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| Brewers hope for better effort from Parra in test with Diamondbacks |
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05/01/2009 |
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| work) - The Milwaukee Brewers have been unbeatable over the last 10 days, except for games in which Manny Parra has pitched. The struggling hurler hopes to end his struggles when he takes the mound for the red-hot Brewers in tonight's clash with the Arizona Diamondbacks from Miller Park. Milwaukee enters this evening's tilt having won eight of their last nine games, with the team's lone blemish over that span -- a 3-2 setback at Houston last Sunday -- coming in Parra's last start. Parra was also on the hill for the |
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| Marlins, Cubs play first of four at Wrigley |
MLB Baseball |
04/30/2009 |
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| s over seven innings. He struck out six and walked one. Volstad, who won his first two starts of the season, is 0-0 with a 3.00 ERA in two career starts against the Cubs. Chicago is coming off Wednesday's embarrassing 10-0 defeat at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the finale of a three-game set at Chase Field. Cubs starter Ryan Dempster lasted six-plus innings, surrendering five runs on six hits and three walks to absorb the loss. Ryan Theriot and Aaron Miles had the only two hits for the Cubs, who have lo |
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| Arizona's Scherzer guns for first win in clash with Brewers |
MLB Baseball |
04/30/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Arizona Diamondbacks starter Max Scherzer is still searching for his first major league win and will get another shot tonight in the opener of a four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. Scherzer went 0-4 with a 3.05 earned run average in 16 games (seven starts) in his rookie campaign a year ago, and is 0-2 with a 4.91 earned run average through three starts this season. Scherzer has dropped back-to-back trips to the mound and is coming off an April 25 loss versus San Franci |
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| Cubs close out road set with Diamondbacks |
MLB Baseball |
04/29/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Cubs will try to wrap up a six-game road trip with an even record when they close out their series Wednesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Chicago is 2-3 on the swing and evened the three-game series in Arizona with Tuesday's 11-3 drubbing of the Diamondbacks behind Alfonso Soriano's three-run homer and four RBI. Mike Fontenot had a two-run blast and Koyie Hill finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI for the Cubs, who have won two of three games since drop |
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| National League Game Capsules |
MLB Baseball |
04/29/2009 |
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| wo hits in the ninth to take the loss. Final Score: Chicago 11, Arizona 3 Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Alfonso Soriano went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, four runs batted in, and two runs scored to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 11-3 pounding of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the middle installment of a three-game series at Chase Field. Starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano had a nice night at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored, and a pair of RBI. Mike Fontenot belted a two-run home run for the Cub |
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| Soriano, Zambrano pace Cubs to rout of Arizona |
MLB Baseball |
04/29/2009 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Alfonso Soriano went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, four runs batted in, and two runs scored to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 11-3 pounding of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the middle installment of a three-game series at Chase Field. Starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano had a nice night at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored, and a pair of RBI. Mike Fontenot belted a two-run home run for the Cubs, who have won just two if their past seven games despite the victory. K |
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| Zambrano aims to get Cubs on track against Diamondbacks |
MLB Baseball |
04/28/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Carlos Zambrano will try to pitch out of his recent funk when he leads the Chicago Cubs tonight against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second installment of a three-game series at Chase Field. Zambrano is 0-1 with a 5.85 ERA in three starts and is coming off a loss versus Cincinnati on April 23. He was reached for four runs -- three earned -- and seven hits in seven innings of his team's 7-1 defeat, falling to 1-1 with a 4.85 earned run average through four starts this season. The fiery right-h |
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| Haren's complete game, two RBI lift D'Backs over Cubs |
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04/28/2009 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Dan Haren tossed his seventh career complete game and helped himself at the plate with a two-run double, as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Chicago Cubs, 7-2, in the first of three straight games at Chase Field. Two of the three hits Haren (2-3) allowed were home runs by Alfonso Soriano and Mike Fontenot. The right-hander struck out 10 and did not walk a batter. "I felt real good," Haren said. "They came out very aggressive. I could tell early in the innings they were swinging |
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| Diamondbacks activate P Gordon from DL |
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04/27/2009 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - The Arizona Diamondbacks activated right-hander pitcher Tom Gordon from the 15-day disabled list on Monday. Gordon, who agreed to a one-year contract in the offseason after spending the past three seasons with Philadelphia, had been suffering from a right elbow ailment that cut his 2008 campaign short. The 41-year-old appeared in only 34 games for the Philadelphia Phillies prior to being placed on the DL on July 6 with right elbow inflammation. He went 5-4 with a 5.16 earned run aver |
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| Cubs send Lilly to hill in opener with Diamondbacks |
MLB Baseball |
04/27/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Ted Lilly will try to get back on track when he takes the mound tonight for the Chicago Cubs in the opener of a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Lilly won his first two starts of the season before losing his last outing on April 22 versus Cincinnati. In a 3-0 loss to the Reds, Lilly was reached for five hits and one unearned run over seven innings to fall to 2-1 in 2009 with a 2.41 earned run average. The left-hander, who hasn't given up an earned run in two str |
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