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| Brewers ink first-round pick Lawrie |
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08/05/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - The Milwaukee Brewers signed their 2008 first-round draft pick, third baseman/catcher Brett Lawrie, on Tuesday. A recent graduate of Brookswood Secondary School in Langley, B.C., the 18- year-old Lawrie was the 16th overall selection in the 2008 daft. He became the highest drafted Canadian positional player in the history of the draft and was just the sixth Canadian ever selected in the first round. Lawrie departed for China Tuesday where he will play baseball for Team Canada in |
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| Braun named NL Player of the Month |
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08/04/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun has been named the National League Player of the Month for July. The right-handed hitter completed the month with nine homers, 23 RBI, six doubles, three triples and a .366 batting average. He posted 10 multi-hit games and on six occasions drove in two or more runs. Braun had a career-best five RBI at San Francisco on July 20, then collected four hits in back-to-back contests on July 23 and 24 at St. Louis, only the fifth player in Brewers |
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| Campillo, Braves avoid sweep by Brewers |
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08/03/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Yunel Escobar knocked in two runs and Jorge Campillo pitched seven solid innings, as the Atlanta Braves avoided a three- game series sweep by defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 at Turner Field. Campillo (6-4) earned the victory, giving up only six hits, while striking out six without issuing a walk. The right-hander has allowed only two runs in his last 22 2/3 innings. Mark Kotsay and Omar Infante had RBI doubles while Jeff Francoeur added an RBI for Atlanta, which won for only t |
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| Braves recall P James for start |
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08/02/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - The Atlanta Braves recalled pitcher Chuck James from Triple-A Richmond, who started Friday's 9-0 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. James gave up six runs on six hits in 2 2/3 innings to drop his record to 2-4. James has bounced between the Braves' big league club and Richmond for most of the season after the lefty struggled to a 2-3 mark with Atlanta and an 8.22 earned run average through five starts (23 innings). He has allowed seven home runs with 16 walks and 17 strikeouts. A |
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| Brewers hope to get back on track in Atlanta |
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08/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Milwaukee Brewers have cooled off tremendously since their eight-game winning streak and will bring their current woes to the road tonight, when they open a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. Milwaukee even found its way to the top of the National League Central standings, but has lost five straight and six of its last seven games to fall five games off the pace. St. Louis is also five games behind the Chicago Cubs in the division standings. The Brewers were jus |
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| Edmonds leads Cubs past Brewers, capping four-game sweep |
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08/01/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - Jim Edmonds hit a grand slam and a solo home run as the Chicago Cubs completed the four-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with an 11-4 win at Miller Park. Chicago held a slim one-game lead for first place in the NL Central against Milwaukee when the series started on Monday. Now, though, the Cubs are up five games on Milwaukee and also five games ahead of St. Louis for the top spot in the division. The Cubs dominated the series as they outscored the Brewers, 31-11, in the four |
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08/01/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - Jim Edmonds hit a grand slam and a solo home run as the Chicago Cubs completed the four-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with an 11-4 win at Miller Park. Chicago held a slim one-game lead for first place in the NL Central against Milwaukee when the series started on Monday. Now, though, the Cubs are up five games on Milwaukee and also five games ahead of St. Louis for the top spot in the division. The Cubs dominated the series as they outscored the Brewers, 31-11, in the four |
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| Edmonds leads Cards past Brewers |
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07/31/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - Jim Edmonds hit a grand slam and a solo home run as the Chicago Cubs completed the four-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with an 11-4 win at Miller Park. Chicago held a slim one-game lead for first place in the NL Central against Milwaukee when the series started on Monday. Now, though, the Cubs are up five games on Milwaukee and also five games ahead of St. Louis for the top spot in the division. The Cubs dominated the series as they outscored the Brewers, 31-11, in the four |
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| Red Sox cut nose off to spite their face with Manny deal |
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07/31/2008 |
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| probably need another starter and will likely get one like Jarrod Washburn from Seattle through waivers sometime in August. Keep in mind Phil Hughes is on a rehab assignment, as is Carl Pavano (remember him). Both could be ready for a September run. MILWAUKEE BREWERS The Brewers picked up the biggest difference maker on the market from a pitching standpoint in big left-hander CC Sabathia back in early June. Sabathia didn't help any this week against Chicago, but he has made the Brewers a bona fide contender. The |
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| Cubs hope to get the brooms out in Milwaukee |
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07/31/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Rich Harden tries to put the finishing touches on a potential four-game sweep by the Chicago Cubs over the National League Central-rival Milwaukee Brewers when the recently-acquired pitcher takes the mound this afternoon at Miller Park. Chicago entered this crucial series holding a slim one-game edge on the surging Brewers for first place in the division, but that lead is now a more- comfortable four games after the Cubs took each of the first three games of this set. After withstanding the c |
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