The Pirates were looking to do something that probably not many picked earlier this week, and that was to win a series versus the Phillies. After Garrett Jones came through with another late inning home run for this Pirates team, they were on their way to a game win of 3-2 and a series victory. [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies(72-50, 1st in NL East) were able to stay hot this weekend as they visited the ailing New York Mets, not such a surprise. They now have a seven game lead over the second place Braves as they travel to interstate rival Pittsburgh for a three game set. There are not many holes [...]
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Rookie Mat Latos was impressive on Monday night against the Braves at his home park in San Diego. Latos(3-1) went seven innings only allowing six hits and two runs, but nothing after the second inning. Lucky for him, the Padres offense got single runs in hte 1st , 2nd, 3rd and 7th innings on route [...]
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Jimmy Rollins went 2-5 with 2RBI and a run scored last night, further breaking out of his slump while helping his Phillies win versus the New York Mets 7-2. The Phillies got all their runs in the first three innings against Mets starter Livan Hernandez(5-4) who lost his third decision in a row and looked [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies are reeling, and the New York Mets aren’t exactly lighting up the ball field either. The Phillies have gone 4-14 in their past eighteen games. During those same eighteen games since a matchup between the two, the Mets are 7-11 actually allowing them to gain ground on the Phillies.
The Phillies(39-37, [...]
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The Braves (29-28) won the second game of a four game set versus Pittsburgh last night to climb over the .500 mark for only the second time this season since April 16th. Derek Lowe (7-3) notched his seventh win of the season, pitching seven strong innings while only allowing 3 earned runs. Yunel Escobar looks [...]
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