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| Dodgers, Astros close set in Houston |
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07/03/2008 |
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| rk) - Chad Billingsley was so good last time out, he picked up a victory without his offense even getting a hit. The right-hander will try to win his fourth straight start this afternoon, when the Los Angeles Dodgers wrap a four-game series with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Billingsley threw seven shutout frames on Saturday in a victory over the Angels, a contest the Dodgers won 1-0 despite failing to post a single hit. Los Angeles scored its lone run on a pair of errors and a sacrifice fly. Billin |
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| Kuroda, Dodgers shut down Astros |
MLB Baseball |
07/03/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - Just hours after being reinstated from the disabled list, Hiroki Kuroda tossed seven shutout innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Houston Astros, 4-1, in the third game of a four-game set at Minute Maid Park. Kuroda (4-6) earned the win after allowing five hits and one walk, while also striking out one. The 33-year-old made his first start since being placed on the disabled list on June 19, retroactive to June 13, with tendinitis in his right shoulder. Andre Ethier |
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| Kuroda set to return for Dodgers' latest tilt with Astros |
MLB Baseball |
07/02/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Few teams have suffered more injuries this season than the Los Angeles Dodgers. The club gets one player back tonight, with more coming on the horizon, when it resumes a four-game series with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Expected to be contenders in the National League West this year after adding Joe Torre as manager, the Dodgers instead have watched player after player land on the disabled list. The latest was outfielder Juan Pierre (left MCL) on Monday, and he joins a list tha |
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| Kent gives Dodgers a victory over the Astros |
MLB Baseball |
07/02/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - Jeff Kent stroked a solo home run in the 11th inning, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros, in the second installment of a four-game series at Minute Maid Park. Russell Martin was 3-for-5 with three runs batted in and three runs scored, including a two-run homer, while Jeff Kent finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. James Loney added two hits and an RBI for Los Angeles, which snapped a two-game slide. Chan Ho Park (4-2) picked up the wi |
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| Houston's Quintero leaves game |
MLB Baseball |
07/02/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - Houston Astros catcher Humberto Quintero left Tuesday night's contest with the Los Angeles Dodgers after suffering a concussion when he was struck in the head with a bat. Quintero left in the top of the second after a Luis Maza backswing caught the backstop square on top of his catching helmet. The 28-year-old Quintero lay motionless at first and Astros trainers had to help him off the field after several minutes of deliberation. Quintero was taken to the hospital where he will |
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| Berkman leads 'Stros in second test with LA |
MLB Baseball |
07/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Don't be alarmed, but Lance Berkman's numbers for June were down a bit. That will happen when you hit .471 in May. Berkman will continue to make his All-Star case tonight when he leads the Houston Astros against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second portion of a four-game series at Minute Maid Park. After an incredible May, Berkman slowed down a bit in June. He still hit .319 for the month with five homers and 21 RBI, and carries a seven-game hitting streak into tonight's game. Berkman is |
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| Oswalt pitches Astros past Dodgers, but leaves with injury |
MLB Baseball |
07/01/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - Lance Berkman homered and Roy Oswalt tossed six superb innings before leaving with an injury, as the Houston Astros topped the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-1, in the opener of a four-game series at Minute Maid Park. Oswalt (7-8) was cruising, allowing only one run on six hits with no walks and nine strikeouts, but had to be lifted before throwing a pitch in the seventh with a strained right hip. He's listed as day-to-day. Berkman also walked twice and scored two runs, while Brad Ausm |
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| Dodgers play first of four games at Houston |
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06/30/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Dodgers start up a week-long road trip with the first of four straight meetings with the Houston Astros tonight at Minute Maid Park. Los Angeles is five games below .500 on the season, but Joe Torre's club still trails first-place Arizona by just 2 1/2 games in the weak National League West and is coming off an encouraging showing against the area-rival Angels over the weekend. The Dodgers won two of their three clashes with American League West-leading Anaheim, but couldn' |
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| Red Sox send Beckett to hill in finale with Astros |
MLB Baseball |
06/29/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Josh Beckett tries to pitch the Boston Red Sox to a series win this afternoon when they close their three-game interleague series with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Beckett, a native of Texas, was tagged with a hard-luck loss on Monday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, as he allowed two runs and five hits in eight innings of a 2-1 loss. The setback dropped him to 7-5 on the season, while lowering his earned run average to 3.73. The 28-year-old right-hander, who is 2-2 with a 2.12 |
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| Lester tries to stay hot in Houston |
MLB Baseball |
06/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Jon Lester tries to stretch his unbeaten streak to six games this evening when the Boston Red Sox play the middle test of their three-game series against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Lester, who is 6-3 with a 3.13 earned run average on the year, received a no- decision on Sunday against St. Louis, despite a pretty solid outing. Lester surrendered a pair of runs and nine hits in 7 1/3 innings of Boston's 5-3 win. Over his last four starts (3-0), spanning 27 2/3, Lester, who, of c |
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