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| Cards to send out struggling Lohse against Astros |
MLB Baseball |
08/29/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Kyle Lohse was the St. Louis Cardinals' best pitcher in the first half of the season. It's been a different story since the All-Star break, however. Lohse will try to find his first-half touch tonight, when the Cardinals open up a three-game set with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. A late signing by the Cardinals prior the season, Lohse was 11-2 with a 3.39 earned in 20 starts before the All-Star break but has gone just 2-4 with a 5.36 ERA in eight starts since. The righty has yet to al |
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| Cards purchase Phelps' contract, send Garcia down |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (Best E Casino) - The St. Louis Cardinals purchased the contract of first baseman Josh Phelps from Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday, and optioned pitcher Jaime Garcia to Memphis. Phelps, 30, has not made a major league appearance since last season with Pittsburgh. He split 2007 between the Yankees and Pirates, batting .306 with seven home runs and 31 RBI in 94 games. This season at Triple-A, Phelps batted .291 with 31 homers and 97 RBI in 126 games. In 446 career games, Phelps owns a .273 batting aver |
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| It wasn't in the Cards; Milwaukee crushes St. Louis |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (Best E Casino) - Ryan Braun and Bill Hall each clubbed two-run homers, and Ben Sheets tossed six solid innings, as the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the St. Louis Cardinals, 12-0, in the opener of a quick two-game set at Busch Stadium with huge playoff implications. Prince Fielder finished 3-for-6 with two RBI and a run scored for Milwaukee, which has reeled off five straight wins. Jason Kendall also drove in three runs in the victory. Milwaukee, though, still trails the front-running Cubs by five gam |
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| Cardinals place OF Barton on DL |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (Best E Casino) - The St. Louis Cardinals placed outfielder Brian Barton on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, retroactive to Monday, with a strained right oblique. In 69 games this season, the rookie Barton is hitting .269 with two home runs and 13 RBI. The Cardinals recalled outfielder Nick Stavinoha from Triple-A Memphis to take Barton's spot on the roster. |
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| Brewers' Durham leaves game |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (Best E Casino) - Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Ray Durham left Tuesday's 12-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh inning with a right shoulder strain. He is listed as day-to-day. Durham, who was acquired from San Francisco last month, is batting .285 with four home runs and 38 RBI in 107 games this season for the Giants and Brewers. |
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| Marlins resume road trip against battered Braves |
MLB Baseball |
08/26/2008 |
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| -4 with a 6.70 ERA in 10 career appearances (9 starts) against them. Atlanta is pretty much in offseason mode already, having lost seven of eight and 12 of its last 14 games. After ending a six-game losing streak with Saturday's 8-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the second test of a three-game series, the Braves suffered a 6-3 setback in Sunday's finale at Busch Stadium. Braves starter Jo-Jo Reyes absorbed the loss after he allowed six runs -- five earned -- on nine hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings o |
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| Cubs try to overpower Pirates once again |
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08/26/2008 |
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| e Pirates 23 times (21 starts) over the course of his career and is 10-6 with a 3.85 ERA against them. Pittsburgh will counter with right-hander Ian Snell, who is 5-10 with a 5.60 ERA. Snell had his best effort of the season last Tuesday against the St. Louis Cardinals, as he scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings to nail down the win. He also struck out eight and walked just one batter. Snell is 1-5 lifetime against the Cubs with a 5.53 ERA in 10 games, eight of which have been starts. With a win tonigh |
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08/26/2008 |
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| Suspended Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Rafael Aybar, Florida Marlins pitcher Alfredo Buret, Baltimore Orioles pitcher Julio Sanchez, Minnesota Twins outfielder Eliel Sierra and St. Louis Cardinals catcher Juan Castillo 50 games apiece for testing positive for a performance- enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. |
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| Indians vie for seventh straight win, sweep of Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
08/24/2008 |
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| is 2-2 in five lifetime starts against the Indians with a 7.09 ERA in 26 2/3 innings. For Cleveland, right-hander Anthony Reyes makes his fourth start tonight since coming to the American League. The 26-year-old Californian began the season with the St. Louis Cardinals and made 10 appearances from the bullpen before he was dealt to the Indians shortly before the July 31 trade deadline. He made his first start for Cleveland on August 8 and defeated the Toronto Blue Jays with 6 1/3 innings of seven-hit, one-run ball |
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| Cards send Looper to hill in finale with Braves at Busch |
MLB Baseball |
08/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Right-hander Braden Looper can equal last season's personal-best win total today when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Atlanta Braves in the finale of a three-game series at Turner Field. A 33-year-old Oklahoman, Looper was a full-time reliever for his initial 572 appearances in the major leagues through 2006 before become a full-time starter in 2007 and going 12-12 with a 4.94 earned run average. He picked up win No. 11 this season on Aug. 13 in Florida, allowing five hits and an earned run ov |
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