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| Red Sox great Yastrzemski hospitalized |
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08/19/2008 |
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| n AL MVP honors in 1967 when he became the last player to win batting's Triple Crown. He led the league that year with a .326 batting average and 121 runs batted in, while tying Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew for the AL lead with 44 homers. The Red Sox also reached the World Series in 1967, losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. Yastrzemski also played in the 1975 World Series against Cincinnati, another agonizing seven game setback. He batted .352 with three homers and nine RBI in 14 World Series games. |
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| Cubs welcome Reds to Wrigley |
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08/19/2008 |
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| isions and giving up a combined 14 hits and seven earned runs in 12 2/3 innings. On Sunday in Cincinnati, Edinson Volquez hurled seven innings of shutout ball and the Reds salvaged the final contest of a three-game series with a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Volquez (15-5) put together his second consecutive strong start, allowing just three hits and four walks with four strikeouts. Brandon Phillips hit a three- run homer while Chris Dickerson and Edwin Encarnacion had three-hit games with a run scored |
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| Looper goes for Cards in opener with Pittsburgh |
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08/19/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Rugged right-hander Braden Looper can make it six quality starts in a row tonight when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of an abbreviated two-game mid-week series at Busch Stadium. Looper, a 33-year-old Oklahoma native, has allowed two runs or less in five straight starts and lasted seven innings in four straight for the Cardinals, who are trying to remain in contention in the National League Central Division. St. Louis enters tonight's games in third place |
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| Royals, Indians start three-game series in Cleveland |
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08/19/2008 |
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| oject Anthony Reyes makes his third start in an American League uniform tonight when the Cleveland Indians host the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game series at Progressive Field. Reyes, who made 17 starts for the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals in 2006, tumbled to 2-14 in 22 appearances for the Cardinals last season and had made just 10 trips from the bullpen this year before being dealt to Cleveland late last month. He pitched 6 1/3 strong innings and scattered seven hits in a 5-2 win at |
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| Pirate rally halts Mets' six-game winning streak |
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08/18/2008 |
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| treak to 12 games with a single in the fourth inning...Mets manager Jerry Manuel was ejected in the third inning arguing a call at first base...To make room on the roster for Luis Ayala, who was acquired Sunday from the Washington Nationals for a player to be named later, the Mets optioned pitcher Eddie Kunz to Triple-A New Orleans...The Pirates set a record for attendance during a four-game series, attracting 129,473 fans during the series. The old record was 129,066, set in 2001 against the St. Louis Cardinals. |
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| Volquez leads Reds past Cards |
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08/18/2008 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (Best E Casino) - Edinson Volquez hurled seven innings of shutout ball and the Cincinnati Reds salvaged the final contest of a three- game series with a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Volquez (15-5) put together his second consecutive strong start, allowing just three hits and four walks with four strikeouts. Brandon Phillips hit a three- run homer while Chris Dickerson and Edwin Encarnacion had three-hit games with a run scored each. Jay Bruce added two hits and an RBI for Cincinnati, |
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| Cubs try to get back on track in South Beach finale |
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08/17/2008 |
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| 2 victories between 2002 and 2007. He returned to the rotation with the Cubs this season and hit the ground running, picking up his 10th win against the Cincinnati Reds on July 8. He's 5-3 overall in his last 10 starts, including a 6-2 defeat of the St. Louis Cardinals on Aug. 10, in which he allowed six hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings. Dempster made his first career start against the Marlins on July 25 and got a no-decision after giving up two hits and a run in six innings of the Cubs' 3-2 loss. In 11 career m |
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| Cubs put nine-game road winning streak on line in South Beach |
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08/16/2008 |
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| ee runs for Chicago, which won for the 15th time in 18 tries overall. Chicago starter Carlos Zambrano gave up five runs on four hits with six strikeouts and five walks in six innings of work. Zambrano was coming off a career-worst outing against the St. Louis Cardinals last Saturday in which he was victimized for nine runs on 10 hits, including four home runs, in just 4 1/3 frames. The comeback made a winner out of Chad Gaudin (4-1), who tossed two scoreless innings. Jorge Cantu belted a three-run homer for the Ma |
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| Ward keeps Cubs rolling with ninth-inning blast in Florida |
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08/16/2008 |
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| "(I) took a good hack and connected and felt really good after that." Chicago starter Carlos Zambrano gave up five runs on four hits with six strikeouts and five walks in six innings of work. Zambrano was coming off a career-worst outing against the St. Louis Cardinals last Saturday in which he was victimized for nine runs on 10 hits, including four home runs, in just 4 1/3 frames. The comeback made a winner out of Chad Gaudin (4-1), who tossed two scoreless innings. "Baseball is like that. It's a good thing my te |
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| Cards' Carpenter back on DL |
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08/16/2008 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (Best E Casino) - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter was placed back on the 15-day disabled list Friday, retroactive to August 11, with a right posterior shoulder strain. Carpenter was in the midst of his third start of the season Sunday when the right-hander called catcher Yadier Molina out to the mound with one away in the sixth. Carpenter grabbed near his right shoulder in explaining the injury and was removed after allowing four runs -- two earned -- in 5 1/3 innings while being credi |
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