Phils top Braves to boost playoff hopes
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Kyle Lohse gave the Phillies something they've sorely lacked down the stretch. Lohse pitched seven strong innings, and Philadelphia improved its playoff hopes with a 5-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.
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Atlanta holds a 9-4 edge in the season series, and has won four of seven in New York...The doubleheader was the Braves&#39; second in five days after they were swept at home by Philadelphia on September 8...The last doubleheader between these clubs at Shea
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An 8-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday have the Houston Astros one win away from ending 43 seasons of playoff failure.
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Jimmy Rollins' clutch hit moved the Philadelphia Phillies a little closer to the top of the NL wild-card race. Rollins doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth and the Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Wednesday night to extend their winning streak to five games.
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Brian McCann, Andruw Jones and Jeff Francoeur homered to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 7-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.
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Ryan Howard hits a pair of two-run homers Sunday as Philadelphia earns its first sweep of the season with a 13-6 win over Atlanta.
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The Philadelphia Phillies avoided a lost weekend against the Mets. Jimmy Rollins hit a two-run homer, Kyle Kendrick pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Phillies salvaged the finale of a four-game series Sunday with a 5-3 victory over New York.
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John Thomson looks ready for a prime spot in the Braves&#39; postseason rotation, and Julio Franco looks ready to display his midlife resurgence to a wider audience in the playoffs.
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Ryan Howard homered in his first three at-bats, raising his major league-leading total to 52, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied after wasting a five-run lead to beat the Atlanta Braves 8-7 Sunday in the opener of their second straight doubleheader split.
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Andruw Jones&#39; 25th home run of the season helped the Atlanta Braves beat Philadelphia 3-1 Monday. Travis Smith, pitching in place of Mike Hampton, held the Phillies to one run, five
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The Houston Astros try to move a step closer to winning a playoff series for the first time, taking a 1-0 lead into Thursday's Game 2 against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.
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The Major League Baseball playoffs are set to begin Tuesday after a regular season that provided lots of excitement. The Houston Astros had been pre-season favorites to make the National League playoffs, but
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If the Braves somehow make the playoffs, this is the one they'll remember. Overcoming two large deficits, Atlanta pulled out a 9-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Matt Diaz's three-run double with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday.
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Ryan Howard hit his major league-leading 58th homer, Cole Hamels pitched 6 2-3 strong innings and the Philadelphia Phillies continued their playoff push with a 5-2 victory over the Florida Marlins on Friday night.
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Brian McCann delivered the slump-busting big hits the Atlanta Braves desperately needed. McCann's run-scoring single gave the Braves their first lead in a week, and he added a three-run homer to lift Atlanta to a 4-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday night.
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Philadelphia may have seen its hope of a postseason berth wilter, though it did muster a three-game sweep of Milwaukee on Sunday, 9-6.
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HOUSTON -- John Smoltz, Adam LaRoche, and J.D. Drew saved the Atlanta Braves from another quick playoff exit.