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| Oswalt faces off with Wainwright in St. Louis |
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04/11/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Veteran right-hander Roy Oswalt hopes for better luck in his second outing of the 2009 season today when the Houston Astros visit Busch Stadium for the middle test of a three-game weekend set with the St. Louis Cardinals. A winner of 129 major-league games in a career that began in 2001, Oswalt went seven innings and allowed seven hits and three runs in his season debut on Monday but still dropped a 4-2 home decision to the Chicago Cubs. Oswalt struck out two and walked one while throwing |
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| Zambrano returns to Milwaukee to face Brewers |
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04/11/2009 |
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| turns 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 five hits in six innings to earn his first |
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| Cardinals hold on to beat Astros |
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04/11/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (BettingExpress) - Ryan Ludwick went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI, as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros, 5-3, in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. Skip Schumaker collected three hits and drove in a run for the Cardinals, who split a four-game home series with Pittsburgh to open the 2009 campaign. Joel Pineiro (1-0) gave up two runs on eight hits over 6 2/3 innings for the win. "I just keep on working on throwing and let the defense work behind me," said P |
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| Weeks leads Brewers' ninth-inning comeback over Cubs |
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04/10/2009 |
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| g with an oblique injury. Hill, starting behind the plate for 2008 NL Rookie of the Year Geovany Soto, hit a two-run homer and Milton Bradley added a solo shot for Chicago, which entered this series on the heels of taking two of three games from the Houston Astros. Soto is day-to-day with inflammation in his right shoulder. Rich Harden, looking to build off a dominant NL run in 2008 after joining Chicago midseason in a trade with Oakland, made his 2009 debut and baffled the Brewers through six innings, striki |
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| Cardinals continue early homestand with test from Astros |
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04/10/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Veteran southpaw Mike Hampton kicks off his 15th big-league season with the team with which he had his most successful stint tonight, when the Houston Astros visit the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. A 36-year-old Floridian, Hampton initially reached the majors in 1993 and made 13 appearances with the Seattle Mariners. He opened 1994 with Houston and stayed through 1999, winning 69 games that included a 22-4 campaign in his final year as an Astro. |
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| Brewers to hold home opener against Harden, Cubs |
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04/10/2009 |
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| tch. In all, he has been on the disabled list six times in his five- plus major league seasons. Harden has faced the Brewers twice and is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA against them. Chicago enters this series on the heels of taking two of three games from the Houston Astros. On Wednesday, Aramis Ramirez went 4-for-6 with a double and four RBI to lead the Cubs to an 11-6 win in the rubber match at Minute Maid Park. Mike Fontenot clobbered a three-run homer and added an RBI single for the Cubs, while Kosuke Fukudome dril |
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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 winni |
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| Keppinger's single lifts Astros over Cubs in 10th inning |
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04/08/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (BettingExpress) - Jeff Keppinger's broken-bat single plated the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, as the Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs, 3-2, in the second of a three-game set from Minute Maid Park. Hunter Pence finished 2-for-3 with a home run and walk for the Astros, while Michael Bourn also knocked in a run. Wandy Rodriguez gave up one run on four hits in a solid six-inning start for Houston. Doug Brocail (1-0) recorded the final out in the top of the 10th to get the win |
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| Cubs, Dempster try to make it two in a row in Houston |
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04/07/2009 |
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| ubs' season of sky-high expectations got off to a picture-perfect start on Monday. The defending National League Central champions will try to put together another well-played outing when they continue their season-opening three-game series with the Houston Astros tonight from Minute Maid Park. Fueled by six strong innings from starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano and early home runs from Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez, the Cubs came through with a 4-2 victory over the Astros last night. Chicago jumped out to |
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| Soriano, Zambrano help Cubs double up Astros |
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04/07/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (BettingExpress) - Alfonso Soriano started the Cubs' season with a bang, homering on the second pitch of the game and Carlos Zambrano threw six-plus solid innings, as Chicago held on for a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros. Zambrano (1-0), who had a 14-6 mark last season, yielded five hits and a run, while walking three and logging six strikeouts. He tied a franchise-record by starting his fifth consecutive season-opener. It was Zambrano's first start against the Astros since he tossed a no-hitter |
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