Pirates' Sanchez wins batting title
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Freddy Sanchez had two hits while becoming the Pittsburgh Pirates' first National League batting champion in 23 years, and Xavier Nady's third hit of the game drove in the only run in a 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
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Anibal Sanchez restored a forgotten feat to major league baseball: a no-hitter. The rookie ended the longest period without a no-hitter in major league history, leading the Florida Marlins over the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 Wednesday night in just his 13th career start.
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ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves clinched their 13th consecutive division title Friday night, winning the NL East with an 8-7 victory over the Florida Marlins.
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Kip Wells won for the first time in 10 months, pitching his best game of the season for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 3-0 over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.
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Greg Maddux reached the 15-win plateau for a record 17th straight season and also drove in two runs in the second inning to power the Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Thursday.
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Greg Maddux reached the 15-win plateau  for a record 17th straight season and also drove in two runs in  the second inning to power the Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 victory  over the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League  Thursday.
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The Atlanta Braves clinched their 13th consecutive division title Friday night, winning the NL East with an 8-7 victory over the Florida Marlins.
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Jonathan Sanchez won his first major league start and Ray Durham homered twice as the San Francisco Giants beat Cincinnati 3-2 Wednesday and moved past the Reds in the NL wild-card race.
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Ty Wigginton hit a two-run homer and Oliver Perez pitched 6 2-3 strong innings, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates stop a seven-game road losing streak with a 6-1 victory over
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Rookie Jack Cassel pitched six solid innings for his first big league win, Khalil Greene hit a two-run homer and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 Monday night to keep a 1 1/2-game lead in the wild-card race.
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Rick Ankiel homered twice and drove in seven runs as the St Louis Cardinals pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-4 on Thursday.
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Alex Cintron's RBI single with one out in the ninth inning lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 Monday night.
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Andy Pettitte pitches the surging Houston Astros to their seventh straight victory, 7-4 over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
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Chris Carpenter pitched a complete   game three-hitter to record his fourth win over Pittsburgh this   season as St Louis edged the Pirates 3-1 on Friday.
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Bronson Arroyo kept Barry Bonds four home runs shy of Hank Aaron's record and moved within 752 himself. The Cincinnati Reds right-hander allowed three runs and seven hits &#151; none a home run by Bonds &#151; in 6 2-3 innings and went deep for the third time in his career in a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday night.
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Roger Clemens got his 345th win, allowing one run in six innings to lead Houston over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Thursday night and complete a three-game sweep for the Astros.
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Barry Bonds hit his 722nd career home run hours after the federal grand jury considering possible perjury and tax-evasion charges against him expired without an indictment, and the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 9-3 on Thursday night.