Streak stopped in opener
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The Houston Astros&#39; winning streak ended with a swing and a miss -- lots of swings and misses, in fact. Left-hander Oliver Perez became the second pitcher in Pirates
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The Yankees came into the series needing three victories to eliminate Boston from the A.L. East race. Losing the opener cut their lead to 10Â½ games.
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down to walk-off home runs. St. Louis won the first two contests at Busch. when Jeff Kent belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.
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Geoff Jenkins hit a three-run homer in the 12th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers stopped a three-game losing streak, beating the Texas Rangers 9-6 Sunday night.
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Juan Pablo Ãngel scored a goal with six minutes left and the Red Bulls escaped with a 2-2 tie with the New England Revolution last night at Giants Stadium. Francis Doe, a Liberian national making only his second start this season, stole the ball and found the streaking Ãngel, who blasted a low shot past Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis to tie the score. Ãngelâs goal was his 16th in 20 games for the Red Bulls (11-10-5), who are battling for a playoff spot.
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(11/01/04) New England&#39;s win streak is over. It took a rookie to stop it at 21 games. Ben Roethlisberger threw for 196 yards and a pair of first-quarter touchdowns
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Time is running out on the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers wasted a chance to cut their NL Central deficit to one game, giving up a first-inning home run to Albert Pujols in a testy 7-3 loss Wednesday night to the St. Louis Cardinals that saw two more hit batters and a pair of ejections.
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Roger Clemens lost in what might have been the final start of his career, and the Atlanta Braves ended Houston's nine-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory Friday night that hurt the Astros' postseason hopes.
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NEW YORK -- Ichiro Suzuki and the Seattle Mariners put an emphatic end to their nine-game losing streak. Suzuki had three hits to equal another record, Felix Hernandez outpitched a gimpy Roger Clemens and the Mariners beat the New York Yankees 7-1 on Monday in the opener of a crucial series.
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Miguel Tejada has already talked with Astros manager Cecil Cooper about wanting to play every day. Not exactly shocking that a guy who played in 1,152 consecutive games - the fifth-longest streak in baseball history - would want to make that clear before joining his new teammates on the field for the first time yesterday.
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Bobby Cox has guided the Braves to a record 12 consecutive division crowns. On Thursday, Atlanta can extend that streak to 13 with a win coupled with a loss by the Florida Marlins.
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The only number that's important to the Phillies is the length of their winning streak. Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard and Aaron Rowand homered, Pat Burrell added four RBIs and Philadelphia avoided its 10,000th loss again by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4 on Saturday.
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Pujols hit his sixth homer of the playoffs, while Edmonds hit his third and second of the LCS...Sanders also had three hits...St. Louis&#39; two runs in the first inning snapped a scoreless streak of 14 frames
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The Chicago Cubs' 24-hour visit to Miami included a brief stay atop the NL wild-card standings. Then they lost their lead because they couldn't beat David Weathers. The journeyman right-hander, making his first start in six years, limited Chicago to two hits and one run in five innings, and the Florida Marlins won 5-2 for a split of their doubleheader Monday.
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It was the fourth consecutive victory for the Yankees, their best streak of the season. Roger Clemens is scheduled to start Saturday in his return debut.
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Los Angeles Dodgers starter Odalis Perez learned just how quickly things can unravel against the potent St. Louis Cardinals. After allowing Albert Pujols&#39;s first-inning
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Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies singled in the first inning Thursday night, extending his hitting streak to 35 games. Utley lined a 2-2 pitch from Jason Marquis to center field and went to second when St. Louis center fielder So Taguchi bobbled the ball. Utley hit an RBI single off the first-base bag in the third to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead, and making him 6-for-11 against Marquis.