles for the second time in 11 days tonight, when the Arizona Diamondbacks and Joe Torre's Dodgers square off with the lead in the National League West at stake in game one of a four-game set at Dodger Stadium. Arizona maintained its one-game edge over L.A. with a 7-3 downing of San Diego in the rubber game of their three-game set on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Dodgers kept pace with a 4-0 blanking of the San Francisco Giants. Webb is 9-3 in 15 lifetime |
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| Webb, Dodgers welcome D'Backs to Chavez Ravine |
MLB Baseball |
07/31/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Sinker-ball expert Brandon Webb faces Los Angeles for the second time in 11 days tonight, when the Arizona Diamondbacks and Joe Torre's Dodgers square off with the lead in the National League West at stake in game one of a four-game set at Dodger Stadium. Arizona maintained its one-game edge over L.A. with a 7-3 downing of San Diego in the rubber game of their three-game set on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Dodgers kept pace with a 4-0 blanking of the San Francisco Giants. Webb is 9-3 in 15 lifetime |
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| Tracy, Reynolds spark D-Backs past Padres |
MLB Baseball |
07/31/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (Best E Casino) - Chad Tracy and Mark Reynolds each went 2- for-4 with a pair of runs batted in, and the Arizona Diamondbacks charged past the San Diego Padres, 7-3, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Petco Park. Chris Young doubled twice and knocked in a run for the D-Backs, winners in seven of their last nine. Reynolds and Chris Snyder each homered in the win, while Orlando Hudson had a pair of hits and scored a run. "We're playing good," Snyder said. "We're playing the way we should be pl |
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| Dodgers, Giants ready for rubber match |
MLB Baseball |
07/30/2008 |
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| s the Washington Nationals. He hurled 7 2/3 innings of two-run ball that day for the win, which improved him to 10-9 with a 3.26 earned run average in 2008. Billingsley will try to keep the Dodgers within one game of the National League West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. LA will open a huge four-game set versus Arizona after this series with the Giants. In Tuesday's 2-0 win over San Francisco -- the third Dodgers' shutout in four games -- starting pitcher Jason Johnson recorded his first win in more th |
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| Red-hot Haren to take mound in D-Backs' finale with Pads |
MLB Baseball |
07/30/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Dan Haren will try to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to their third straight series win tonight, when he takes the mound against the San Diego Padres in the finale of a three-game series at Petco Park. The NL West-leading Diamondbacks have won eight of Haren's last 10 trips to the mound, while the right-hander is sporting a 4-1 mark and a 1.26 earned run average in his last eight outings. Haren defeated San Francisco the last time out on July 25, as he tossed eight strong innings of two-run ball |
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| Davis shines as D-Backs blank Padres |
MLB Baseball |
07/30/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (Best E Casino) - Doug Davis was perfect through six innings and wound up giving up just two hits to help the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-0 win over the San Diego Padres in the second of three games at Petco Park. Davis (4-5) had a perfect game going until Brian Giles punched a two-out single in the seventh. Davis lasted 7 2/3 innings and was charged with two hits and two walks along with eight strikeouts. "The ball that Giles hit, it was a mistake," said Davis about the hit. "It was suppossed to be |
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| D-backs send Owings to minors |
MLB Baseball |
07/29/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (Best E Casino) - The Arizona Diamondbacks optioned struggling pitcher Micah Owings to Triple-A Tucson on Tuesday. Since starting the season 6-2 in his first 10 starts, the righty has gone 0-7 in his last 12 starts. In his last outing on Monday, he was banged up for eight runs and six hits in just three innings of work to take the loss in the 8-5 decision against San Diego. Overall, he is 6-9 with a 5.93 earned run average in 22 starts. To take his place on the roster, the Diamondbacks recalled righ |
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| Young to return in streaking Padres' test with D-Backs |
MLB Baseball |
07/29/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The San Diego Padres are expected to activate starting pitcher Chris Young off the disabled list in time for his scheduled start tonight against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second installment of a three-game series at Petco Park. Young has been sidelined since late May after being hit in the face by a line drive off the bat of St. Louis All-Star Albert Pujols. He suffered a broken nose and fractured skull after allowing three runs and four hits in 2 1/3 frames of an 11-3 loss to the Cardinal |
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