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| Johnson, D-Backs aim to continue roll vs. Pirates |
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08/06/2008 |
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| mondbacks against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the finale of a three-game series at Chase Field. Johnson is 5-0 in his last five trips to the mound and has recorded a 1.39 earned run average over that span. He last toed the rubber on Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers and permitted just one unearned run and five hits in six innings of a 2-1 victory. The Big Unit also fanned six batters and issued no walks, and has walked just two batters during his five-game surge. The left-handed Johnson, who is 5-3 in 10 home s |
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| Penny to pitch Friday |
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08/06/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny will reportedly be ready to start Friday's game against the San Francisco Giants. According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, Penny, who has been sidelined since June 17 with minor tendinitis in his right shoulder, said he will be ready to go on Friday and that he could probably throw 100 pitches based on his final rehab start. On Saturday for Triple-A Las Vegas, Penny went four innings and allowed two runs on six hits. For the season, th |
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| Ludwick's blast lifts Cards over Dodgers |
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08/06/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Ryan Ludwick smacked a one-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a much- needed 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in a rain-soaked opener of a three-game series. Albert Pujols also smacked a two-run homer, while Adam Kennedy was 3-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored. Jaime Garcia (1-1) was credited with the win for tossing a scoreless inning of relief for St. Louis, which had lost three of its previous four games. Manny Ramire |
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| Webb goes for No. 16 as D-Backs entertain Pirates |
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08/05/2008 |
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| -game series versus the Pittsburgh Pirates at Chase Field. Webb is 15-4 with a 3.04 earned run average in 23 starts this season, and 4-0 with a 2.63 ERA in his seven most recent trips to the hill. Webb continued his solid campaign on Thursday at the Los Angeles Dodgers, hurling eight dazzling innings of one-run ball in a 2-1 victory. The right-hander, who is 6-1 in nine home starts this season, sports a 4-0 mark and a 2.41 earned run average over five career games against Pittsburgh. Webb defeated the Pirates on J |
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| Manny, Dodgers head to St. Louis |
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08/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Manny Ramirez has made an immediate impact with the Los Angeles Dodgers and will lead his new team this evening, when it opens a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Ramirez was acquired in a three-team deal with Boston and Pittsburgh last week and made his Dodgers debut against the division-rival Arizona Diamondbacks. The right fielder collected eight hits, including two homers, and five runs batted in for the Dodgers, who are 1 1/2 games behind the D'Backs in th |
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| D-Backs kick off homestand against road-challenged Bucs |
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08/04/2008 |
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| t road teams in the league as it begins a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Chase Field. Arizona returns home for seven straight games after going 7-3 on a recent 10- game road trip. The swing ended with four straight tests versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, which entered the series trailing the Diamondbacks by one game. Arizona won the first two games of the set but dropped the last two tests. Arizona's offense struggled in Los Angeles, as the club failed to score more than three runs in any of its ga |
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| Ramirez slugs Dodgers past D-Backs |
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08/03/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - Manny Ramirez finished 4-for-5 with a home run and drove in three runs, as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-3, to salvage a spilt in the four-game series at Chavez Ravine. Matt Kemp went 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored for the Dodgers, who have won seven of their last 10 games and trail the D-Backs by one game for supremacy in the NL West. James Loney and Casey Blake each had two hits and knocked in a run. "They kept giving me a |
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| D'Backs, Dodgers conclude four-game set at Chavez Ravine |
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08/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Journeyman right-hander Jason Johnson faces Arizona for the second time in three weeks today, when the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Diamondbacks in the finale of a four-game series between National League West Division powers at Dodger Stadium. Arizona entered the series with a one-game edge in the division and has stretched it to two by winning two of the first three games. However, on Saturday newest Dodger acquisition Manny Ramirez played his second game with the team, going 2-for-4 with his |
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| D'Backs, Dodgers continue pivotal series at Chavez Ravine |
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08/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Young right-hander Yusmeiro Petit takes his turn in the Manny Ramirez circus tonight when the Arizona Diamondbacks face the host Los Angeles Dodgers in the third game of a four-game series at Dodger Stadium. The 23-year-old Petit has started just twice in 11 appearances with Arizona this season, but got a 9-2 defeat of the Chicago Cubs on July 22 after allowing three hits and a run in five innings. He tossed two innings of one-hit scoreless relief six days later while getting a no-decision agai |
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| Nats send Bergmann to hill in Cincinnati |
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08/02/2008 |
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| n the second of three games at Nationals Park. Bergmann, a 26-year-old from Neptune, N.J., is winless in 13 appearances since defeating the New York Mets on May 15 at Shea Stadium. He's lost seven subsequent decisions, including a 2-0 verdict to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 27. He gave up six hits and three runs - two earned - against the Reds on July 4 at Cincinnati, dropping a 3-0 decision. He's 0-1 in three lifetime games against the Reds, allowing nine hits and three earned runs in eight innings. Veteran Ci |
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