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| Dodgers leave Saito off NLCS roster |
MLB Baseball |
10/09/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (BettingExpress) - The Los Angeles Dodgers left former closer Takashi Saito off their 25-player roster for the National League Championship Series, which was announced on Thursday. Saito has struggled to regain his pitching form after missing two months with a sprained ligament in his right elbow, and young right-hander Jonathan Broxton has assumed the role of closer in his absence. The 38-year-old Saito suffered the injury in July, and didn't return to action for the Dodgers until the final two |
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| Dodgers, Phils kick off NLCS in City of Brotherly Love |
MLB Baseball |
10/09/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies will battle for the right to represent the National League at the World Series when the best-of-seven NLCS gets underway on Thursday at Citizens Bank Park. Los Angeles is back in the NLCS for the eighth time in team history, but this is its first time back since its classic seven-game win over the New York Mets en route to its last world championship in 1988. Philadelphia, meanwhile, is in this round for the seventh time, but is making its first |
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| Cubs exercise 2009 option for Harden |
MLB Baseball |
10/08/2008 |
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| 183 batting average against led all pitchers in the majors with at least 25 starts. Chicago limited Harden's work down the stretch in the regular season as he made only two starts after September 11. He pitched in Game 3 of Chicago's 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series, allowing three runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings as the Cubs were swept by the Dodgers. The oft-injured righty has not made 30 starts in a season since making 31 in 2004. He made only 13 combined starts in 2 |
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| Keys to winning the 2008 NLCS |
MLB Baseball |
10/08/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - An old rivalry will be renewed when the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers square off on Thursday in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series at Citizens Bank Park. These teams have met in this round on three other occasions, but this will be their first playoff meeting since the Wheeze Kids Phils defeated the Dodgers, 3-1, to advance to the 1983 World Series. Los Angeles, though, defeated the Phillies the first two times these teams squared off in NLCS play. Unfortunately, |
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| Indians' Lewis, Reds' Votto named Rookies of Month for September |
MLB Baseball |
10/06/2008 |
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| eague debut on September 10, Lewis tossed eight scoreless innings in a 7-1 victory over the Orioles. Votto batted .309 (29-for-94) with nine homers and 20 RBI in 25 games during the month. He hit safely in 10 of his final 11 games, including eight multi- hit games. He finished the year with a .297 batting average, 24 homers and 84 RBI. Other rookies considered were Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury and Texas' Taylor Teagarden in the AL, and Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw and San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval in the NL. |
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| Burrell blasts Phillies into NLCS |
MLB Baseball |
10/05/2008 |
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| d drove in four runs for the Phillies, who captured the best-of-five National League Division Series three games to one and won a postseason series for the first time since ousting the Atlanta Braves in the 1993 NLCS. Philadelphia will next face the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won their first postseason series in 20 years with a sweep of the Chicago Cubs. The NLCS is set to begin on Thursday in Philadelphia. Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth each hit a solo homer in the win, while Joe Blanton (1-0) was solid in his firs |
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| A century and counting? Cubs try to avoid brooms at Chavez Ravine |
MLB Baseball |
10/04/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Los Angeles Dodgers try to become the latest team to add to the Chicago Cubs' misery this evening when they go for a three-game sweep in the best-of-five National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers pushed the Cubs to the brink of elimination in Game 2 on Thursday, as Russell Martin's three-run double highlighted a five-run second inning which was aided by a pair of Chicago errors, and Manny Ramirez homered for a second straight night, carrying Los Angeles to a 10-3 win. R |
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| Martin, Dodgers bury Cubs to take commanding series lead |
MLB Baseball |
10/03/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (BettingExpress) - Russell Martin's three-run double highlighted a five-run second inning when the Cubs committed a pair of errors, and Manny Ramirez homered for a second straight night, carrying the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-3 win and a commanding lead in their National League Division Series. Ramirez drove in two runs and Rafael Furcal went 3-for-6 with two RBI and a pair of runs scored for the Dodgers, who won 7-2 Wednesday night and can sweep the best-of-five series with a victory Saturday in Lo |
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| Dodgers hope to take 2-0 lead in best-of-five NLDS with Cubs |
MLB Baseball |
10/02/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Los Angeles Dodgers try to take a commanding two games to none lead in their best-of-five National League Division Series with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. In Game 1 of this set on Wednesday, James Loney clubbed a two-out grand slam in the fifth inning and Manny Ramirez homered in the seventh, as Los Angeles picked up a 7-2 win. Russell Martin also hit a solo shot in the ninth for the Dodgers, who took advantage of eight walks, including three in the decisive fifth inning, to post jus |
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| The Replacements: Lester, Bay deliver in Red Sox' Game 1 triumph |
MLB Baseball |
10/02/2008 |
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| ll the first couple of at-bats I didn't really see it and he left a fastball up and I hit it and after that you gain a little confidence." Bay's home run came just hours after the Red Sox watched their former teammate Ramirez blast a home run in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 7-2 NLDS win in Chicago. "Obviously he's one of the best players -- one of the best postseason players of all time and regardless of where he's at," Bay added. "I think a lot of us enjoy watching him. We cross paths in the air so it kind of helped |
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