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| Diamondbacks send out Haren for big test with Rockies |
MLB Baseball |
09/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Arizona Diamondbacks wouldn't mind an outing out of Dan Haren today similar to the one he had last time out. Still trailing in the National League West, Haren's club wraps a three-game set with the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. After losing the first game of this series, the Diamondbacks picked up a much- needed 5-3 win on Saturday to remain 3 1/2 games back of the division-leading Dodgers. Los Angeles bested the Giants on Saturday. Arizona has won five of its last six and got a go-ah |
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| Drew's HR in ninth lifts D-Backs past Rockies |
MLB Baseball |
09/21/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Stephen Drew hit the go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the ninth to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to an all-important 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Drew finished the game 2-for-5 with two runs scored while Chad Tracy went 2- for-4 with an RBI for the Diamondbacks, who have won five of six. Doug Davis hurled a crucial quality start for Arizona, as he gave up two runs on six hits and a walk, with four strikeouts. Tony Pena (3-2) got the win despite giving up t |
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| Desperate D-Backs continue key series with Rockies |
MLB Baseball |
09/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A franchise-record road losing streak has the Arizona Diamondbacks on the verge of missing the postseason. The club will try again to solve its road problems when it battles the Colorado Rockies in the second contest of a three-game series tonight at Coors Field. Arizona trails the Los Angeles Dodgers by 3 1/2 games for first place in the National League West with nine left to play. The Diamondbacks entered this test having swept a four-game home series with the Giants to keep pace, but were |
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| Diamondbacks aim to end road skid in Colorado |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| have fallen from grace is their poor play on the road. The Diamondbacks have lost 10 straight as the guest and will put their playoff hopes on the line tonight in the opener of a seven-game trek with the first of three straight meetings against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Arizona is 31-43 away from Chase Field this season and sits 3 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for the top spot in the National League West division. Arizona kept pace with the Dodgers by posting a four-game sweep of the San |
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| Astros finish set in South Beach |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Young right-hander Alberto Arias makes his second start of the season tonight for Houston when the Astros finish off a three-game series with the Florida Marlins at Dolphin Stadium. Arias, who reached the major leagues with the Colorado Rockies last season and made 12 relief appearances with them to begin 2008, made his initial big- league start on Sept. 8 for the Astros and downed Pittsburgh, 3-2. In that game, at Houston's Minute Maid Park, he allowed two hits in five scoreless innings whi |
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| Geer tries to shift Padres through Rockies |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - It's been 15 years since the San Diego Padres last lost 100 games. With 10 contests left on the schedule, the club will try to avoid inching closer to that mark tonight in the finale of a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. San Diego won the opener of this series on Monday, but fell in defeat, 10-3, on Tuesday. That setback dropped the Padres to a National League-worst 58-94 on the season. San Diego hasn't lost 100 games since going 61-101 back in 1993. Josh Geer was |
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| Rockies shut down P Francis for season |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jeff Francis was shut down for the season with continued discomfort in his pitching shoulder Tuesday. The 27-year-old lefty was sidelined for over a month with inflammation in his left shoulder until being activated August 7. He was scheduled to start Wednesday's game against the Padres but Livan Hernandez will now take his place opposite San Diego's Josh Greer in the series finale. After having a remarkable 2007 season, which saw him tie the Rock |
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| Iannetta powers Colorado to win over San Diego |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Ubaldo Jimenez threw seven solid innings and Chris Iannetta hit a grand slam to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 10-3 win over San Diego, in the second of three games with the Padres. Jimenez (11-12) gave up two runs on three hits and three walks, and struck out nine in the win for Colorado, which has won two of three. Iannetta had two hits, while Jeff Baker went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and double for the Rockies. Clint Barmes added two hits and drove in two. Shawn Estes (2-3 |
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| Report: Red Sox, Epstein agree to extension |
MLB Baseball |
09/16/2008 |
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| nd year at the helm, Boston swept the St. Louis Cardinals to capture the franchise's first World Series title since 1918. Shortly after the conclusion of the 2005 campaign, Epstein resigned from the Red Sox, citing philosophical differences with president and chief executive officer Larry Lucchino. He returned a few months later and inked a three-year contract which was set to expire at the end of this season. Last season, Boston won its second championship in four seasons with a sweep of the Colorado Rockies. |
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| Sox 3B Lowell has torn labrum in hip |
MLB Baseball |
09/16/2008 |
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| he past few months. Lowell, playing in the first year of a three-year contract, has seen his numbers decline since suffering the injury. The 34-year-old hit .297 with 13 homers and 57 RBI before the All-Star break, but has batted .224 with four homers and 16 RBI since. An 11-year veteran, Lowell is hitting .275 for the season, with 17 homers and 73 RBI, after his career year of 2007, when he batted .324 with 21 homers and 120 RBI and won the World Series MVP in Boston's four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies. |
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