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| Braves activate Prado |
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07/03/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - The Atlanta Braves activated infielder Martin Prado from the 15-day disabled list prior to Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, allowing him to start at second base. Prado went 0-for-3. He missed 55 games since spraining his left thumb while sliding into first base on May 4. Prado was placed on the DL the next day. In 19 games this season, Prado is batting .262 (11-for-42) with six RBI. In a corresponding move, the club optioned infielder Brent Lillibridge to Triple-A Ric |
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| Hamels and Phils sweep Braves |
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07/03/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Cole Hamels was brilliant on the mound, as the Philadelphia Phillies downed the Atlanta Braves, 4-1, to complete a three-game sweep at Turner Field The 24-year-old Hamels (9-5) gave up one run on five hits with seven strikeouts and two walks in 8 2/3 innings for Philadelphia, which has won seven straight against the Braves. The Phillies have also won their last six games in Atlanta, the longest streak since a six-game stretch from August 20, 1975-August 24, 1976. Pedro Feliz finished |
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| Happ to start for Phils on Friday against Mets |
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07/03/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel tabbed left-hander J.A. Happ to start Friday's series opener against Johan Santana and the New York Mets. Happ, 25, will be making his second major league start in place of struggling Brett Myers, who was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Tuesday to work on his mechanics and build confidence. The 27-year-old Myers made his first start for the IronPigs on Wednesday, allowing three runs on five hits in five innings in a losing cause. Coin |
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| Phillies hope to stay hot in Atlanta |
MLB Baseball |
07/02/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - If only the Philadelphia Phillies could play at Turner Field all the time. Tonight, the Phils will try to improve to 4-0 in Atlanta this season in the second test of a three-game series against the Braves. Philadelphia swept a three-game set in Dixie from June 6-8, then handed the Braves an 8-3 loss on Tuesday in the series opener. Shane Victorino homered and drove in four runs to lead the Phillies, who won for just the third time in 12 tries, but still maintain a 1 1/2-game lead over the Florida |
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| Victorino, Phillies power past Braves in series opener |
MLB Baseball |
07/01/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Shane Victorino homered and drove in four, and the Philadelphia Phillies downed the Atlanta Braves, 8-3, in the opener of a three-game set. Kyle Kendrick (8-3) scattered seven hits and three runs over six-plus innings, fanning two and walking two. The Phillies righthander tossed six scoreless frames before allowing three runs in the seventh. "Kyle pitched great and we did enough offensively," Victorino said. "We haven't put both phases together recently." Pat Burrell also homered and |
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| A's turn to Harden in hopes of gaining series win in Anaheim |
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07/01/2008 |
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| 2.15 earned run average in 11 starts this season, and can become the first Oakland pitcher to open a season 6-0 since Dave Stewart did it back in 1990. Harden remained perfect on the campaign after tossing eight shutout innings in a 5-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies Thursday at McAfee Coliseum. The righty, who is 2-0 in three road starts this season, is 5-3 with a 3.99 ERA in 13 career games (12 starts) against the Angels. Harden did not factor in the outcome of a recent 7-3 victory over the Angels on June 8, w |
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| Marlins' Hendrickson hopes to rebound in matchup with Nats |
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07/01/2008 |
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| all for his third career game-ending home run. The left fielder also belted a two-run homer for the Marlins, who have won three of their last four. Robert Andino finished 2-for-4 and knocked in a run for Florida, which is a half-game behind the idle Philadelphia Phillies for first place in the NL East. Ryan Tucker gave up four runs on six hits and struck out six in a five-inning start for the Marlins. Doug Waechter allowed one run in 2 1/3 innings of relief. Kevin Gregg (6-2) picked up the win after tossing a scorel |
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| Mets send Armas to hill at St. Louis |
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07/01/2008 |
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| r makes his second start since missing a turn in the rotation with a tender pitching elbow. The 29-year-old won five straight decisions between May 4 and June 5, then was touched for eight hits and eight runs over 3 1/3 innings of a 20-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. He's pitched once since, on June 26, and allowed four hits in five scoreless innings of a 3-2 Cardinals loss to the Detroit Tigers. Wellemeyer has made four appearances -- one start -- against the Mets in his career, allowing eight hits and six run |
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| Willingham blasts Fish past Nats |
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07/01/2008 |
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| all for his third career game-ending home run. The left fielder also belted a two-run homer for the Marlins, who have won three of their last four. Robert Andino finished 2-for-4 and knocked in a run for Florida, which is a half-game behind the idle Philadelphia Phillies for first place in the NL East. "Home runs, I've never been able to explain them," Willingham said. "They come and go. I hit a couple, two or three in a week, then I might go a week or two without hitting one. My timing was a little better tonight a |
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| Lohse leads Cards in opener vs. Mets |
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06/30/2008 |
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| tories tonight, when he takes the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a four-game series versus the New York Mets at Busch Stadium. Lohse, who won just three games with Cincinnati in 2006 and was a mediocre 9-12 with both the Reds and Philadelphia Phillies last season, has won six straight decisions to improve his 2008 mark to 9-2. The 29-year-old California native won a career-high 14 games with the Minnesota Twins in 2003 and has reached double-digits just one other time when he went 13-8 with the T |
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