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| Lidge, Lee capture Comeback Player of Year honors |
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09/30/2008 |
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| ior to the 2008 season. Lidge went 5-3 with a 3.36 ERA over 67 innings for Houston in 2007, converting 19 of 27 save opportunities. Lee was an MLB-best 22-3 in 2008 and posted an AL-leading 2.54 ERA, second in the majors only to Johan Santana of the New York Mets (2.53 ERA). His 22 wins tied for the Major League lead with the Arizona Diamondbacks' Brandon Webb. Lee became Cleveland's first 20-game winner since Gaylord Perry in 1974 and the first Indians hurler to be the AL's wins leader since Perry held the |
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| NLDS Preview - Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies |
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09/30/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Philadelphia Phillies had another September to remember and fended off the New York Mets once again to capture their second straight National League East title. Now the Phillies will get a chance to redeem themselves after a miserable showing in the first round a year ago when they take on the Milwaukee Brewers in the best-of-five NLDS. The Phillies, who went 17-8 in the month, reached the 90-win mark this season for the first time since the National League champion squad of 1993 reco |
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| Santana tabbed NL Pitcher of Month |
MLB Baseball |
09/29/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana was named the National League Pitcher of the Month for September on Monday. Santana ended the Brewers' CC Sabathia's two-month reign by going 4-0 in six starts with a 1.83 earned run average during the final month of the season, including a stellar three-hit, nine-strikeout shutout on three days rest in the second to last day of the regular season to keep the Mets alive in the playoff race. Though the lefty could not prevent New York from m |
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| Marlins' Ramirez out of starting lineup vs. Mets |
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09/28/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Hanley Ramirez was out of Florida's lineup on Sunday against the New York Mets with a shoulder injury. The All-Star shortstop came into the Marlins' final regular season game with a .301 average in addition to a career-high 33 home runs with 67 RBI and 125 runs scored. Center fielder Cameron Maybin took Ramirez's place in the leadoff spot, and Alfredo Amezaga shifted to shortstop. Even without Ramirez, the Marlins spoiled New York's postseason chances with a 4-2 victory in th |
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| Rodriguez, Ausmus shine as Astros best Braves |
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09/28/2008 |
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| LaTroy Hawkins pitched a scoreless eighth and Jose Valverde worked the ninth to pick up his 44th save of the year. Game Notes Valverde tied a franchise record for saves in a season set by Billy Wagner in 2003...The Astros finished the season with just 67 errors, which is the fewest all-time for a National League time in a non-strike season. The 1999 New York Mets held the previous record with 68...Rodriguez is 2-1 in five games (four starts) against Atlanta...Each team won three games in the season series. |
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| Shea Farewell? Mets hope to extend season in finale with Fish |
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09/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Oliver Perez gets a shot at trying to pitch the New York Mets into the postseason today, when he takes the ball versus the pesky Florida Marlins in the finale of a three-game series at Shea Stadium. The Mets are currently tied with Milwaukee atop the National League Wild Card standings and will host a one-game playoff on Monday if both ballclubs remain knotted after this weekend. New York won for the second time in three games and moved into a tie with Milwaukee after Saturday's 2-0 victo |
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| Sabathia hopes to keep Brewers hopes alive in rubber match with Cubs |
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09/28/2008 |
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| tch for the third straight time on three days' rest this afternoon, when the playoff-hopeful Milwaukee Brewers wrap up a three-game series versus the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park. Milwaukee is sending out its staff ace again, as it sits tied with the New York Mets atop the National League Wild Card standings. A win today coupled with a New York loss would give the Brewers their first postseason berth since losing to St. Louis in the 1982 World Series. If both teams remained tied after today, then the Mets wil |
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| Floundering Mets roll dice with Santana vs. Marlins |
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09/27/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - With their playoff hopes dwindling for the second straight year, the New York Mets will go with ace Johan Santana on short rest this afternoon in the second installment of a three-game series versus the Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium. The Mets have lost two of three and five of their last seven games, including Friday's 6-1 setback in the series opener with Florida, to fall two games behind Philadelphia in the NL East standings and one game back of Milwaukee in the wild card chase. Both |
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| Wild card-leading Brewers send Sheets to hill vs. Cubs |
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09/27/2008 |
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| d. Sheets is also 1-1 with a 4.82 ERA in four outings versus the Cubs this season and 10-8 through 26 lifetime matchups with Chicago. Milwaukee hopes that Sheets can keep it on top in the wild card standings, as the Brewers sit one game ahead of the New York Mets for the final postseason spot in the National League. New York lost to Florida last night. In Friday's 5-1 triumph over the Cubs in the series opener, Rickie Weeks' three-run homer in the seventh inning broke open a one-run game and helped the Brewe |
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| Sheets to take mound for Milwaukee on Saturday |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2008 |
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| iling elbow. The 30-year-old will look to keep the Brewers' playoff hopes alive by taking his 13-8 record and 2.98 earned-run average to the mound against the NL Central champion Cubs. Milwaukee entered Friday's final three-game series tied with the New York Mets in the NL wild card race, and the team confirmed Friday that CC Sabathia will once again pitch on three-days rest on Sunday if the Brewers are still alive for a postseason appearance. It will be Sabathia's third straight start going on short rest, a |
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