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| Braves hope to avoid getting Bush-whacked by Brewers |
MLB Baseball |
06/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee starter Dave Bush has a tough act to follow when he takes the mound tonight, as the Brewers resume a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. Bush will try to win his first game on the road this season when he takes the hill on Tuesday, just one day after Brewers ace Ben Sheets hurled a complete game in the opener of this series. Sheets gave up just four hits and one run while striking out seven batters to win his fifth straight decision and support a 4-1 tri |
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| Milwaukee's Sheets tosses complete-game gem at Atlanta |
MLB Baseball |
06/23/2008 |
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| red the final 16 batters he faced. Game Notes Milwaukee reliever Eric Gagne will have a rehab assignment at Triple-A Nashville against Memphis on Tuesday...Sheets threw 106 pitches, 73 for strikes...Milwaukee has taken three of four against Atlanta this season...The Brewers are 17-21 on the road this season...Atlanta is 27-13 as the host this season...Attendance was 25,661...Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones was out of the starting lineup for the third straight game with a strained right quadriceps. |
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| Brewers send red-hot Sheets to hill versus Braves |
MLB Baseball |
06/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ben Sheets is pitching his way to a spot on the NL All-Star roster with the performance he has been putting forth so far this season. Tonight, Sheets will lead the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. Sheets has won two straight starts and is 4-0 with a 2.11 ERA over the previous six trips to the mound. In his last appearances on Wednesday versus Toronto, Sheets limited the Blue Jays to a pair of runs and four hits in six innings |
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| Royals promote P Ramirez |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| ent 1-1 with a 1.42 earned run average in three starts at Omaha. Ramirez has not appeared in the big leagues this season, but has compiled a 38-29 record with a 4.61 ERA throughout his five-year career. After spending his first four seasons with the Atlanta Braves, Ramirez spent the 2007 campaign with the Seattle Mariners, who released him during spring training this year. In a corresponding move, Kansas City optioned reliever Carlos Rosa to Omaha. Rosa made two appearances this season, allowing one run in 3 |
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| Lincecum leads Giants in finale at KC |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| avies last pitched on June 17 at St. Louis and earned the win with seven strong innings of one-run ball. He also permitted five hits in the 2-1 triumph at Busch Stadium. The righty faced San Francisco once in his career on April 7 as a member of the Atlanta Braves. Davies did not factor in the decision of a 14-6 beating of the Giants after he allowed three runs in five innings of work. San Francisco and Kansas City are meeting for the first time since the Royals won two of three games by the Bay in 2005. Kans |
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| Seattle goes with Silva in Atlanta |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Carlos Silva will try to notch his first win in more than two months today, as he guides the Seattle Mariners into action against the Atlanta Braves in the finale of a three-game interleague set at Turner Field. After winning three consecutive decisions to open the season, Silva has been flat out awful, going 0-8 with an 8.49 ERA in his last nine starts. He has not picked up a win since April 17th and the Mariners have dropped each of his last six starts. On Monday, the right-hander yielde |
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| Nats send Lannan to hill against Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| ng innings of a tough 2-1 setback to the Minnesota Twins in his last outing on Tuesday. Vicente Padilla will oppose Lannan and he is in search of his third straight victory. The veteran right-hander was last in action on Tuesday, when he limited the Atlanta Braves to two runs -- one earned -- and two hits in six innings of a 7-5 triumph. He is now 7-1 with a 3.16 ERA over his last 10 starts. In 14 career appearances, 10 starts, against the Washington franchise, Padilla is 3-4 with a 3.99 ERA. He is also 9-7 w |
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| Braves score two in ninth, clip Mariners |
MLB Baseball |
06/21/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Brian McCann's RBI single in the ninth helped the Atlanta Braves to a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners in the second of a three-game interleague set at Turner Field. Ruben Gotay hit a solo home run while Greg Norton went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored for the Braves, who had lost three of four coming in. Blaine Boyer (2-5) got the win for pitching a scoreless ninth. Jair Jurrjens started on the mound and gave up three runs on three hits with two walks an |
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| Braves score two in ninth, clip Mariners 5-4 |
MLB Baseball |
06/21/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Brian McCann's RBI single in the ninth helped the Atlanta Braves to a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners in the second of a three-game interleague set at Turner Field. Ruben Gotay hit a solo home run while Greg Norton went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored for the Braves, who had lost three of four coming in. Blaine Boyer (2-5) got the win for pitching a scoreless ninth. Jair Jurrjens started on the mound and gave up three runs on three hits with two walks an |
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| M's, Braves resume series in Dixie |
MLB Baseball |
06/21/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Seattle Mariners are set to play their second game under the guidance of new manager Jim Riggleman when they resume a three-game interleague set tonight with the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. On Friday, Jose Lopez finished with four runs batted in to help Riggleman win his managerial debut with Seattle as the Mariners romped, 10-2. Riggleman replaced the fired John McLaren on Thursday, with McLaren's tenure as Seattle manager ending after less than a year. Seattle currently holds the |
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