Fri, 12/03/2010 - 08:56 by harsheeb
Miami-- The Florida Marlins officially signed pitcher Javier Vazquez to a one-year contract Thursday, the team said, though the terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Vazquez was coming off a disappointing season with the Yankees, posting a record of 10-10 in 31 games, with 26 starts and a 5.32 earned run average. He was left off the Yankees playoff roster in October.
The 34-year-old right-hander has a 152-149 career record with a 4.26 ERA in 418 games, including 411 starts, over 13 seasons with the Expos, Yankees, Diamondbacks, White Sox and Braves. He was an All-Star in his first Yankee season of 2004.
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Tue, 07/06/2010 - 10:36 by Rakhi
Oakland, Calif. -- Javier Vazquez held Oakland to three hits over seven innings and Mark Teixeira homered Monday in the New York Yankees' 3-1 decision over the A's.
Vazquez (7-7) won for the first time in four starts, logging his first victory since June 12. The right-hander yielded two walks and struck out two. The only run he allowed came in the third when Cliff Pennington tripled and Coco Crisp drove him in with a sacrifice fly.
Joba Chamberlain tossed a scoreless eighth and Mariano River picked up his 19th save of the season for the Yankees, who won for the fourth time in five games.
Teixeira's sixth-inning solo blast off Ben Sheets (3-8) boosted New York's lead to 3-1. Sheets surrendered three runs on eight hits in 7 1/3 innings.
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Sat, 05/22/2010 - 09:46 by Pankaj Damin
New York -- Javier Vazquez allowed a lone hit over six innings before leaving with an injury Friday, lifting the New York Yankees past the New York Mets 2-1.
Vazquez (3-4) struck out six before suffering an injured right index finger while attempting to put down a bunt in the seventh. He did not return to the mound but left with a lead the Yankees were able to maintain.
Mariano Rivera came on in the ninth to protect a 2-0 advantage and gave up a run on two-out doubles by Jason Bay and Ike Davis. Rivera then got David Wright to ground out to second to end the game.
It was Rivera's eighth save.
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Sun, 09/20/2009 - 16:15 by harsheeb
Atlanta, Sept. 20 -- Javier Vazquez threw seven shutout innings and Matt Diaz hit a two-run homer to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 6-4 win over Philadelphia.
Vazquez (14-9) took the win Saturday by holding Philadelphia to three hits and three walks while striking out six.
Adam LaRoche went 2-for-2 with a walk and drove in two for Atlanta.
Phillies starter Pedro Martinez (5-1) took the loss after giving up three runs on seven hits in three innings.
Martinez was removed after throwing warm-ups prior to the fourth because of stiffness in his neck. Chad Durbin replaced Martinez and allowed three runs, with two earned, in 2 2/3 frames, as Philadelphia had a six-game winning streak snapped.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Tue, 09/15/2009 - 04:21 by surajdogra
New York -- Atlanta Braves pitcher Javier Vazquez was named National League Player of the Week on Monday.
Vazquez went 2-0 in two starts last week, with a 1.13 earned-run average and 17 strikeouts in 16 innings. On Sept. 8, he pitched seven shutout innings and also had two hits at the plate. On Sept. 13, Vazquez went the distance in a 9-2 victory St. Louis to help the Braves sweep the NL Central leaders.
Vazquez had 15 straight innings without allowing a run before yielding a pair of runs in the ninth inning Sunday.
It is Vazquez's second career weekly award and first in the National League. He also won it with the Chicago White Sox in August 2008.
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Fri, 08/28/2009 - 10:19 by preet_20
Atlanta, Aug. 27: Javier Vazquez struck out six in seven shutout innings Thursday and drove in two runs as Atlanta cruised past San Diego 9-1.
The Braves avoided a three-game sweep and moved into a second-place tie with Florida in the National League East. Atlanta and Florida trail Philadelphia by seven games for the division lead.
Vazquez (11-9) allowed five hits and did not walk a batter in winning for the sixth time in eight decisions.
Atlanta scored five times in the second, with the first two runs coming in on a bases-loaded single by Vazquez. Matt Diaz also had RBI singles in the second and third.
The Braves prevented what would have been the first three-game series sweep in Atlanta for the Padres in 20 years.
