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| Johnson goes for Marlins in opener with Reds |
MLB Baseball |
05/04/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Young right-hander Josh Johnson tries to end a brief winless drought tonight when the Florida Marlins host the Cincinnati Reds in the first of two early-week games at Dolphin Stadium. A 25-year-old old from Minneapolis, Johnson won his initial 2009 starts against Washington and the New York Mets, but has since put together three straight no-decisions against the Nationals, Philadelphia and the Mets. Nonetheless, the Marlins are 4-1 in games in which he's pitched. Overall, Johnson has allowe |
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| Pirates, Reds to play decider of weekend divisional set |
MLB Baseball |
05/03/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Johnny Cueto looks to make it four straight outings without a loss today, when the Cincinnati Reds visit PNC Park for the finale of a three-game weekend series with the Pittsburgh Pirates. A 23-year-old Dominican, Cueto opened his 2009 season with a 10-2 loss to the Pirates in Cincinnati, but is unbeaten in three starts since - winning once and picking up a pair of no-decisions while throwing 18 2/3 innings. He blanked the Chicago Cubs on four hits over seven rounds in a 3-0 tr |
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| National League Game Capsules |
MLB Baseball |
05/03/2009 |
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| allowing four runs on six hits with no walks and three strikeouts. Final Score: Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Andy LaRoche and Ramon Vazquez each had two RBI to help the Pittsburgh Pirates take an 8-6 decision over the Cincinnati Reds in the second of a three-game set at PNC Park. Nate McLouth went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI while Nyjer Morgan scored twice for the Pirates, who snapped a four-game slide. Ross Ohlendorf (3-2) got the win as he gave up just three runs |
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| Pirates hold off Reds |
MLB Baseball |
05/03/2009 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Andy LaRoche and Ramon Vazquez each had two RBI to help the Pittsburgh Pirates take an 8-6 decision over the Cincinnati Reds in the second of a three-game set at PNC Park. Nate McLouth went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI while Nyjer Morgan scored twice for the Pirates, who snapped a four-game slide. Ross Ohlendorf (3-2) got the win as he gave up just three runs on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts in six innings. Alex Gonzalez hit a three-run homer while A |
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| Pirates seeking to avenge shutout loss to Reds |
MLB Baseball |
05/02/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Russ Ohlendorf takes the mound looking for a third straight win tonight, when the Pittsburgh Pirates host the Cincinnati Reds in the middle tilt of a three-game set at PNC Park. A 2008 acquisition in a deadline deal that sent Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte to the New York Yankees, Ohlendorf made five starts with the Pirates last season and posted a 6.46 earned run average in 22 2/3 innings. He began 2009 with consecutive losses at St. Louis and home to Houston, but has since boun |
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| Reds, Pirates start series in Steel City |
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05/01/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Two perennial also-rans hoping for better fortunes in 2009 - the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates - match up tonight at PNC Park to open a three-game weekend series between National League Central Division rivals. The Reds, who were 74-88 last season, finished fifth in the NL Central, leading only one team - the Pirates, who were dead last in the six-team loop with a 67-95 mark. Cincinnati has begun this season with a glimmer of promise, going 7-3 on a recent road trip to sit 11-10 th |
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| Volquez helps Reds snap long home losing streak against Astros |
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04/30/2009 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - Edinson Volquez was brilliant, pitching eight shutout innings, as the Cincinnati 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 perfect ninth inning, as Cincinnati snapped an 11-game home losing streak to Houston dating back to May 10, 2007. Layn |
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| Astros aim to leave Cincinnati with sweep |
MLB Baseball |
04/29/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Houston Astros are perfect so far on their current road trip and will shoot for a three-game sweep of the NL Central-rival Cincinnati Reds this evening at Great American Ball Park. Houston has won a season high three in a row overall and improved to 2-0 on the trek with Tuesday's 8-3 victory over the Reds, as Kazuo Matsui finished with three hits and two RBI to help the Astros to their 11th straight victory at Cincinnati. Houston hasn't lost at Cincinnati since May 10, 2007. The 11-game |
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| Harang goes for Reds in middle tilt with Astros |
MLB Baseball |
04/28/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Resurgent right-hander Aaron Harang can make it two straight wins for the first time this season this evening when the Cincinnati Reds host the Houston Astros in the middle test of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park. A 17-game loser last season after consecutive 16-win seasons, Harang tossed seven innings in a 7-1 defeat of the Chicago Cubs on Thursday at Wrigley Field, allowing seven hits and an unearned run while recording his second triumph of 2009. He went loss-win-loss in |
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| Houston's Oswalt tries for more success vs. Reds |
MLB Baseball |
04/27/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Veteran Roy Oswalt tries to restart the most dominant pitcher-vs.-team stretches in major league history when he leads the Houston Astros into Great American Ball Park for the first of three games against the Cincinnati Reds. Oswalt, a 31-year-old Mississippi native, is a ridiculous 23-1 against the Reds in his big-league career, including four wins and a 2.52 earned run average in four starts last season. He managed a no-decision against the Reds to begin 2009, however, allowing five hits |
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