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D-Backs get 3 from Pirates for Snyder

Sun, 08/01/2010 - 00:36 by Prince damin

Pittsburgh -- The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired catcher Chris Snyder from Arizona Saturday for outfielder Ryan Church, infielder Bobby Crosby and pitcher D.J. Carrasco.

Also going to Pittsburgh in the deal was infielder Pedro Ciriaco and cash considerations.

Snyder is leaving the Diamondbacks after seven years with the club. He was batting .231 with 10 homers and 32 runs batted in through 65 games for Arizona this year.

Church, also a seven-year veteran, was traded for the second time in two years after signing as a free agent with the Pirates in January. He is batting .182 with three homers and 18 runs batted in over 69 games for Pittsburgh this season.

MLB: Atlanta 3, New York Mets 2

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 11:06 by preet_20

New York, Aug. 20: Kenshin Kawakami won his first game since July 8 with a seven-inning stint Thursday and the Atlanta Braves held on to nip the New York Mets 3-2.

Kawakami (6-9) outpitched Johan Santana, allowing the Braves to keep pace with Colorado in the National League wild-card race. Atlanta trails the Rockies by four games.

In his six previous starts, Kawakami had gone 0-3 with three no-decisions. He limited the Mets to a run on seven hits while striking out five.

Rafael Soriano allowed a two-out single in the ninth before nailing down his 18th save.

MLB: Atlanta 8, Washington 1

Wed, 08/12/2009 - 10:29 by preet_20

Atlanta, Aug. 11: Rookie Tommy Hanson struck out nine over 6 2/3 innings Tuesday to help the Atlanta Braves subdue the Washington Nationals 8-1.

It was Washington's first loss in nine games after the Nationals' longest winning streak in more than four years.

Hanson (7-2) gave up one run on seven hits. Braves pitching struck out 13 Nationals.

Ryan Church was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI and Chipper Jones scored twice and hit a solo home run for the Braves, who have won four straight.

John Lannan (8-9) took the loss after allowing six runs on six hits with four walks over 4 2/3 frames.

Nyjer Morgan went 2-for-4 with the lone run scored and Ryan Zimmerman had the RBI for the Nationals.

MLB: Atlanta 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

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.

MLB: Atlanta 11, San Francisco 3

Tue, 07/21/2009 - 11:06 by surajdogra

Atlanta, July 20: Ryan Church hit a two-run homer in a six-run seventh inning Monday when the Atlanta Braves posted an 11-3 victory over San Francisco.

Chipper Jones also hit a two-run homer and Garret Anderson added a solo homer for the Braves, who have won eight of their last 11 games. Church was 2-for-2 with three RBI.

Tommy Hanson (5-0) earned the win after giving up three runs on five hits and striking out 11 in seven innings.

Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar, who was named the National League Player of the Week, was 2-for-3 with a run scored.

Randy Winn had a pair of hits, including a two-run double for San Francisco, which has lost four of its last five games.

MLB: N.Y. Mets 9, Pittsburgh 8 (10 inn.)

Fri, 07/03/2009 - 03:54 by Salinder Kumar

Pittsburgh -- Ryan Church's 10th-inning RBI single lifted the New York Mets to a 9-8 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday in a makeup game from a June 3 rainout.

Church's third hit was also his second RBI single of the game. Fernando Tatis had three hits and two RBI and scored four times, Daniel Murphy hit a fourth-inning two-run pinch single and Nick Evans had two hits and one RBI.

Jeremy Reed drove in a run, while Alex Cora had two hits for the Mets, who have won two straight following a five-game losing streak.

The winner was closer Francisco Rodriguez (2-2), the last of seven New York pitchers, despite his third blown save.

MLB: N.Y. Mets 1, Milwaukee 0

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 03:04 by Salinder Kumar

Milwaukee -- Ryan Church hit a sixth-inning RBI single Wednesday to give the New York Mets a 1-0 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers, averting a three-game sweep.

His only hit knocked in Luis Castillo and produced the game's only run with no outs in the top of the inning.

Four others had one hit for the Mets, who had lost a season-high five in a row.

Winner Mike Pelfrey (6-3) gave up six hits in 7 2/3 innings with two walks and six strikeouts.

Closer Francisco Rodriguez recorded his 21st save despite putting the game-tying run on base in the bottom of the ninth with Ryan Braun's lead-off single.

Braun had two of the seven hits for the Brewers, who had won four of five.

MLB: LA Dodgers 3, NY Mets 2 (11 inn)

Tue, 05/19/2009 - 11:54 by Salinder Kumar

Los Angeles -- Two errors in the 11th inning -- 5 in the game -- plus a base-running mistake by the Mets helped Los Angeles to a 3-2 win over New York Monday.

At first glance, Ryan Church appeared to score what would have been the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th. But the Dodgers argued he had missed third base, and the umpires agreed. They called him out.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Dodgers loaded the bases with no one out after Angel Pagan and Carlos Beltran allowed a ball to fall between them.

LA's Orlando Hudson ground into what should have been an inning-ending double play, but first baseman Jeremy Reed tossed a wild throw to home plate, and Mark Loretta scored the winning run.

MLB: N.Y. Mets 8, Washington 2

Sun, 04/26/2009 - 10:31 by Shruti Sharma

New York -- Ryan Church had two hits and three RBI against his former team Saturday when the New York Mets recorded an 8-2 win over the Washington Nationals.

Carlos Beltran had three hits and one RBI, while the Mets scored three times after three Washington errors.

Winner Mike Pelfrey (2-0), back from a brief bout with forearm tendinitis, was touched for two earned runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings.

He was lifted after throwing 95 pitches.

Elijah Dukes drove in both Washington runs with a fourth-inning single and a triple in the sixth, but two runs scored in the first when he committed an error after losing a fly ball in the sun.