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| Astros, Nats start short series in nation's capital |
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05/04/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Washington lefty John Lannan tries for his first win of 2009 in his sixth effort of the season tonight, when the Nationals host the Houston Astros in the first of an abbreviated two-game series at Nationals Park. The Nationals are 0-5 in games started by the 24-year-old New York native, in which he's pitched at least six innings three times and struck out 18 batters in 27 1/3 innings. He fell to 0-3 in his most-recent start on April 28 at Philadelphia, losing a 7-1 verdict while giving up |
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| National League Game Capsules |
MLB Baseball |
05/03/2009 |
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| eir past four games. Andy LaRoche had two of Pittsburgh's four hits in the club's fifth loss in six affairs. Final Score: Houston 7, Atlanta 5 Atlanta, GA (Worldwide Gamble) - Michael Bourn went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a run batted in, as the Houston Astros snuck past the Atlanta Braves, 7-5, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Turner Field. Carlos Lee went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored for the Astros, who have won five of their last seven games. Miguel Tejada went 2-for-4 with an RBI. L |
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| Astros nip Braves, take two-of-three |
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05/03/2009 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Worldwide Gamble) - Michael Bourn went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a run batted in, as the Houston Astros snuck past the Atlanta Braves, 7-5, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Turner Field. Carlos Lee went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored for the Astros, who have won five of their last seven games. Miguel Tejada went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Lance Berkman, Ivan Rodriguez, and Geoff Blum each had an RBI. Wandy Rodriguez lasted five frames, allowing three runs on six hits with three s |
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| Astros' Brocail leaves game with leg injury |
MLB Baseball |
05/03/2009 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Worldwide Gamble) - Houston Astros relief pitcher Doug Brocail left Houston's 7-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday with a strained left hamstring. The 41-year-old Brocail twisted his left leg while trying to cover first on a Kelly Johnson grounder to first baseman Lance Berkman in the eighth inning. Brocail was able to catch Berkman's toss and touch first to record the out, but he seemed to buckle his left leg in the process. He fell to the ground immediately. Brocail was on the ground for a |
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| Rubber match of Braves-Astros series on tap |
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05/03/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Steady lefty Wandy Rodriguez hopes for better luck than he's had thus far in 2009 when his Houston Astros wrap up a three-game series with the Atlanta Braves today at Turner Field. Holder of an earned run average below 2.00 in spite of winning just twice in five starts, Rodriguez enters today's assignment third in the National League in that category after going 9-7 with a 3.54 mark last season. He downed Cincinnati, 8-3, on Tuesday in his last start, giving up five hits and a run in seven |
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| Astros wait out rain, beat Braves |
MLB Baseball |
05/02/2009 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Worldwide Gamble) - Lance Berkman hit a solo home run to help the Houston Astros take a 5-1 win over the Atlanta Braves in the second of a three-game set at Turner Field. Hunter Pence went 3-for-4 with a run scored while Ivan Rodriguez had two hits, scored once and drove in a run for the Astros, who have won four of their last six games. Roy Oswalt started on the mound, but pitched only one inning due to a lengthy rain delay. He walked a batter and struck out two. Tim Byrdak (1-0) got the win for |
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| Quality mound matchup highlights Braves-Astros clash |
MLB Baseball |
05/02/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Young right-hander Jair Jurrjens tries to snap a three- start drought when the Atlanta Braves host the Houston Astros today in the second of three weekend games from Turner Field. Born in 1986 in the Netherlands Antilles, Jurrjens made seven starts with the Detroit Tigers in 2007 before heading to Atlanta and making 31 starts with the Braves in 2008 - winning 13 games. He began 2009 with two straight victories but has racked up two hard-luck losses and a no decision since, allowing 16 hits |
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| Houston's Valverde undergoes second calf procedure on Friday |
MLB Baseball |
05/01/2009 |
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| Houston, TX (Worldwide Gamble) - Houston Astros ninth-inning specialist Jose Valverde again had fluid drained from his ailing right calf on Friday, delaying his return from the disabled list. Valverde was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right calf on Tuesday and had approximately 20 ccs of fluid aspirated from the calf on Thursday by Astros team physician Dr. David Lintner. Lintner made another small incision Friday in order to drain the remaining fluid, approximately 40 ccs, from the calf. |
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| Hampton, Lowe square off at Turner Field |
MLB Baseball |
05/01/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Two teams languishing through the season's initial stretch get together tonight at Turner Field in the first of a three-game weekend series. The Houston Astros, participants in the World Series as recently as 2005, find themselves last in the six-team National League Central through 22 games, with just nine wins. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves, who went more than a decade without missing the playoffs until 2006, are a game under .500 at 10-11 in the highly competitive NL East. Veteran south |
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| Reds, Pirates start series in Steel City |
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05/01/2009 |
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| Duke made one start against the Reds in 2008 and pitched well in a no- decision, allowing six hits and a run in five innings of work. On Wednesday in Cincinnati, Edinson Volquez was brilliant, pitching eight shutout innings, as the Reds defeated the Houston Astros, 3-0, in the finale of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park. Volquez (3-2) allowed one hit -- a double to Miguel Tejada in the first inning -- walked one and struck out six. Francisco Cordero earned his seventh save of the season with a p |
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