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| Knight takes hill for Mets vs. Cardinals |
MLB Baseball |
07/26/2008 |
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| ce of the Texas Rangers in 1995 and has pitched professionally for 14 years, including three seasons in Japan. He's getting the call in place of veteran Pedro Martinez, who is on bereavement leave after the death of his father. Knight pitched in the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system in 2006 and then played for the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League in 2007. He was 5-1 with a 1.60 earned run average at Triple-A New Orleans prior to the call- up. For St. Louis, veteran Joel Pineiro faces the Mets fo |
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| Chamberlain baffles BoSox as Yankees win seventh straight |
MLB Baseball |
07/25/2008 |
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| stop by Robinson Cano at second base off a Lowrie grounder to start an inning-ending double play in the second. Game Notes Each team has won five of 10 meetings this season...During the contest, the Yankees announced the acquisition of outfielder Xavier Nady and pitcher Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, right-field prospect Jose Tabata, plus right-handed hurler George Kontos and left-hander Phil Coke...Beckett is just 2-3 with one no-decision in his last six starts. |
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| Bard, Padres hold off Pirates; Bucs deal Nady, Marte |
MLB Baseball |
07/25/2008 |
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| Game Notes Kouzmanoff turned 27 years old on Friday...The Pirates will need to win the final two games of this matchup to win their first home series against San Diego since 2000...Major League Baseball handed down suspensions for two members of the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system on Friday, after testing positive for performance-enhancing substances. Pitchers Roman Carrasco and Luis Figueroa were each suspended 50 games. Both suspensions are effective immediately...The Padres announced today that club has |
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| Two Pirates' pitchers suspended by MLB |
MLB Baseball |
07/25/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Major League Baseball handed down suspensions for two members of the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system on Friday, after testing positive for performance-enhancing substances. Pitchers Roman Carrasco and Luis Figueroa were each suspended 50 games. Both suspensions are effective immediately. |
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| Aces on display in Reds-Rockies opener |
MLB Baseball |
07/25/2008 |
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| ti's Great American Ball Park tonight for the first of three weekend games with the host Reds. Colorado's Cook erased a brief pre-break skid in his last outing, scattering five hits and allowing three runs over seven innings in an 11-3 defeat of the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday at Coors Field. The 29-year-old native of Fort Campbell, Ky. -- a Cincinnati suburb -- was 10-3 after a defeat of the Chicago White Sox on June 15 before stumbling to three losses and a no-decision in five starts prior to the Midsummer Classi |
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| Herrera earns first MLB win as Bucs down Padres |
MLB Baseball |
07/24/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Yoslan Herrera was solid on the mound to pick up his first major league win, and the Pittsburgh Pirates made short work of the San Diego Padres, 9-1, in the opener of a four-game set. Herrera (1-1) tossed six innings of scoreless, six-hit ball while fanning four batters and walking just one. Xavier Nady and Jason Bay clubbed solo homers for the Pirates, who have rattled off four straight wins after a five-game skid. Nate McLouth added a two-run shot and finished with three RBI. |
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| Padres, Pirates start series at PNC |
MLB Baseball |
07/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Right-hander Clay Hensley gets his first post-trade opportunity in the San Diego starting rotation tonight when the Padres visit the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first of four weekend games at PNC Park. Hensley, who's not started since last August and has made just three relief appearances this season, gets the call in place of left-hander Randy Wolf, who was dealt to Houston earlier this week. He won 11 games in 37 games - 29 starts - for the Padres in 2006, then was 2-3 in 13 games (nine starts |
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| Mientkiewicz, Pirates edge Astros |
MLB Baseball |
07/23/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - Doug Mientkiewicz went 4-for-4 with a pair of runs batted in, and the Pittsburgh Pirates won a wild, 8-7, decision over the Houston Astros in the finale of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park. Jason Bay belted a two-run home run for the Pirates, who pulled off a sweep of Houston on the heels of a five-game losing streak. Xavier Nady and Freddy Sanchez each went 2-for-5, while Nate McLouth reached base three times and scored twice. Franquelis Osoria (4-3) tossed two perfect inni |
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| Pirates go for road sweep in Houston |
MLB Baseball |
07/23/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The road hasn't been very kind to the Pittsburgh Pirates this season, but the team usually seems to enjoy its stay in Houston. The Pirates will attempt to nail down a three-game sweep of the Astros when the National League Central foes go head-to-head again this afternoon at Minute Maid Park. Pittsburgh entered this set having lost seven consecutive road games but has overpowered the Astros in each of the first two tests. The Bucs rolled to a 9-3 victory in Monday's opener, then socked three h |
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| Pirates target back-to-back wins in Houston |
MLB Baseball |
07/22/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Pittsburgh Pirates hope to build off Monday's much- needed victory over the Houston Astros when the two National League Central members resume a three-game set tonight at Minute Maid Park. The Pirates appeared headed towards a sixth consecutive loss in yesterday's series opener, but the club erupted for seven runs in the top of the ninth inning to rally for a 9-3 victory. Adam LaRoche highlighted the comeback by belting a tie-breaking two-run homer with one out in the frame. Jason Bay tied |
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