Dumatrait's long climb capped with first victory
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It took Phil Dumatrait seven years of riding buses to reach Major League Baseball and, when he finally achieved that with the Cincinnati Reds last season, he went 0-4 with a 15.00 ERA. That included an epic meltdown Sept. 9, when all five Milwaukee batters he faced had hits, three of those clearing fences, all on just a dozen pitches. Boom, boom, boom ... "I had to get him out of there," Pete ...
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Baseball Today: Thursday, May 8
Published 5/8/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... OLD FRIENDS: Former Red Sox farmhand Phil Dumatrait recorded his first major-league victory in the Pirates' 3-1 win over the Giants (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) . . . Cliff Floyd ...
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Published 5/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (mondesishouse) at Mondesishouse.com
... And surprisingly, the Pirates came out on top, with a 3-1 offensive explosion in front of 9,788 wild and crazy Bucco fans. Zito pitched five innings, allowing five hits and two runs while striking out five. He leaves ...
