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| Alomar among new coaches for Rockies |
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10/16/2002 |
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| Denver, CO (Sportsbooks) - The Colorado Rockies announced the hiring of several coaches on Tuesday, including Sandy Alomar Sr., who joined the team as the third base coach. Dave Collins was named the first base coach, Rick Mathews the bullpen coach, Jamie Quirk the club's bench coach and Mark Strittmatter the bullpen catcher. Alomar, who has 40 years of experience in professional baseball, comes to Colorado from the Chicago Cubs' organization where he spent the past 12 years. Collins spent last season with |
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| Cardinals go for sweep behind Benes |
MLB Baseball |
10/05/2002 |
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| and manager with the gutsy performance on baseball's biggest stage. During the regular season, he was 8-9 with a 4.29 earned run average in 36 appearances -- 29 starts. In his last trip to the slate, on September 27 at Bank One Ballpark against the Colorado Rockies, Batista picked up a win after giving up four runs on five hits in 6 1/3 frames. In one relief appearance against the Cardinals earlier this year, the 31-year- old hurler permitted two runs in 1 1/3 frames. He will be starting against St. Louis for |
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| Controversy surrounds Schilling before Game 2 |
MLB Baseball |
10/03/2002 |
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| uth. I feel great physically. Mentally, yeah, I'm a little bruised. I stunk it up my last five or six starts. No one wants their psyche beat like that." In his final appearance of the regular season, a one-inning stint out of the bullpen against the Colorado Rockies, Schilling permitted three runs on three hits, including a home run. Former pitcher and current broadcaster Rick Sutcliffe worked the game and said during the telecast that Schilling was tipping his pitches. In fact, Sutcliffe correctly predicted th |
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| D'backs attempt to even series behind Schilling |
MLB Baseball |
10/03/2002 |
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| he National League, the two don't mix." The Diamondbacks' other ace, Curt Schilling, gets the call today. Schilling (23-7, 3.23) last appeared in a game as a reliever on Sunday, surrendering three runs on three hits in one inning of work against the Colorado Rockies. He fanned one and did not walk a batter, while serving up one home run. In his final start of the regular season, the hard-throwing righthander was ripped by the Cardinals for six runs on six hits in eight frames. Two of the hits were homers, as Ro |
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| Diamondbacks begin title defense |
MLB Baseball |
10/01/2002 |
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| he regular season with identical records, St. Louis would have earned home-field advantage because it won four-of-six versus the Diamondbacks this season, including a three-game sweep at Busch Stadium from September 23-25. However, Arizona swept the Colorado Rockies over the weekend and the Cardinals dropped one to the Brewers, enabling the defending champs to stay home for the first two games. "If we don't sweep this year, we possibly don't win the division, and we're possibly getting on a plane [to St. Louis] |
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| Dodgers open series against San Diego |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2002 |
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| ng their fourth game in five tries tonight in the opener of a four-game series against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium. On Wednesday, Brian Jordan's RBI single capped a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Dodgers downed the Colorado Rockies, 3-2. Marquis Grissom had an RBI double in the ninth for LA, which remains three games behind San Francisco for the NL wild card lead with four games left. Dodgers closer Eric Gagne (3-1) picked up the win by tossing a scoreless ninth. Starter Giova |
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| Big Unit takes aim at win No. 24 |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2002 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Randy Johnson will try to lift the spirits of the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks while becoming the first pitcher in the majors to win 24 games when he faces the Colorado Rockies in the opener of a four-game series at Bank One Ballpark. The Diamondbacks lost on Wednesday despite having Curt Schilling on the mound, suffering a 6-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the finale of a three-game series. Matt Williams homered for the Diamondbacks, who have lost a season-high six strai |
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| Mets hope to avoid sweep in Pittsburgh |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2002 |
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| late after permitting four runs -- three earned -- on eight hits over five innings against the Montreal Expos. He walked four and whiffed five. The setback was the righthander's second in a row and fifth in seven decisions since coming over from the Colorado Rockies at the trade deadline. Thomson has given up at least three runs in seven of his eight starts with the Mets, going 2-5 with a 4.37 ERA in that time. For his career, the 28-year-old hurler is 2-1 versus Pittsburgh. Thomson faced the Pirates earlier th |
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| Can Dodgers stay alive? |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - With their playoff chances getting smaller by the day, the Los Angeles Dodgers will try to get on the winning track when they play the finale of a two-game series against the Colorado Rockies tonight at Dodger Stadium. In Tuesday's opener, Denny Stark threw seven scoreless innings of one-hit ball and Todd Zeile drove in the game's only run, as the Rockies edged the Dodgers, 1-0. The Rockies have won four straight, while Los Angeles lost for the second time in five games. More |
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| Astros welcome Brewers to town for three |
MLB Baseball |
09/23/2002 |
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| ames. During that time, he has surrendered a total of six runs on 12 hits over 8 2/3 frames to watch his earned run average rise from 5.28 to 5.38. This will be his first appearance since September 11, when he tossed one scoreless inning against the Colorado Rockies. For his career, Mlicki is 0-1 versus the Brewers. The 34-year-old hurler has not faced Milwaukee this season. Glendon Rusch counters for the Brew Crew. Rusch battled the Astros at Miller Park five days ago and was tagged with the loss after permitt |
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