Archive for April, 2007
Arizona 1B Jackson leaves game with hand injury (AP)
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Conor Jackson left Sunday’s game against the San Francisco Giants with cuts on his right hand after he was thrown out on a headfirst slide into home plate. X-rays were negative, and Jackson could return to the lineup when the Diamondbacks play at the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Quotes on the death Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock (AP)
Reaction to the death of Josh Hancock, the St. Louis Cardinals reliever who was killed in a car crash early Sunday: “All of baseball today mourns the tragic and untimely death of St. Louis pitcher Josh Hancock. He was a fine young pitcher who played an important role on last year’s World Series championship [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Diamondbacks 5, Giants 4 (AP)
Barry Bonds hit his 742nd career home run. Scott Hairston hit his 14th, and it lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 victory over Bonds and the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. Hairston, a pinch-hitter, hit reliever Vinnie Chulk’s first pitch 418 feet into the left-field seats with two runners on to give the [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Diamondbacks 3, Giants 2 (AP)
Arizona manager Bob Melvin refused to let Barry Bonds beat him. Melvin walked Bonds intentionally three times with runners in scoring position, including in the ninth inning, and the strategy worked for the Diamondbacks in a 3-2 victory over San Francisco that snapped the Giants’ eight-game winning streak Friday night.
Posted: April 28th, 2007.
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Martin, Saito at strange intersection (Yahoo! Sports)
LOS ANGELES – Second-year players from opposite sides of the globe and opposite ends of their careers are integral to Dodgers’ success.
Posted: April 27th, 2007.
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Diamondbacks 7, Padres 4 (AP)
A pair of old-timers for otherwise youthful Arizona led the way Thursday night in the Diamondbacks’ 7-4 victory over San Diego in front of the smallest crowd in franchise history. Tony Clark has his second two-homer game of the season and Livan Hernandez silenced the Padres after a rocky first inning.
Posted: April 27th, 2007.
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Wednesday’s NL Capsules (AP)
Jake Peavy was nearly unhittable Wednesday night. And for three innings, he was untouchable. San Diego’s ace fell one strike short of Tom Seaver’s major league record of 10 consecutive strikeouts and fanned 16 batters in seven innings before Stephen Drew hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a 3-2 [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2007.
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Diamondbacks 3, Padres 2 (AP)
Jake Peavy was nearly unhittable Wednesday night. And for three innings, he was untouchable. San Diego’s ace fell one strike short of Tom Seaver’s major league record of 10 consecutive strikeouts and fanned 16 batters in seven innings before Stephen Drew hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a 3-2 [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2007.
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Notes from Wednesday’s games (AP)
Posted: April 25th, 2007.
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Padres 10, Diamondbacks 5 (AP)
Randy Johnson returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks, looked his age and was outpitched by another 43-year-old. David Wells got the victory in the oldest matchup of left-handers in major league history, leading the San Diego Padres over Arizona 10-5 Tuesday night. Six months after back surgery, the Johnson (0-1) gave up six runs and six [...]
Posted: April 25th, 2007.
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