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| High-flying Angels go for road sweep of Nats |
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06/25/2008 |
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| game interleague series against Washington at Nationals Park. The American League West-leading Angels are 26-12 as the visitor this season and have won 10 of their last 11 road games. They opened a nine-game road trip with a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies, then handed the Nationals a 3-2 setback in the opener of this series on Monday. In the Angels' 8-3 victory last night, Mike Napoli led the way with a home run and three RBI in Anaheim's fifth straight win. Howie Kendrick had two hits and an RBI for |
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| Shields hopes to get off schneid in South Beach |
MLB Baseball |
06/25/2008 |
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| onal League. Tampa Bay enters tonight one game behind the Boston Red Sox in the American League East Division and 4 1/2 games up on the third-place New York Yankees. The Marlins, meanwhile, are second in the National League East, one game behind the Philadelphia Phillies and three games up on the third-place New York Mets. Shields, who won 12 games in 31 starts last season, was 4-2 in 2008 after tossing a complete game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May 9. However, he's 0-3 with four no-decisions since |
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| Slumping Phillies hit the road to battle A's |
MLB Baseball |
06/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Philadelphia Phillies didn't enjoy their recent visit from an American League West resident over the weekend. The team aims to return the favor when it heads to the opposite coast to battle the hosting Oakland Athletics in tonight's opener of a three-game series at McAfee Coliseum. The Phillies wrapped a six-game homestand on Sunday that featured visits from a pair of AL division leaders. After dropping the last two games of a three- test set to Boston, Philadelphia was swept in three games b |
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| Angels try to extend solid road play versus Nats |
MLB Baseball |
06/24/2008 |
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| ame interleague series against Washington at Nationals Park. The American League West-leading Angels are 25-12 as the visitor this season and have won nine of their last 10 road games. They opened a nine-game road trip with a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies, then handed the Nationals a 3-2 setback in the opener of this series on Monday. Starter John Lackey pitched eight strong innings to record his fourth consecutive victory and push Anaheim's lead in the division to five games over Oakland. Lackey gav |
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| Rays head south to face Fish |
MLB Baseball |
06/24/2008 |
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| fficult American league East, where it trails first-place Boston by one game and stands 3 1/2 games up on the third-place New York Yankees. The Marlins, meanwhile, have cooled a bit since a torrid start, but are still just a game off the pace of the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East, with a three-game edge on the third-place New York Mets. The Rays will start right-hander Andy Sonnanstine, who downed the Marlins, 7-3, in the opener of the previous three-game series on June 13, allowing six hits and t |
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| Angels go for sweep in South Philly |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The American League West-leading LA Angels of Anaheim will shoot for a three-game interleague series sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. The Angels, who are 4 1/2 games ahead of Oakland in the division standings, have won the first two tests of this series in South Philly to open a lengthy nine-game road trip. They improved to an MLB-best 23-12 on the road this season after Saturday night's 6-2 victory behind the strong arm of starter Joe Saunders. Saunders al |
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| Lester leads Boston in finale vs. Cardinals |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| 5-2 record with a 2.09 ERA in his past 10 appearances. He has also won each of his previous three starts, allowing a total of thee earned runs over 20 1/3 innings. On Tuesday, the left-hander tossed seven scoreless innings in a 3-0 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies. He allowed just six hits while striking out five batters at Citizens Bank Park. Lester has never faced St. Louis, but he is a perfect 4-0 with a sparkling 1.86 ERA in five lifetime interleague starts. The Cardinals will go for the sweep behind the |
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| Angels' SS Izturis departs |
MLB Baseball |
06/21/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim infielder Maicer Izturis left Saturday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies after the second inning because of tightness in his right hamstring. Izturis walked in his only plate appearance. Erick Aybar pinch hit for Izturis in the third and remained in the game at shortstop. The 27-year-old Izturis entered play batting .266 with three home runs and 27 RBI in 55 games this season. |
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| Myers hopes to right ship against Halos |
MLB Baseball |
06/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Brett Myers has been atrocious on the mound this season for the Philadelphia Phillies. The starting pitcher will try to get back on track this evening, when the Phillies resume a three-game interleague series versus the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Citizens Bank Park. Myers has lost two straight and seven of his last eight decisions to fall to 3-8 with a 5.58 earned run average in 15 starts this season. The Phillies are only 4-11 when Myers takes the ball this year. In his most recent start o |
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| Dice-K returns from DL to face Cards at Fenway |
MLB Baseball |
06/21/2008 |
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| e his third career start today. The right-hander allowed two earned runs and five hits over five innings against the Cincinnati Reds on June 10th for his first career victory, but he was reached for four earned runs in only 4 1/3 innings against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. However, he did not receive a decision against the Phillies. Boggs will attempt to duplicate the solid effort put forth on Friday by Kyle Lohse, who silenced the Red Sox bats in a 5-4 triumph. Lohse (9-2) allowed two runs -- just one earn |
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