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| Johnson, Dodgers shrug off quake to shut down Giants |
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07/30/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - Jason Johnson recorded his first win in more than two years with six shutout innings, as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the San Francisco Giants, 2-0, in the middle contest of a three-game set played following a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Southern California earlier Tuesday. The scheduled start was unaffected by the earthquake centered near Chino Hills, approximately 30 miles from Dodger Stadium. LA has won four of its last five overall and remained one game behind NL We |
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| Dodgers try to draw even with rival Giants |
MLB Baseball |
07/29/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Jason Johnson will try to pitch the Los Angeles Dodgers back into the win column tonight in the second test of a three-game series versus the San Francisco Giants at Chavez Ravine. Johnson has faced the Giants twice in his career and owns a 2-0 record with a 1.20 ERA while holding them to a .241 batting average. The right-hander will make his first start of the season and is 0-0 with a 2.57 earned run average in a pair of relief appearances since recently being called up from the minors. He last |
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| Young to return in streaking Padres' test with D-Backs |
MLB Baseball |
07/29/2008 |
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| rs, who also suffered defeat on Monday. In last night's loss to the Padres, Chris Young had a two-run homer and both Stephen Drew and Conor Jackson each drove in a run for the Diamondbacks, who entered this series fresh off a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants. Arizona's Micah Owings again struggled on the mound, as he was shelled for eight runs on six hits with a pair of walks in just three innings for the loss. Owings is now 0-7 over his last 12 starts after starting the season 6-2 in his first 10 trips |
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| Giants hold off Dodgers |
MLB Baseball |
07/29/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - Fred Lewis and Jose Castillo helped key a decisive five-run fourth with RBI hits, as the San Francisco Giants edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6, in the opener of a three-game set from Chavez Ravine. Lewis finished with two RBI and a run scored while Castillo had two hits and two RBI for San Francisco, which suffered a three-game weekend sweep at the hands of Arizona. Giants starter Kevin Correia (2-5) was hit around for six runs -- four earned -- on seven hits over 5 1/3 frames b |
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| Rolling Dodgers open series with Giants |
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07/28/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Los Angeles Dodgers are on a roll and will try stay hot on their current homestand, as they welcome the San Francisco Giants to town for three games at Chavez Ravine. Los Angeles just swept the Washington Nationals in three games over the weekend to stay one game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West standings. In Sunday's 2-0 victory in the series finale, James Loney homered and Russell Martin went 2-for-3 with an RBI in LA's seventh win in 10 tries. Starter Clayton Kershaw gave up |
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| Padres' Maddux hopes to end lengthy winless skid versus Arizona |
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07/28/2008 |
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| while fanning 10 batters and walking three. Trevor Hoffman then recorded his 21st save of the season with a perfect ninth inning. Arizona, meanwhile, leads the National League West division by one game over the Los Angeles Dodgers. It just swept the San Francisco Giants in three games at AT&T Park to improve to 3-0 on a 10-game road trip and 23-29 away from the desert this season. Starter Randy Johnson won his fourth straight start on Sunday by hurling seven shutout innings and giving up nine hits. He walked no |
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| Gossage inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame |
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07/27/2008 |
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| rse of his lengthy career, the right-hander compiled 310 saves - leading the league three times in that category - and was 124-107 with a 3.01 earned run average for the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Yankees, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners. He also had 1,502 strikeouts in 1,809 1/3 innings. "I think I had a lot to do with setting the bar for relievers and doing the job the way it should be done," Gossage said. "Nobody did it the w |
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| Dodgers go for sweep of Nationals in LA |
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07/27/2008 |
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| in just three innings of a 10-1 loss. The left-hander has never faced the Nationals. Washington has dropped five in a row and will try to avoid getting swept in consecutive series. It entered this set fresh off a three-game sweep at the hands of the San Francisco Giants. On Saturday, Ronnie Belliard and Willie Harris collected the lone hits for the Nationals. Starting pitcher Odalis Perez dropped his third decision in four starts, yielding six runs over four innings of work. Taking the ball for the Nats on Sunday w |
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| Southpaw style: Big Unit, Zito square off by the Bay |
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07/27/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - A battle of left-handers will be on tap this afternoon, when Randy Johnson leads the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks in the finale of a three-game series against Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants from AT&T Park. The 44-year-old Johnson is 3-0 with a 2.33 earned run average over his last three starts since going 0-6 in eight previous trips to the hill -- all Arizona losses. He last toed the rubber on July 21 against the very familiar Chicago Cubs, tossing seven shutout innings of t |
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| Webb leads D'Backs against Lincecum, Giants |
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07/26/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - A solid pitching matchup is on tap for tonight, when Brandon Webb leads the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks against Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants in the second test of a three-game series from AT&T Park. Webb is trying to become the first pitcher in the National League with 14 wins this season, as he sports a 13-4 mark and a 3.11 earned run average in 21 trips to the hill. Webb is 2-0 with three no-decisions over his last five starts, but Arizona has dropped five of his last |
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