Archive for May, 2008
Griffey hits No. 599, Bruce homers in 10th for 8-7 Reds win (AP)
Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 599th career homer Saturday, leaving him one shy of a seldom-reached mark, and Jay Bruce extended his amazing weeklong debut with a 10th-inning homer that lifted the Cincinnati Reds to an 8-7 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Bruce’s first big league homer off Manny Acosta (3-2) dealt another crushing road [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2008.
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Bruce’s 4 hits lead Reds over Braves 3-2 in 11 innings (AP)
Rookie Jay Bruce had four hits — three of them off 300-game winner Tom Glavine — and scored on Chipper Jones’ error in the 11th inning Friday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Bruce added to his remarkable debut week by opening the 11th with a single off [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2008.
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Braves put Kotsay on DL, could get Smoltz back (AP)
The Atlanta Braves put outfielder Mark Kotsay on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a strained lower back, but could have right-hander John Smoltz back in the bullpen next week. Kotsay was scratched from a game Monday with tightness in his back. He flew with the team from Milwaukee to Cincinnati on Thursday night, then [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2008.
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Braves put Mark Kotsay on DL with back strain (AP)
The Atlanta Braves put outfielder Mark Kotsay on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a strained lower back. Kotsay was scratched from a game Monday with tightness in his back. He returned to Atlanta on Thursday night for evaluation. The Braves called up outfielder Josh Anderson from Triple-A Richmond to take his place.
Posted: May 30th, 2008.
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Braves place OF Kotsay on DL (PA SportsTicker)
The Atlanta Braves are down another outfielder.
Posted: May 30th, 2008.
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Torre makes it clear: Yankees are behind him (SportingNews.com)
The man who managed in the Bronx for a dozen years returns to New York with his new team, the Dodgers. Joe Torre prefers to leave his old high-profile job in the past.
Posted: May 29th, 2008.
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Campillo, Teixeira drive in 6 runs in Braves’ win (AP)
Mark Teixeira homered and drove in four runs and reliever-turned-starter Jorge Campillo’s first career hit scored two more to lift the Atlanta Braves to an 8-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday. Chipper Jones went 2-for-4 with two walks to raise his major league leading average to .420 and help the Braves avoid being [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2008.
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Braves’ Diaz out 4-6 weeks with knee injury (AP)
Braves outfielder Matt Diaz will be out at least a month after injuring his left knee attempting to make a catch. Diaz underwent an MRI on Thursday that showed a partial tear in the posterior cruciate ligament. Team doctors estimate he will be out four to six weeks. Diaz, hitting .250 with two homers and [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2008.
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Reds’ home streak reaches 9 after 9-1 rout of Pirates (AP)
Jay Bruce was bound to make an out sooner or later. The Cincinnati Reds will lose again at home, too. Eventually. The Reds sure didn’t show any signs of slowing Wednesday night, when they knocked around the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 9-1 win that was their ninth in a row at home. The last [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2008.
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Weeks’ triple sends Brewers to 1-0 win (AP)
Rickie Weeks delivered a run-scoring triple in the eighth inning to make a winner of Jeff Suppan, who baffled the Atlanta Braves over eight innings in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 1-0 victory Wednesday night. Braves starter Jo-Jo Reyes had given up just two hits and retired 14 batters in a row before walking J.J.
Posted: May 28th, 2008.
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