Philadelphia's Roy Oswalt held Los Angeles hitless until two outs in the sixth inning, guiding the Phillies to a 5-1 win over the Dodgers in the National League on Wednesday. Oswalt (10-13) threw 115 pitches and struck out six. He is 4-1 with a 1.90 ERA in seven starts since the Phillies acquired him from Houston.
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The calendar has flipped to September and the annual expansion of baseball's rosters will give plenty of…
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Faster than you can say " Aroldis Chapman," the Cincinnati Reds have an eight-game lead in the NL Central. Chapman prefers to let his fastball do the talking, and Wednesday it was clocked at 103 mph. The Reds responded to their phenom's latest batch of blazing pitches by rallying for six runs in the seventh inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-1. Chapman was perfect for the second consecutive night in an inning of work and was credited with the victory.
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Continuity, experience and starting pitching has Philadelphia in the chase for another NL pennant.
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Enormous hype preceded the big-league arrival of Cincinnati Reds left-hander Aroldis Chapman.
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Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman was too fast to hit in his big league debut, throwing 102 mph during one perfect inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 on Tuesday night, wrapping up the best August by any team in the majors. Chapman joined the Reds' bullpen and matched the hype his first time out, throwing four pitches clocked at 100 mph or better.
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Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jim Edmonds tells MLB.com he plans to retire after this season . "I'm leaning toward shutting it down and being a family man again," Edmonds, 40, said. "My wife and kids have had enough right now. They're struggling a little bit with it." Edmonds returned to baseball this season after a one-year absence in 2009. He made the Milwaukee Brewers out of spring training as a non-roster player, then was traded to the Reds on Aug.
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CINCINNATI – Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman is bringing his 105 m.p.h. fastball to the big leagues.
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Rod Barajas figured something big was going on when he caught a glimpse of Tommy Lasorda sitting nearby. Lasorda and other luminaries were there to honor baseball commissioner Bud Selig, but the new Dodgers catcher was nervous long before that. Barajas made a smashing debut for the Dodgers with a three-run homer and Ted Lilly won his fifth straight in Los Angeles' 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee…
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There still might be something for Trevor Hoffman to savor this year. In a season that hasn't gone the way he hoped, baseball's all-time saves leader earned No. 599 Sunday as the Milwaukee Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with an 8-4 victory Sunday. "Round numbers are really what baseball looks at," Hoffman said.
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