Topic: Cliff Lee

Dodgers' Kershaw wins National League Cy Young Award

(Reuters) - Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League Cy Young Award as the top pitcher on Thursday, capping a season where he had the league's lowest earned run average and highest strikeout total.Kershaw was named first on ...

Powerhouse Phils and Yankees top playoff seeds

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two powerhouse top seeds in the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, and a pair of wild card Cinderellas make for intriguing match-ups in the first round of Major League Baseball playoffs starting Friday.The thrilling regular season finish ...

Lee silences Braves to lead Phillies' win

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Cliff Lee proved dominant again as he steamrolled through the Atlanta Braves' lineup to give Philadelphia a 9-0 shutout victory and win his seventh consecutive start on Monday.The left-hander Lee did not walk a batter and struck out six ...

Blue Jays rock Lee to claim comeback win

TORONTO (Reuters) - Eric Thames and Jose Bautista slammed back-to-back homers and Edwin Encarnacion added a two-run blast as the Toronto Blue Jays ended Cliff Lee's shutout streak by pounding the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Sunday.Lee, who had looked invincible stringing together ...

Lee hurls third straight shutout as Phillies top Boston

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A masterful Cliff Lee tossed his third consecutive complete-game shutout to steal top billing as the Philadelphia Phillies earned a 5-0 victory in their heavyweight matchup with the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.In a potential World Series preview between ...

La Russa returns as Cardinals beat Phillies

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The St. Louis Cardinals welcomed manager Tony La Russa back to the dugout and extended the drought of Philadelphia's Cliff Lee with a 3-1 victory over the Phillies on Monday.La Russa's return from an absence of six games ...

Lee shines as Phillies blank Nationals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cliff Lee pitched a complete game, three-hit shutout to help lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-0 road victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday."I was pretty much putting the ball where I wanted to most of the time," ...

Lee sharp in Philadelphia's win over Astros

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Phillies provided plenty of offense in support of Cliff Lee, the team's prized free-agent acquisition, as they thumped the Houston Astros 9-4 on Saturday.Left-hander Lee struck out 11 batters in seven innings and allowed three runs on ...

Five teams to watch in 2011 MLB season

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five teams to watch in the 2011 Major League Baseball season, which begins March 31:- - - -SAN FRANCISCO GIANTSThey scraped their way into the postseason by cobbling together just enough offense to support an outstanding pitching staff ...

Phillies and Red Sox top list of World Series contenders

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Phillies re-armed in hopes of toppling the champion San Francisco Giants and the Boston Red Sox beefed up their lineup for a title run in the 2011 Major League Baseball season that starts Thursday.The Phillies and ...
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