Archive for May, 2007
Nationals 11, Dodgers 4 (AP)
Ryan Zimmerman drove in four runs, Dmitri Young had four hits and the Washington Nationals broke out of their hitting slump in a 11-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night. Zimmerman and Young sparked an offense that had been dormant during the first two games of the series. The Nationals mustered a [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2007.
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RHP Yhency Brazoban leaves with injury (AP)
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Yhency Brazoban left Thursday night’s game against the Washington Nationals with an undisclosed injury. Brazoban pitched to three batters in the fifth inning without recording an out. He committed a throwing error while attempting to put out Austin Kearns at first base, intentionally walked Ryan Church and surrendered a bases loaded [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2007.
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Dodgers 5, Nationals 0 (AP)
Derek Lowe did a little bit of everything for the Dodgers. Lowe pitched seven scoreless innings, reached base three times and scored a run to help Los Angeles shut out the Washington Nationals for the second straight game, 5-0 on Wednesday night. Lowe (5-5) gave up three hits, struck out five and walked two while [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2007.
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Schmidt pitches 6 innings in rehab outing (AP)
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Jason Schmidt worked six shutout innings Wednesday in a rehabilitation assignment for the Inland Empire 66ers of the California League. The 34-year-old right-hander, sidelined since the middle of April with shoulder inflammation, allowed two hits while walking one and striking out seven in the 66ers’ 2-1 victory over the Rancho Cucamonga [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2007.
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Deal or no deal (Yahoo! Sports)
Examining baseball’s best and worst contracts in this year’s All-Overpaid and All-Underpaid teams.
Posted: May 30th, 2007.
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Dodgers 10, Nationals 0 (AP)
Brad Penny shrugged off a dominating effort as if it were nothing special, while Juan Pierre relished his breakout power night. Penny scattered four singles over 6 1-3 innings, Pierre had a career-high four extra-base hits and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 10-0 on Tuesday night.
Posted: May 29th, 2007.
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Johnson not sure when he’ll be back (AP)
Nick Johnson’s comeback is going to take a little longer than he expected in spring training. The Washington first baseman said in the spring that he would complete his rehabilitation from a broken right leg and rejoin the Nationals by June 1. With that self-imposed deadline looming later this week, Johnson backed off before Tuesday’s [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2007.
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Five and Fly: Flat Brew (Yahoo! Sports)
About, oh, 20 minutes ago the Milwaukee Brewers were 25-11, eight games in front of the rest of the NL Central…
Posted: May 29th, 2007.
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Surprising Nationals aren’t so bad after all (AP)
On paper, the Washington Nationals look even worse than they did at the beginning of the season, when they seemed poised to field one of the worst teams of all time. Four-fifths of the projected starting rotation is on the disabled list. There isn’t a starter with more than three wins. Five pitchers have won [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2007.
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Dodgers 2, Cubs 1, 11 innings (AP)
Andre Ethier hit a game-tying home run in the eighth, and Juan Pierre got hit with the bases loaded in the 11th to force in the winning run as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Sunday. Guzman (0-1), working his third inning of relief, opened the 11th with walks to Ramon [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2007.
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