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| Zambrano returns to Milwaukee to face Brewers |
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04/11/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Carlos Zambrano returns to Miller Park for the first time since tossing a no-hitter there, as the Chicago Cubs play the middle test of their three-game set with the Milwaukee Brewers. Zambrano, though, did not toss the no-no against the Brewers, he did so against the Houston Astros, who were playing in Milwaukee after being displaced by Hurricane Ike. The 27-year-old right-hander got his 2009 campaign off on the right foot on Monday in Houston, as he held the Astros to just a run and fiv |
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| Weeks leads Brewers' ninth-inning comeback over Cubs |
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04/10/2009 |
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| WI (BettingExpress) - Rickie Weeks doubled home the tying run in the ninth, took third on a ball in the dirt and scored the winning run on an infield hit with a head-first slide just ahead of the tag to give Milwaukee a thrilling 4-3 win against the Chicago Cubs in the Brewers' home opener from Miller Park. "The biggest thing is to look where the ball is going to hit; you just have to pause and get a good jump on it," Weeks said of scoring to win the game. Carlos Villanueva (1-0) set down Chicago in order i |
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| Cubs' Soto sits again, day-to-day with inflammation |
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04/10/2009 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (BettingExpress) - Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto, the 2008 NL Rookie of the Year, will sit for Friday's series opener against Milwaukee and is day-to-day with inflammation in his right shoulder. Soto felt some discomfort when he tried to gun down Houston's Kazuo Matsui at second in the third inning of Tuesday's loss to the Astros. He ultimately left the contest in the sixth and underwent an MRI exam on Thursday that revealed the inflammation. The 26-year-old Soto, who became the first roo |
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| Pirates resume season-opening trek in Cincinnati |
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04/10/2009 |
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| ings. He came to the National League on July 26 in a trade that sent outfielder Xavier Nady and reliever Damaso Marte to the Yankees in exchange for himself, pitcher Ross Ohlendorf and two minor leaguers. After winning consecutive starts against the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks while allowing no runs and seven hits in 15 innings, Karstens tumbled back to earth in his final seven appearances, losing six times while allowing at least four earned runs on four occasions. He dropped a 5-1 verdict to the |
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| Hamels ready to go for Phils in opener with Rockies |
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04/10/2009 |
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| (1-0) got the win after going six frames and yielding a run on four hits with six strikeouts and only one walk. Morales also had a single in the triumph. Getting the call for the Rockies today will be righty Jason Marquis, who was picked up from the Chicago Cubs this offseason. Marquis was 11-9 with a 4.53 ERA in 29 games (28 starts) for the NL Central champions last season. In four starts at Coors Field, Marquis has posted a 3-0 mark to go along with a 2.03 ERA. Lifetime against the Phils, he is 4-3 with a |
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| Cardinals continue early homestand with test from Astros |
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04/10/2009 |
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| ttom of the seventh for the Cardinals. Dennys Reyes later retired the side in order in the ninth to collect his first save of the season. The Astros were last in action on Wednesday, when Aramis Ramirez went 4-for-6 with a double and four RBI as the Chicago Cubs overcame a power surge by Houston to earn an 11-6 win and capture the rubber match of a season-opening three-game set at Minute Maid Park. Houston smacked four home runs off Chicago starter Ted Lilly, who allowed five runs on eight hits over five in |
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| Brewers to hold home opener against Harden, Cubs |
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04/10/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - A big reason behind the Chicago Cubs' 2008 National League Central title makes his season debut this afternoon, as Rich Harden takes the ball for the first time in 2009 against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. Harden was picked up midseason from the Oakland Athletics and dominated NL batters, going 5-1 with a stellar 1.77 earned run average in 12 regular- season starts. He was 10-2 combined with a 2.07 ERA and 181 strikeouts in 148 innings - his most since the 2004 season. The 27-ye |
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| Ramirez, Cubs top Astros in slugfest |
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04/09/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (BettingExpress) - Aramis Ramirez went 4-for-6 with a double and four RBI, as the Chicago Cubs overcame a power surge by Houston to earn an 11-6 win and capture the rubber match of this season-opening three-game set at Minute Maid Park. Mike Fontenot clobbered a three-run homer and added an RBI single for the Cubs, while Kosuke Fukudome drilled a solo shot as part of a four-hit, four- run performance. "Total team contribution today," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "I mean, Fukudome, it's the b |
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| Cubs C Soto out of lineup |
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04/08/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (BettingExpress) - Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto, the 2008 NL Rookie of the Year, missed Wednesday's series finale against Houston and may be sidelined a couple days because of right shoulder soreness. Soto felt some discomfort when he tried to gun down Houston's Kazuo Matsui at second in the third inning of Tuesday's loss. He ultimately left the contest in the sixth. The 26-year-old Soto, who became the first rookie catcher to start an All-Star Game, batted .285 with 23 homers and 35 doubl |
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| Cubs, Astros play rubber match in Houston |
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04/08/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - After needing extra innings to decide a winner on Tuesday, the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros meet again tonight at Minute Maid Park to determine which team will come out on top of this season-opening three-game set. Chicago drew first blood in the series with a 4-2 victory on Opening Day, but the Astros returned the favor by edging the two-time defending National League Central champions in 10 innings last night. Jeff Keppinger's broken-bat single with the bases loaded provided the win |
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