If the middle matchup of this three-game set between the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves was any indication, Joe Blanton and Randall Delgado could be in for a long day on the mound during Thursday afternoon’s series finale.
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The Chicago Cubs finished the month of April with an 8-15 record. As a Cubs fan, though, I was happy with the team’s final week of the month, as they finished 4-3 against the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. Things are definitely looking better for the rebuilding Cubs. However, with Joe Mather as the only outfielder who has hit a home run, the Cubs will need more power production from their outfielders if they hope to improve their record in May.
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Lance Lynn was supposed to be in the St. Louis Cardinals’ bullpen when the season started, but instead he’s been a dominant cog in one of the majors’ best rotations.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) The $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers was finalized Tuesday, ending the tumultuous era under former owner Frank McCourt, who took the team into bankruptcy and made his private life public through a nasty divorce battle with his ex-wife.
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The Chicago Cubs are not doing a full-scale remake of their bullpen. Instead, call it a minor tweak.
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After an excellent spring, Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Chris Volstad has not had a good start to the 2012 season. With a record of 0-3 and a 6.14 ERA in four starts, Volstad will have to pitch better for the Cubs to claim a series win against the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday, April 30.
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The 2012 MLB regular season well underway. It is still a long road to October baseball but paths are already starting to take shape. The beginning of the year brings promise, and already memories have been created early in the season. At this point anything can still happen.
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The St. Louis Cardinals may have lost key pieces from their 2011 World Series championship team, but their title defense still has gotten off to a solid start.
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(Reuters) – Carlos Ruiz drove in three runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday, lifting the NL East champions to within a game of the .500 mark after a stuttering start to the season.
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Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, used to be known as a launching pad for home runs and some of the highest game scores Major League Baseball has ever seen. In recent years the Rockies have been using a humidor to offset the altitude and low humidity that helped to produce those crazy scores. However, on Friday night the Rockies went old school and broke out 18 runs against the Mets to win 18-9.
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