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Mon, 08/17/2009 - 10:31 by preet_20
Atlanta, Aug. 17: Ryan Howard drove in all of Philadelphia's runs with a solo homer and a three-run shot Sunday to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past Atlanta 4-1.
Phillies' starter J.A. Happ (9-2) sat out a rain delay of 1 hour, 37 minutes, and then went on to carry a three hitter into the eighth inning -- giving up just one run on a solo homer to Matt Diaz.
In 7 2/3 innings, Happ allowed six walks and struck out three. He lowered his ERA to 2.66, best among all rookies in Major League Baseball this season.
Brad Lidge got Omar Infante out on a popup to end the game and get his 23rd save.
Diaz had two of Atlanta's four hits.
Javier Vazquez last (10-8) took the loss, allowing four runs on six hits with seven strikeouts and two walks.
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Mon, 08/10/2009 - 10:30 by preet_20
Los Angeles, Aug. 9: Martin Prado's three hits and two RBI Sunday keyed Atlanta's 8-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving the Braves three wins in the four-game series.
Prado hit an RBI single in the top of the third and his two-run single was part of a five-run ninth.
Matt Diaz had three hits -- one a solo homer -- and two RBI, and Ryan Church and Adam LaRoche added one RBI each for the Braves, who won the last three games of the series and have won five of six overall.
Winner Javier Vazquez (10-7) surrendered a run and five hits in eight innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
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Wed, 08/05/2009 - 11:52 by preet_20
San Diego Aug. 5: Martin Prado drove in three runs Tuesday in Atlanta's 9-2 romp over the San Diego Padres.
Prado's solo home run in the fifth inning proved to the game winner, but the Braves tacked on four runs in the sixth to nail down just their second win in their last seven games.
Atlanta out-hit San Diego 17-4, while Javier Vazquez (9-7) picked up the win, giving up two runs on six strikeouts, four hits and two walks over seven innings.
Tim Stauffer (1-3) took the loss with three runs on eight hits over five innings.
Will Venable homered for the Padres, who had won six of seven coming into the game. His solo shot in the first inning gave San Diego a brief 1-0 lead.
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Mon, 07/20/2009 - 11:24 by surajdogra
Atlanta, July 19: Javier Vazquez allowed a run and six hits in seven innings Sunday, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 7-1 rout of the New York Mets.
Vazquez (7-7) walked just one batter and his five strikeouts increased his season total to 141, 18 fewer than National League leader Tim Lincecum of San Francisco.
Yunel Escobar had three hits -- one a solo homer -- and four RBI. Chipper Jones, Casey Kotchman and Martin Prado all had one RBI, while Garret Anderson added two hits for the Braves, who won three times in the four-game series.
New York's run scored on a third-inning single by former Brave Jeff Francoeur.
Luis Castillo had two of the six hits for the Mets, who have lost nine of 12.
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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:56 by preet_20
Chicago, July 7: Brian McCann went 2-for-4 and drove in both of Atlanta's runs Tuesday to lift the Braves to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
Javier Vazquez (6-7) gave up one run on five hits with six strikeouts in seven innings for the Braves. Rafael Soriano pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his ninth save of the season.
Brooks Conrad, who went 2-for-4 with a triple, was the only other Atlanta player with more than one hit.
Carlos Zambrano (4-4) started in place of Ryan Dempster, who was put on the 15-day disabled list prior to the game with a right toe fracture. Zambrano gave up two runs on five hits for the Cubs.
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Thu, 06/18/2009 - 13:00 by preet_20
Cincinnati, June 17: Micah Owings won for the first time in seven starts Wednesday, helping himself with a three-run homer in the fifth in Cincinnati's 4-3 victory over Atlanta.
The Reds trailed 2-1 going into the fifth, but Javier Vazquez walked Jerry Hairston to open the inning and Ryan Hanigan singled Hairston to third.
That brought up the Cincinnati pitcher, who hit an 0-1 pitch over the wall in right for his second home run of the season and the seventh of his three-year major league career.
Owings (4-7) gave up two runs on six hits in six innings. Francisco Cordero worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to earn his 16th save.
Vazquez (4-6) went the distance, giving up just four hits and striking out seven.
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