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| Diamondbacks place SS Drew on DL |
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04/26/2009 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Stephen Drew was placed on the disabled list Sunday with a hamstring injury. Following the Diamondbacks' 5-3 loss to San Francisco on Saturday, manager Bob Melvin said in a postgame press conference that Drew would miss some time with the ailment. Drew has struggled thus far in 2009, hitting just .205 with a homer and five runs batted in. In 2008, the 26-year-old hit .291 with 21 homers and 67 RBI in 152 games. The move sparked a flurry of transactions |
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| Cain tries to stay perfect in Arizona |
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04/26/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Matt Cain will try to stay perfect on the season when he leads the streaking San Francisco Giants this afternoon in the finale of a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Cain is 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA in three starts this season and is coming off a win over San Diego on April 21. In an 8-3 triumph against the Padres, Cain held the opposition to a pair of runs on nine hits in six innings. The bulky right-hander has faced Arizona 10 times in his career and sports a 3-3 re |
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| Diamondbacks to place SS Drew on DL |
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04/26/2009 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Stephen Drew will be placed on the disabled list Sunday with a hamstring injury. Following the Diamondbacks' 5-3 loss to San Francisco on Saturday, manager Bob Melvin said in a postgame press conference that Drew would miss some time with the ailment. No mention of a corresponding move was made. Drew sat out Saturday's game. Drew has struggled thus far in 2009, hitting just .205 with a homer and five runs batted in. In 2008, the 26-year-old hit .291 wit |
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| Big Unit takes ball for Giants in Arizona |
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04/25/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Randy Johnson tries to move closer to 300 career wins when he toes the rubber for the San Francisco Giants tonight in the second test of a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Johnson owns 296 career victories and is trying to become the 24th member of the elite 300 win club. He is 1-2 with a 6.32 earned run average with the Giants this season and posted his first win of 2009 on April 19 versus Arizona after a personal two-game losing streak. Johnson, who pitched wi |
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| D'Backs' Webb has setback in return from shoulder injury |
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04/25/2009 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Arizona Diamondbacks ace starter Brandon Webb experienced tightness in his ailing right shoulder Friday while warming up for a scheduled bullpen session and has been shut down by the club. Webb will rest for one week then undergo two weeks of strength training before resuming baseball activities. The 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner was shelved with stiffness in the shoulder on April 12, and placed on the 15- day disabled list retroactive to April 7. The 29-year-old righty |
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| Rockies place P Speier on DL, recall P Morales |
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04/22/2009 |
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| left hamstring ,retroactive to April 19, on Tuesday. Additionally, the club recalled left- handed pitcher Franklin Morales from Triple-A Colorado Springs. Morales, who is 1-0 in two starts with a 3.38 ERA this season, pitched two innings versus the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Tuesday. Morales allowed two runs on three hits before leaving the tilt with a left shoulder strain. He is listed as day-to-day. Morales collected his only win of the year against the Diamondbacks on April 8 in Phoenix, and was opt |
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| Helton, Rockies edge D-Backs |
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04/22/2009 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Todd Helton went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer, as the Colorado Rockies hung on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-6, in the second game of a three-game set at Chase Field. Helton had three RBI and three runs scored for the Rockies, who snapped a four-game skid. Brad Hawpe added two RBI and scored once. "Yeah it is, you have to snap it someway, not one that anyone here would have drawn up, but here it is and sometimes the smaller things lead to bigger things," Colorado manager Clint |
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| Padres re-acquire Burke from Mariners |
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04/21/2009 |
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| iderations. He hit .281 with three runs batted in during the spring for the Padres. The Mariners sent Burke to their Triple-A affiliate in Tacoma to start the season and he was hitting .237 with a homer, three runs batted in and seven runs scored in 10 games. Burke was originally selected by the Houston Astros with the 10th overall pick of the 2001 draft. He is a career .241 hitter at the big league level with 22 homers and 106 RBI in parts of five seasons with the Astros (2004-07) and Arizona Diamondbacks (2008). |
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| Reds, Cubs begin series at Wrigley |
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04/21/2009 |
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| Field when the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs open a three-game series. The Reds will go with No. 5 starter Micah Owings, who'll make his second start since coming over as the player to be named later in a deadline deal that sent Adam Dunn to the Arizona Diamondbacks last summer. Owings debuted on April 15 at Milwaukee and picked up a loss after allowing five hits and four runs in five innings of a 9-3 Brewers win. He was the National League's 2007 Silver Slugger award winner and is 2-for-5 with the bat this sea |
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| Rockies aim to halt skid versus Diamondbacks |
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04/21/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Colorado Rockies will delve back into their farm system in hopes of halting a four-game losing streak in tonight's matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks from Chase Field. Monday's 6-3 setback to Arizona in the opener of this three-game set was Colorado's seventh loss in eight games since a season-opening series win over the Diamondbacks in Phoenix. The Rockies were fresh off three straight defeats to the red-hot Los Angeles Dodgers in which they were outscored by a 27-10 margin by the defend |
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