Archive for September, 2006
Pirates 6, Brewers 3, 1st game; Brewers 2, Pirates 1, 2nd game (AP)
Ben Sheets took a perfect-game bid into the seventh inning before Chris Duffy led off with a single, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Wednesday to split a doubleheader. In the opener, Freddy Sanchez got three hits and Ian Snell struck out 10 as Pittsburgh won 6-3. Sheets (5-6) gave up two [...]
Posted: September 13th, 2006.
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Pirates 6, Brewers 3, 1st game (AP)
Freddy Sanchez got three hits and raised his NL-leading batting average to .342 and Ian Snell struck out 10, sending the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader. Sanchez is now hitting .342. He hit his 47th double, tying the team record for right-handed batters set by [...]
Posted: September 13th, 2006.
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Brewers-Pirates rained out (AP)
The Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates game scheduled for Tuesday night was rained out. The two NL Central teams will make up the game by playing a doubleheader Wednesday at 12:35 p.m. EDT, the scheduled time for what was to have been the final game of the three-game series. Chris Capuano (11-10) and Ben Sheets [...]
Posted: September 12th, 2006.
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Pirates 4, Brewers 3 (AP)
Zach Duke is showing the form he had in 2005. Duke tied a season-high with seven strikeouts in eight innings, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 Monday night. “I felt like I was on top of the ball the whole time,” Duke said. “It’s definitely a good feeling to go out there [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2006.
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Brewers' Bush five-hits Astros (AP)
With five wins since Aug. 1, including a five-hit shutout on Sunday, Dave Bush is probably pitching as well as he ever has. Bush struck out a season-high 10 in his third career shutout, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-0 victory over the Houston Astros. “It just seems like each start he is getting [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2006.
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Astros 10, Brewers 4 (AP)
Houston manager Phil Garner isn’t worrying about the standings until his Astros reach the .500 mark. Lance Berkman had two home runs and four RBIs, and Jason Hirsh pitched six-plus strong innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 10-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. Houston won its third straight game to [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2006.
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Astros 4, Brewers 3 (AP)
Roy Oswalt was not in the mood to celebrate his win. Oswalt allowed five hits in seven strong innings for his sixth victory in his last seven decisions and Aubrey Huff and Morgan Ensberg homered to help the Houston Astros stay close in the NL wild card race with a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2006.
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Miller hit in head by pitch from Oswalt (AP)
Damian Miller of the Milwaukee Brewers was hit in the head by a pitch from Houston ace Roy Oswalt in the seventh inning Friday night. Miller dropped to the ground, and Brewers trainers rushed out to attend to him. The catcher soon walked off the field under his own power. With the bases loaded and [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2006.
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Spurling claimed off waivers (AP)
The Milwaukee Brewers claimed reliever Chris Spurling off waivers from the Detroit Tigers on Friday. The 29-year-old right-hander went 0-0 with a 3.18 ERA for the Tigers in nine appearances this season before being optioned to Triple-A Toledo on June 4. He was 1-4 with a 2.04 ERA for the Mud Hens. To make room [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2006.
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Woman accused of stalking Uecker must stay away from him for 4 years, baseball games included (AP)
A woman accused of stalking Hall of Fame baseball announcer Bob Uecker must stay away from him for four years under a restraining order issued Thursday that bars her from attending any game he broadcasts. A court commissioner issued the order after Ann Ladd testified that that she would not have further contact with Uecker [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2006.
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