In Houston, the Astros handed Cliff Lee his second straight big loss. Lee(5-2) lasted only three innings while allowing nine hits and six runs including a two run shot to Hunter Pence on way to a 7-0 win. Wandy Rodriguez(13-9) went seven innings allowing only seven hits and no runs to get his 13th win [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies(64-48, 1st in NL East) may have finally figured out their troubles since the trade deadline this week. This week, after being swept by the Marlins, the offense may have finally come back to life during a three game set in Chicago. Cliff Lee has been outstanding as he has three wins in [...]
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The Phillies did something yesterday they had not done since 1984, sweep the Cubs in Chicago. In the fourth inning, Ryan Howard broke out of the longest home run drought of his career, depositing a three run homer that would provide all the runs the Phillies needed with Cliff Lee on the mound. Cliff Lee(3-0) [...]
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The Washington Nationals(40-74, 5th in NL East 24.5GB) followed up their eight game winning streak by losing two games in a row by a combined 14-3 score. Whatever had gotten into their bats definitely made its way right back out during this past two game set against the Braves. They will now travel for Cincinnati [...]
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Nieve (3-3) pitched decently but lost his third straight outing following a 3-0 start with New York. He gave up three runs and eight hits in six innings. Following a 28-21 start, the Mets have gone 12-24 since May and dropped five games under .500 for the first time since an 0-5 start in 2005 [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies(45-38, 1st in NL East) took three out of four from the Reds this week. They decided after playing one game that could have had the mercy rule to play some real baseball though in their other two wins. They were also able to extend their lead in the division with the faltering [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies were able to get some confidence by playing the beaten up Mets this weekend at home. They swept the Mets while only allowing them to score three total runs in three games, including a shutout on Sunday afternoon. The sweep secured that the Phillies(42-37, 1st in NL East) would stay all alone [...]
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