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08/06/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (Best E Casino) - Alfonso Soriano hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh to help give the Chicago Cubs an 11-7 victory over the Houston Astros in the second of three games at Wrigley Field. Soriano's homer saved the Cubs, who blew a 6-1 lead. The Chicago left fielder finished the day hitting 3-for-5 with four runs batted in and two runs scored. Derrek Lee added four hits, two runs scored and an RBI while Mark DeRosa went 3-for-5, scoring a run and knocking in three. The victory gives the |
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| Soriano's blast helps Cubs pull out win over Astros |
MLB Baseball |
08/05/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (Best E Casino) - Alfonso Soriano hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh to help give the Chicago Cubs an 11-7 victory over the Houston Astros in the second of three games at Wrigley Field. Soriano's homer saved the Cubs, who blew a 6-1 lead. The Chicago left fielder finished the day hitting 3-for-5 with four runs batted in and two runs scored. Derrek Lee added four hits, two runs scored and an RBI while Mark DeRosa went 3-for-5, scoring a run and knocking in three. "Once (Soriano) bats t |
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| Volquez leads Reds versus Brewers |
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08/05/2008 |
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| verage, defeated the Brewers, 8-2, in his last start before the Midsummer Classic after allowing six hits and an earned run in seven innings and striking out 10 batters. He's 1-1 with a no-decision in three starts since, including a 9-5 win over the Houston Astros on July 30, when he surrendered six hits and an earned run in 6 1/3 innings. Volquez is 6-1 in 11 home starts this season with a 3.34 ERA in 64 2/3 innings. Milwaukee righty Dave Bush tries to improve on a subpar career mark against Cincinnati. The |
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| Cleveland's Lee goes for 15th win in matchup with Rays |
MLB Baseball |
08/04/2008 |
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| er (1-0) recorded the last two outs in the 10th to get the win for Tampa Bay. Miller did not have a decision in his previous 121 outings -- a major league record -- dating to a victory over the Atlanta Braves on September 30, 2006 as a member of the Houston Astros. Getting the call for the Rays tonight will be righty Matt Garza, who tossed his first shutout his last time out. Garza scattered five hits to beat the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, as he improved to 9-6 on the season, while lowering his ERA to 3.56 |
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| Dempster hopes to continue home dominance against Astros |
MLB Baseball |
08/04/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Canadian-born right-hander Ryan Dempster returns to the scene of great 2008 success tonight when the first-place Chicago Cubs host the Houston Astros in the opener of a three-game series at Wrigley Field. The Cubs enter the series with a five-game bulge over Milwaukee in the National League's Central. Dempster, a 31-year-old product of British Columbia, is 10-1 in 13 home starts this season and has posted a 2.72 earned run average in 86 innings of work. He took to the road to face the Astr |
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| American League Game Capsules |
MLB Baseball |
08/04/2008 |
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| er (1-0) recorded the last two outs in the 10th to get the win for Tampa Bay. Miller did not have a decision in his previous 121 outings -- a major league record -- dating to a victory over the Atlanta Braves on September 30, 2006 as a member of the Houston Astros. Starter James Shields gave up two runs on nine hits over 6 1/3 innings of a no-decision. Magglio Ordonez drove in two runs for the Tigers, who have lost four games in a row to fall a game under .500 at 55-56. Armando Galarraga, who entered play top |
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| Wolf, bullpen shut out Mets to complete sweep |
MLB Baseball |
08/04/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - Randy Wolf and four relievers combined on a nine-hit shutout, and the Houston Astros completed a three-game sweep of the suddenly sputtering New York Mets with a 4-0 win at Minute Maid Park. Wolf (7-10) allowed six hits in five innings while striking out seven and walking three for the Astros, winners in six of seven overall. Chris Sampson tossed a pair of scoreless innings in relief. Ty Wigginton homered, doubled and scored twice for the Astros, while Hunter Pence and Darin Er |
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| Pena, Rays walk past Tigers in 10th |
MLB Baseball |
08/03/2008 |
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| er (1-0) recorded the last two outs in the 10th to get the win for Tampa Bay. Miller did not have a decision in his previous 121 outings -- a major league record -- dating to a victory over the Atlanta Braves on September 30, 2006 as a member of the Houston Astros. Starter James Shields gave up two runs on nine hits over 6 1/3 innings of a no-decision. Magglio Ordonez drove in two runs for the Tigers, who have lost four games in a row to fall a game under .500 at 55-56. Placido Polanco had three hits and scor |
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| Wolf, bullpen shutout Mets to complete sweep |
MLB Baseball |
08/03/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - Randy Wolf and four relievers combined on a nine-hit shutout, and the Houston Astros completed a three-game sweep of the suddenly sputtering New York Mets with a 4-0 win at Minute Maid Park. Wolf (7-10) allowed six hits in five innings while striking out seven and walking three for the Astros, winners in six of seven overall. Chris Sampson tossed a pair of scoreless innings in relief. Ty Wigginton homered, doubled and scored twice for the Astros, while Hunter Pence and Darin Er |
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| Astros hope to get brooms out against Mets |
MLB Baseball |
08/03/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Houston Astros will attempt to post their first three- game sweep of the New York Mets in nearly 15 years today, when the two clubs conclude their set at Minute Maid Park. After taking the first game of this series on Friday, the Astros rallied from four runs down against the Mets bullpen to post a 5-4 extra-inning victory on Saturday. That win has Houston in position for its first three-game sweep of New York since September 6-8, 1993. Down by two in the ninth inning Geoff Blum delive |
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