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| Marlins' bullpen blows lead, but Cantu has last laugh against Mets |
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04/11/2009 |
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| Miami, FL (BettingExpress) - Jorge Cantu's single in the bottom of the ninth was the game-winner as Florida clipped the New York Mets, 5-4, at Dolphin Stadium. Emilio Bonifacio began the rally with a one-out infield single off Pedro Feliciano (0-1). John Baker fanned, then Darren O'Day entered and issued a walk to Hanley Ramirez. Cantu ended the game by dumping a base hit to left, allowing Bonifacio to come in safely. That made a winner of Matt Lindstrom (1-0), who was saddled with a blown save after failin |
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| Pirates resume season-opening trek in Cincinnati |
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04/10/2009 |
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| tossed seven innings of one-hit ball for the Cardinals, who salvaged a split of the season-opening set. Nyjer Morgan knocked in the lone RBI for the Pirates, who had just one hit in the entire game. The Reds avoided a three-game sweep at home to the New York Mets with an 8-6 victory on Thursday. Joey Votto led the way by clubbing a three-run homer and finishing with four RBI. Votto had three hits and Paul Janish drove in a pair of runs for the Reds, while Darnell McDonald and Brandon Phillips both knocked in |
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| Cardinals continue early homestand with test from Astros |
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04/10/2009 |
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| attle 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. Injuries have plagued Hampton for much of this decade, however. He won 15 games in one season with the New York Mets and reached double digits three others times with Colorado and Atlanta, but was out of baseball entirely with arm maladies in 2006 and 2007. He returned to Atlanta in 2008 and made 13 starts, going 3-4 with a 4.85 earned run average over 78 innings. |
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| Mets visit Marlins club aiming for historic start |
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04/10/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Florida Marlins take aim at their first 4-0 start in team history this evening, when they open a three-game set against the New York Mets at Dolphin Stadium. New York would love nothing more than to hang the first loss on the Marlins, the team that has knocked it out of playoff contention in each of the last two seasons by taking two of three in Flushing to close the year. Florida, though, scored 26 runs in sweeping the Washington Nationals to open the season, as it moved to 3-0 for t |
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| With heavy hearts, Angels welcome Boston into Anaheim |
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04/10/2009 |
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| inal two frames. New closer Brian Fuentes gave up three runs on four hits after entering in the ninth inning to take the loss. The left-hander was signed by Anaheim in the offseason to take the place of All-Star Francisco Rodriguez, who left for the New York Mets via free agency after setting a major league record with 62 saves last season. Juan Rivera went 2-for-4 with an RBI single for the Angels, while Bobby Abreu, Mike Napoli and Erick Aybar also knocked in runs in the loss. Taking the mound for the heav |
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| Hot-hitting Rangers hand the ball to Benson in Detroit |
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04/10/2009 |
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| September 27, 2006, did receive a minor-league contract from the Rangers in February and earned a spot in the teams rotation with a solid spring performance. The right-hander, who owns a 68-73 lifetime record over seven seasons with Pittsburgh, the New York Mets and Baltimore, is 2-1 with a 2.38 ERA in three previous starts against the Tigers. In two prior outings at Detroits Comerica Park, Benson has allowed just three runs in 14 2/3 innings of work. Benson will be backed by a powerful Texas lineup that pu |
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| Votto leads Reds over Mets in series finale |
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04/09/2009 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (BettingExpress) - Joey Votto clubbed a three-run homer and finished with four RBI to lead the Cincinnati Reds past the New York Mets, 8-6, in the finale of a three-game series at Great American Ballpark. Votto had three hits and Paul Janish drove in a pair of runs for the Reds, who salvaged the finale of the three-game season-opening series. Darnell McDonald and Brandon Phillips both knocked in runs in a winning cause. Reds starter Bronson Arroyo (1-0) collected the win despite yielding five |
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| Mets hope to get the brooms out in Cincy |
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04/09/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Big-ticket southpaw Oliver Perez makes his first start since signing a lucrative free-agent deal when the New York Mets close out a three-game opening-week series with the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. A 27-year-old native of Culiacan, Mexico, Perez was 10-7 with a 4.22 earned run average for the Mets in 2008, following up on a surprising 2007 campaign that saw him win 15 games over 29 starts. He went to the open market following 2008 and wound up back in New York after get |
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| Pirates wrap up season-opening set in St. Louis |
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04/09/2009 |
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| s, and will toe the rubber today. He is entering his sixth season with the Cardinals and made just four appearances (three starts) in 2008, going 0-1 with a 1.76 earned run average. The lanky righty made only one start in 2007 on April 7 against the New York Mets, allowing five runs and nine hits in six innings of a 6-1 defeat. Carpenter, however, has enjoyed success against Pittsburgh in his career, going 9-1 with a pair of complete games and a 2.24 ERA in 11 lifetime starts. Pittsburgh finished in the NL C |
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| Mets outslug Reds |
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04/09/2009 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (BettingExpress) - Carlos Delgado clubbed a two-run homer and finished with four RBI, as the New York Mets overcame yet another rocky ninth inning to earn a 9-7 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the second game of the season-opening three-game set at Great American Ball Park. Brian Schneider had a three-run double and Carlos Beltran added a two-run single for the Mets. David Wright went 1-for-4 with a walk and three runs scored. Mike Pelfrey (1-0) got the win after giving up four runs on five h |
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