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| Keys in the Giants - Cardinals series |
MLB Baseball |
10/08/2002 |
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| rdinals will tangle with the San Francisco Giants for the right to represent the National League in the 2002 Fall Classic. San Francisco will be competing in the National League Championship Series for the first time since 1989, when it defeated the Chicago Cubs to advance to the World Series. On Monday, the Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves by a 3-1 score in the fifth and deciding game of their Division Series to become the fourth team to reach the Championship Series. As an introduction to this NLCS matc |
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| Braves and Giants to decide Division Series |
MLB Baseball |
10/07/2002 |
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| cific Bell Park on Sunday. Rich Aurilia belted a three-run homer and Livan Hernandez tossed 8 1/3 innings for San Francisco, which is attempting to win its first postseason series since taking the 1989 National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs, This Game 5 will be just the second in National League Division Series history since the expanded playoff system debuted in 1995. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in five games last season. Aurilia finished 3-for-5 with fou |
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| Brewers will not bring Royster back |
MLB Baseball |
10/02/2002 |
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| ll not return as the manager of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2003. The Brewers confirmed Wednesday that Royster's contract will not be renewed for next season. Royster becomes the sixth manager to be let go since the end of the season. Bruce Kimm of the Chicago Cubs, Luis Pujols of the Detroit Tigers, Hal McRae of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Jerry Narron of the Texas Rangers, and Bobby Valentine of the New York Mets were the other managers to lose their jobs. The 49-year-old Royster took over as manager on an int |
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| Reds go for sweep at Wrigley |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2002 |
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| Chicago, IL (Best E Casino) - The Cincinnati Reds try to sweep the Chicago Cubs this afternoon, when the two NL Central foes square off in the finale of a three- game series at Wrigley Field. After winning the opener of this set by a 1-0 score, the Reds posted an 8-2 victory on Wednesday. Todd Walker, Russell Branyan and Juan Castro homered in a six-run third inning, leading Cincinnati to its second win in a row. Branyan finished 3-for-4 with four runs batted in for the Reds, who have not swept the Cubs i |
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| Mets hope to avoid sweep in Pittsburgh |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2002 |
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| the win after surrendering a pair of runs on two hits in seven innings of work. Salomon Torres counters for the hosts. Torres did not factor into the decision in his last trip to the bump, permitting two runs on seven hits in five frames against the Chicago Cubs. He walked a pair and whiffed two, while yielding one home run. After going 8-5 with a 3.83 earned run average in 24 appearances for Triple-A Nashville, the righthander was recalled to take the place of Bronson Arroyo in the rotation. He won his fir |
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| Colon takes aim at 21st victory |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2002 |
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| . Colon, after going 10-4 with a 2.55 ERA for the Cleveland Indians, is 10-3 with a 3.13 earned run average since coming over in a late-June, blockbuster deal. He is just the second pitcher in baseball history, joining Hank Borowy (New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs) in 1945, to win 10 games in both leagues in the same season. In his last trip to the slate, the hard-throwing righthander defeated Florida at Pro Player Stadium with five innings of nine-hit, five-run ball. He walked three and struck out two, while |
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| Pirates aim for third consecutive win |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2002 |
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| el surrendered two runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. Jason Middlebrook gets the call this evening for the Mets. Middlebrook did not factor into the decision in his last trip to the slate, permitting two runs on six hits in six innings against the Chicago Cubs. He walked one and struck out five, while giving up one home run. The start was just the righthander's second since coming over from the Padres, along with veteran relief pitcher Steve Reed, for pitchers Bobby M. Jones and Josh Reynolds and outfield |
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| Former teammates tangle in Windy City |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2002 |
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| Chicago, IL (Best E Casino) - A pair of former teammates square off at Wrigley Field this evening, when Matt Clement and the Chicago Cubs tangle with Ryan Dempster and the Cincinnati Reds in the middle contest of a three- game series. Clement and Dempster were teammates with the Florida Marlins until Clement was sent to the Cubs, along with reliever Antonio Alfonseca, just before the start of this year. Dempster, on the other hand, was shipped to Cincinnati in July. In his last trip to the slate, Clement |
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| Mets begin final road series in Pittsburgh |
MLB Baseball |
09/24/2002 |
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| runs -- three earned -- on seven hits in five innings of work. He walked three and whiffed four, while giving up one home run. Steve Trachsel takes the ball this evening for the Mets. Trachsel was strong in his last trip to the slate, defeating the Chicago Cubs with seven innings of three-hit, one-run ball. He walked three and struck out six, while yielding one round-tripper. The victory was the veteran righthander's second in three decisions and marked the third time in four games that he surrendered only |
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| Wood and Haynes battle at Wrigley |
MLB Baseball |
09/24/2002 |
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| Chicago, IL (Best E Casino) - Kerry Wood attempts to reach the 12-win plateau for the second campaign in a row this evening, when the Chicago Cubs begin a season- ending, six-game homestand with the first of three versus the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field. Wood suffered the loss in his last trip to the hill, permitting a pair of runs on six hits over eight inning against the New York Mets. He walked three and struck out four, while yielding one home run. The setback was the hard-throwing Wood's fifth in |
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