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| Trachsel designated for assignment by Orioles |
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06/10/2008 |
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| of 29-year-old Jeremy Guthrie, 27-year-olds Daniel Cabrera and Brian Burres, and rookies Garrett Olson and Radhames Liz. Trachsel owns a lifetime record of 143-159. He broke into the majors with the Cubs and played with Tampa Bay, Toronto and the New York Mets before going 6-8 with Baltimore last year. He was traded to Chicago on Aug. 31 and released by the Cubs after the season. To replace Trachsel on the roster, the Orioles selected the contract of first baseman Oscar Salazar from Triple-A Norfolk. Sa |
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| Maine, Mets try to get on track against D'Backs |
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06/10/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Right-hander John Maine tries for a second straight 2008 defeat of Arizona tonight when the New York Mets host the visiting Diamondbacks to start a three-game series at Shea Stadium. Maine, an unlikely 15-game winner for the Mets last season, defeated Arizona, 7-2, on May 2 in Phoenix, allowing six hits and two runs over six innings while walking two and striking out six. He's 2-1 in three career starts against the Diamondbacks with a 2.50 earned run average. Maine is 4-2 with a no-decisi |
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| Mets C Ramon Castro arrives late to game |
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06/08/2008 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -New York Mets reserve catcher Ramon Castro arrived after the start of Sunday's game against the San Diego Padres and will be fined, manager Willie Randolph said. Castro, one of New York's two backup catchers, said he thought the game was at 4 p.m. local time instead of 1 p.m. Castro said he was taking a shower at the team's hotel when a hotel employee knocked on his door to tell him he was late. ``I'm embarrassed,'' Castro said. ``I was ready to come to (Petco Park) at 1 o'clock becaus |
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| Mets hope to avoid four-game sweep in San Diego |
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06/08/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Pedro Martinez tries to get the New York Mets back to .500 this afternoon, as they try to avoid a four-game sweep at the hands of the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Martinez returned from the disabled list on Tuesday and got the win in San Francisco, holding the Giants to three runs and seven hits in six innings to improve to 1-0 on the season, while lowering his earned run average to 6.75. It was just his second start of the year and first since a left hamstring strain cut his season de |
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| Mets' Church to sit out 2 games |
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06/07/2008 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -New York Mets outfielder Ryan Church will not play the final two games of the road trip because he said he ``didn't feel right.'' Church played on Thursday night against San Diego but sat out Friday because Mets manager Willie Randolph said before the game he wanted to ``try and get him in shape.'' But Randolph said Saturday that Church hadn't been feeling well enough to play during Friday's game. ``I'm not a doctor. He told me that he felt pressure,'' Randolph said. Randolph said th |
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| Mets send shaky Perez to hill in San Diego |
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06/07/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Oliver Perez tries to bounce back from one of the worst starts of his career when the New York Mets resume their four-game series with the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Perez was hammered on Monday in San Francisco, as the Giants roughed him for six runs and five hits in just a third of an inning. Perez also walked two batters in the loss, dropping him to 4-4 on the season, while ballooning his earned run average to 5.70. Over his last three starts Perez has surrendered 15 runs and 15 h |
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| Hill targets first win of year against Giants |
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06/07/2008 |
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| for a third consecutive victory. The 25-year-old was 2-3 with five no-decisions in 10 starts through May 21, but has since won a pair while allowing 12 hits and four runs in 13 innings. He picked up his fourth win of the season on June 2 against the New York Mets, scattering six hits and allowing two runs in seven innings of a 10-2 victory. Sanchez is 0-1 with a 6.23 earned run average in four lifetime matchups with the Nationals, including one start. On Friday, Jose Castillo's three-run home run was the big |
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| Webb beats Pirates for majors-best 11th win |
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06/07/2008 |
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Brandon Webb became the majors' first 11-game winner, getting just enough run support in Arizona's victory at Pittsburgh. Tim Lincecum turned in another strong outing for San Francisco, leading the Giants to an easy win at Washington. The New York Mets sent their ace to the mound in San Diego but not even Johan Santana could make up for their sputtering offense. Webb (11-2) held the Pirates to one run and three hits over seven innings and drove in a run in the Diamondbacks' 3-1 victory Friday night. T |
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| Wolf on the prowl as Pads top Mets |
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06/07/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (Best E Casino) - Randy Wolf threw seven innings of one-run ball as the San Diego Padres downed the New York Mets, 2-1, in the second of a four-game set at Petco Park. Wolf (4-4) gave up seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts for the Padres, who have won three straight. Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff each had an RBI in the win. "My fastball was working early," said Wolf. "I wanted to locate my offspeed stuff better, but that wasn't working good." Johan Santana (7-4) gave up two ru |
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| Padres' Iguchi heads to DL with separated shoulder |
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06/06/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (Best E Casino) - San Diego Padres infielder Tadahito Iguchi was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a separated right shoulder on Friday. He suffered the injury in Thursday's 2-1 win over the New York Mets. In the seventh inning with Iguchi running from second base, Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a grounder in the hole between shortstop and third. Iguchi, as he was hit with the batted ball, fell on his right shoulder. Padres manager Bud Black said that Iguchi will miss at least four weeks. The 33- |
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