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| Bucos, Friars square off again at PNC |
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07/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Former first-round draft pick John Van Benschoten continues his crack at the major league level tonight, when the Pittsburgh Pirates host the San Diego Padres in game three of a four-game series at PNC Park. The 28-year-old right-hander, a San Diego native, made four appearances with the Pirates between April 29 and May 12, pitched three times between June 28 and July 9 and then returned for a start on July 21 at Houston, in which he allowed six hits and two earned runs in five innings. The Pi |
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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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| Yankees, Red Sox continue rivalry at Fenway |
MLB Baseball |
07/26/2008 |
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| over seven scoreless innings, with nine strikeouts and one walk. Mariano Rivera recorded the final five outs to earn his 26th save. 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. David Ortiz returned to the lineup for the first time since May 31, going 1- for-4 for the Red Sox, whose thr |
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| Chamberlain baffles BoSox as Yankees win seventh straight |
MLB Baseball |
07/26/2008 |
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| s on both knees, and revealed no serious injury...Delcarmen is expected to be available for the remainder of the series...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 |
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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 |
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07/25/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - 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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| Brewers host Astros, aim for ninth straight win |
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07/25/2008 |
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| urling 7 2/3 innings of two-run ball in a 7-4 win. Parra, who is 5-0 at home this season, owns a 2-1 record and a 6.46 earned run average in three career starts against Houston. Houston has lost four in a row and was just swept in three games by the Pittsburgh Pirates. In Wednesday's 8-7 setback to the Bucs at Minute Maid Park, Mark Loretta went 3-for-5 with two RBI for the Astros. Kaz Matsui homered, drew three walks and scored three times, while Brad Ausmus added an RBI double in defeat. Astros reliever Geoff G |
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| Aces on display in Reds-Rockies opener |
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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 |
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07/24/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - 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 |
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07/24/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - 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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