Archive for June, 2007
Giants 4, Diamondbacks 1 (AP)
Barry Bonds barely missed his 751st home run. That fifth-inning at-bat was the only chance he got, too. The San Francisco slugger settled for an RBI double and also walked three times in the Giants’ 4-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night, which snapped a three-game skid. Bonds hesitated and watched his hard-hit [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2007.
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Home run record may bring Bonds neither respect nor adulation (AP)
Baseball’s home run record ranks as the most prized in all of American sports, coming with a title that reflects its regality. Is Barry Bonds so worthy? Babe Ruth was a true Home Run King, reaching the feat in a fashion fit for the excesses of the Roaring Twenties — a big-swinging, big-eating, big-drinking lovable [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2007.
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Dodgers 9, Diamondbacks 5 (AP)
Russell Martin spoiled Randy Johnson’s return with a home run and finished with three hits to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-5 Thursday. Randy Wolf (9-6) allowed three runs in six-plus innings and Jeff Kent drove in three runs for the Dodgers, who took three of four from the Diamondbacks and [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2007.
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200 attend services for former major league pitcher Rod Beck (AP)
Former San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker and current manager Bruce Bochy were among the estimated 200 people who attended the funeral Thursday for former major league pitcher Rod Beck. Giants owner Peter Magowan and general manager Brian Sabean also attended the services at a Scottsdale mortuary.
Posted: June 28th, 2007.
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Big Unit returns from disabled list (AP)
Randy Johnson was activated from the 15-day disabled list Thursday ahead of his start for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Johnson was placed on the disabled list June 15, retroactive to June 11, because of muscle tightness in his buttocks. In addition, he was diagnosed with a herniated disk in his surgically [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2007.
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Diamondbacks 2, Dodgers 0 (AP)
Brandon Webb pitched like the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner when he needed to. Overcoming uncharacteristic wildness, Webb threw seven shutout innings to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. Chad Tracy hit a sacrifice fly and Eric Byrnes singled in a run for the [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2007.
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Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 5, 10 innings (AP)
Tony Abreu’s pinch-hit home run lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over Arizona in 10 innings Tuesday night. Abreu hit a 1-1 pitch from Doug Slaten (3-1) into the left field seats with two outs in the 10th. Jonathan Broxton (3-2) pitched two scoreless innings for the victory. Takashi Saito pitched the [...]
Posted: June 26th, 2007.
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Diamondbacks LHP Choate recalled from minors (PA SportsTicker)
The Arizona Diamondbacks recalled lefthander Randy Choate from Class AAA Tucson on Tuesday.
Posted: June 26th, 2007.
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D’backs LHP Johnson to start Thursday (PA SportsTicker)
Arizona Diamondbacks lefthander Randy Johnson will start Thursday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Posted: June 26th, 2007.
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Big Unit to return to Arizona’s rotation (AP)
Randy Johnson will return to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ rotation on Thursday, 10 days after he was diagnosed with a herniated disk in his back. The 43-year-old lefty, who went on the disabled list June 11, will face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the final game of a four-game series at Chase Field. Johnson declared himself [...]
Posted: June 26th, 2007.
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