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| Maddux to join Manny in LA? |
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| an Diego, though it is not yet known who the Padres will receive in return. Maddux, who experienced a career-long 14-start winless streak earlier this season, pitched for the Dodgers at the tail end of the 2006 campaign after being acquired from the Chicago Cubs. He signed with San Diego prior to the following season. This year, the 42-year-old right-hander is 6-9 with a 3.99 earned run average, but has given up just four runs over 19 total innings in his past three starts. Maddux went 14-11 with a 4.14 ERA |
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| National League Game Capsules |
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| now won just once in six starts after a 12-2 start. Ryan Ludwick and Skip Schumaker had two hits and an RBI each while Troy Glaus added an RBI hit in defeat. The Cardinals remain on the edge of contention in the NL-Central, trailing the first-place Chicago Cubs by 7 1/2 games and the second-place Milwaukee Brewers by two games in the divison and the wild card race. St. Louis had won four straight and six of eight overall coming into the game. Final Score: Chicago 9, Florida 2 Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - R |
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| Santana's shutout at Pittsburgh keeps Mets rolling |
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| its and one walk while fanning three. The right-hander has pitched well since joining the Pirates as part of a six-player trade with the Yankees. Karstens won his first two starts for the Bucs with 15.0 scoreless innings in those outings against the Chicago Cubs followed by a two-hit shutout at Arizona. Pittsburgh managed just three hits, including two singles from Jack Wilson, as the club dropped its fifth game in the last six. "We had to keep battling," Pirates right fielder Jason Michaels said. "He's a b |
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| Volquez leads Reds past Cards |
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| now won just once in six starts after a 12-2 start. Ryan Ludwick and Skip Schumaker had two hits and an RBI each while Troy Glaus added an RBI hit in defeat. The Cardinals remain on the edge of contention in the NL-Central, trailing the first-place Chicago Cubs by 7 1/2 games and the second-place Milwaukee Brewers by two games in the divison and the wild card race. St. Louis had won four straight and six of eight overall coming into the game. Cincinnati got a pair of runs in the first, staking Volquez to a |
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| Cubs fry Fish |
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| Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - Reed Johnson's three-run double highlighted an eight-run seventh inning, as the Chicago Cubs pounded the Florida Marlins, 9-2, in the rubber match of a three-game set from Dolphin Stadium. Johnson finished 4-for-5 and scored a run for the Cubs, who have won nine of their last 11 games. Aramis Ramirez and Alfonso Soriano each drove in two runs. Ryan Dempster (14-5) gave up two runs on five hits and struck out 10 batters over six innings to pick up the win. The 31-year-old is one |
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| Reed, Cubs fry Fish |
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| Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - Reed Johnson's three-run double highlighted an eight-run seventh inning, as the Chicago Cubs pounded the Florida Marlins, 9-2, in the rubber match of a three-game set from Dolphin Stadium. Johnson finished 4-for-5 and scored a run for the Cubs, who have won nine of their last 11 games. Aramis Ramirez and Alfonso Soriano each drove in two runs. Ryan Dempster (14-5) gave up two runs on five hits and struck out 10 batters over six innings to pick up the win. The 31-year-old is one |
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| All I need is a little Reed; Cubs fry Fish |
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| Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - Reed Johnson's three-run double highlighted an eight-run seventh inning, as the Chicago Cubs pounded the Florida Marlins, 9-2, in the rubber match of a three-game set from Dolphin Stadium. Johnson finished 4-for-5 and scored a run for the Cubs, who have won nine of their last 11 games. Aramis Ramirez and Alfonso Soriano each drove in two runs. Ryan Dempster (14-5) gave up two runs on five hits and struck out 10 batters over six innings to pick up the win. The 31-year-old is one |
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| Cubs try to get back on track in South Beach finale |
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| (Best E Casino) - Recent first-round pick Chris Volstad meets the Chicago Cubs for the second time in eight major-league starts today when the Florida Marlins host the National League Central front-runners in the third and final test of a three-game series at Dolphin Stadium. A 6-foot-7, 190-pound right-hander, Volstad was the 16th overall pick in the 2005 draft and made his Marlins debut with a win in relief against the Colorado Rockies on July 6. He went 8 2/3 innings to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers i |
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| Lohse, Volquez square off in Cincinnati |
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08/17/2008 |
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| first-year Red Edinson Volquez in the matchup, which provides sizzle on the mound but little significance in terms of the National League Central race. The Cardinals remain on the edge of contention in the six-team division, trailing the first-place Chicago Cubs by seven games and the second-place Milwaukee Brewers by two. The Reds, meanwhile, are bringing up the rear, 21 1/2 games in back of the Cubs. A 29-year-old who was originally a draft pick of the Cubs in 1996, Lohse was a Red for the back half of th |
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| Marlins end Cubs' nine-game road winning streak |
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| Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - Hanley Ramirez finished 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk, as the Florida Marlins edged the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, in the middle test of a three-game weekend series at Dolphin Stadium. Cody Ross knocked in the other run for the Marlins, who banged out only four hits for the third straight game. With the win, Florida put an end to its three-game slide and remained 3 1/2 games behind New York for the top spot in the NL East after the Mets downed the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-4, on Satur |
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