The Florida Marlins got their third win under interim manager Jack McKeon on Wednesday, June 29, as Ricky Nolasco pitched a five-hit gem to lead the boys from South Florida to a 3-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics. The win puts the Marlins at 35-45 on the season and gives them…
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As the bad news continued to roll in for the Seattle Mariners, manager Eric Wedge was comforted by sending ace Felix Hernandez to the mound. Only Hernandez couldn’t stop the wave this time. Hernandez was knocked around for 10 hits, three by Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman, and the Braves completed a three-game sweep with a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Wednesday.
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The Seattle Mariners wound up going through two catchers Tuesday, and with a day game scheduled for Wednesday, they are hoping they can get one of their minor league catchers into Seattle in time. Starter Miguel Olivo came up with cramps in the third inning and tried to start the…
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The Seattle Mariners finally got a few early runs, including Ichiro Suzuki's first homer in 99 games, and were still left lamenting all their missed offensive chances. And now they are wondering if they will even have a completely healthy roster. Seattle built an early 3-0 lead on the strength of homers from Suzuki and Jack Cust, but still lost for the sixth time in eight games as Atlanta…
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Freddie Freeman saw first-pitch fastballs in his first two at-bats Monday night. He guessed right that Seattle starter Erik Bedard was going to throw him a third. "I didn't want to let another one go by, so I tried to get there a little bit earlier," Freeman said. Freeman became just the second Atlanta batter to get a hit off Bedard and his tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh…
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The Seattle Mariners have struggled at the plate so frequently it's been hard to distinguish one night from the next. The lackluster effort Monday against Atlanta seemed to particularly bother manager Eric Wedge. "We've had some tough nights this year offensively, but tonight was particularly disappointing," Wedge said.
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The Atlanta Braves finally had some good news to report about infielder/outfielder Martin Prado: He hit off a tee in the Turner Field cage on Friday. Prado has been out since June 8, and team physician Gary Lourie performed a surgical procedure June 10 to clean out a staph…
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Nine innings, nine items to get you going. Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice. 1. Pirates pride: Who are these Pittsburgh Pirates? The Bucs have won four in a row, including two straight over … Continue reading →
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A few timely hits could have changed the complexion of the San Diego Padres' game against Jair Jurrjens and the Atlanta Braves. The Padres couldn't deliver and ended up losing 10-1 Saturday night. Jurrjens pitched six strong innings to become the first 10-game winner in the NL and the Braves had eight extra-base hits.
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