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| Indians sign Graffanino, Rincon to minor league deals |
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06/24/2008 |
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| ny Graffanino and pitcher Juan Rincon to minor league contracts. Graffanino, who turned 35 on June 6, has a career batting average of .267 with 58 home runs and 302 runs batted in for six different teams over a 12-year career. He last played for the Milwaukee Brewers last season and batted .238 with nine homers and 30 RBI in 86 games before a knee injury cut his season short in August. Following surgery for a torn meniscus, Graffanino also underwent a procedure in December to have a torn ACL repaired. After brea |
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| Brewers send red-hot Sheets to hill versus Braves |
MLB Baseball |
06/23/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Ben Sheets is pitching his way to a spot on the NL All-Star roster with the performance he has been putting forth so far this season. Tonight, Sheets will lead the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. Sheets has won two straight starts and is 4-0 with a 2.11 ERA over the previous six trips to the mound. In his last appearances on Wednesday versus Toronto, Sheets limited the Blue Jays to a pair of runs and four hits in six innings o |
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| Fielder belts two homers as Brewers top Orioles |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - Prince Fielder homered in back-to-back innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers in a 7-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the rubber match-up of a three-game set. Milwaukee's Manny Parra (7-2) went five innings allowing three runs on five hits and six walks while striking out one batter. Salomon Torres got the final two outs of the game on a ground-ball double play to earn his 12th save. Fielder was 3-for-4 while Corey Hart and Bill Hall also homered for the Brewers, who have |
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| Orioles designate Bynum for assignment |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - The Baltimore Orioles designated utility infielder Freddie Bynum for assignment before Sunday's series finale with the Milwaukee Brewers. To fill his spot on the roster, pitcher Ryan Bukvich was recalled from Triple- A Norfolk. In 34 games this season, Bynum is batting .192 with five runs batted in and 27 strikeouts. The 28-year-old has played parts of four seasons with Baltimore, the Chicago Cubs and Oakland. The 30-year-old Bukvich has made major league appearances in each of |
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| Brewers, Orioles close out series at Miller Park |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Manny Parra looks to continue his recent success, as he leads the Milwaukee Brewers into action today against the Baltimore Orioles in the finale of a three-game interleague series at Miller Park. After a slow start to the season, Parra appears to have hit his stride, winning four straight starts and five consecutive decisions. He owns a 4-0 mark with a 2.49 ERA over his last four starts and hasn't lost since dropping a 6-2 decision to the Houston Astros on May 3rd. The left-hander is coming |
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| Brewers edge O's |
MLB Baseball |
06/21/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - Seth McClung was solid on the mound and Corey Hart hit a two-run homer, as the Milwaukee Brewers edged the Baltimore Orioles, 3-2, in the middle installment of their three-game interleague series. Gabe Kapler was 2-for-3 with walk for the Brewers, who have won five of their last six games. Prince Fielder knocked in the other run for Milwaukee, while Craig Counsell finished 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored. McClung (5-3) gave up two runs on three hits with five walks and a |
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| O's try to stretch win streak to five in Milwaukee |
MLB Baseball |
06/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Baltimore Orioles will attempt to stretch their winning streak to five games tonight, as they continue a three-game interleague series with the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. On Friday, Aubrey Huff homered twice and neither starting pitcher got through the third inning as the Orioles defeated the Brewers 8-5. Huff was 4-for-5 with three RBI, finishing a triple short of the cycle and Brian Roberts had a hit in each of the first three innings for Baltimore, which has won four consecutive |
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| Nolasco, Eveland square off at McAfee |
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06/21/2008 |
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| h lefty Dana Eveland, who is 5-5 with a 3.56 ERA. Eveland won for the first time in four starts on Sunday against San Francisco, surrendering a run and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. Eveland has pitched once against the Marlins, while as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2005, tossing two scoreless innings of relief. In the opener of this set on Friday, Kurt Suzuki went 4-for-5, homered and drove in five runs -- including the game-winner in the bottom of the 11th -- as Oakland pulled out a wild 7-6 win. With Doug |
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| Orioles escape Milwaukee with win behind Huff's big night |
MLB Baseball |
06/21/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (Best E Casino) - Aubrey Huff homered twice and neither starting pitcher got through the third inning as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5 in the series opener of a three-game set. Starter Radhames Liz pitched two-plus innings for Baltimore, allowing five runs on four hits and four walks while striking out a pair. Lance Cormier (1-2) pitched two scoreless innings, yielding one hit and a walk to pick up the win. George Sherrill pitched a scoreless, but rocky ninth to notch h |
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| Fresh off sweep, White Sox ready to face the "other" Chicago team |
MLB Baseball |
06/20/2008 |
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| ow, really need the job." As far as the baseball aspect of it, both teams are trying to keep that cushion between themselves and the rest of the division. The level of play in the AL Central has certainly picked up, while the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers remain within striking distance of the Cubs. The White Sox are coming off a three-game sweep of the Pirates, in which they piled up 37 runs. That once-slumping lineup which prompted Guillen's early-May media blowup is now red-hot. Four White Sox pla |
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