Sentences with phrase «major league victories»

Perry moved up through the minors and eventually racked up 314 major league victories before he retired in 1983.

Not exact matches

Fernando Romero kept Toronto scoreless while pitching into the sixth inning of his major league debut for Minnesota, giving the Twins a badly needed boost in a 4 - 0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.

This season I don't think that there are any more hiding places or excuses left for Prof. Wenger for not buying the WC players needed to help Arsenal achieve victories in all major cups (well at least the league and another cup, and not the usual 4th place in the league victory)...

In his Major League Debut, Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig pulled off the heroic 9 - 3 double play to save Los Angeles» 2 - 1 victory over the San Diego Padres.

It was the second major victory achieved under Jurgen Klopp — following the triumph away at Chelsea — and was a reaffirmation of the Reds» Champions League qualities.

The Colombian international is also a big - game player, netting in the Europa League final victory over Dnipro last season, and based on recent form it looks fair to say he would be a major upgrade on Balotelli and indeed on the Reds» other options in attack, with players like Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini also struggling, while Daniel Sturridge has had some injury concerns in recent times.

54 Number of Pettitte's victories that have been saved by Mariano Rivera, one shy of the major league record for a duo.

He's since made 320 appearances, scored 20 goals, and won 16 major honours, including four La Liga titles and two Champions League victories.

But it's going to take 100 victories to win the NL West, and the Astros, 81 - 81 last year, aren't that good yet — not with a shortstop (Andujar Cedeno) who spent half of last season in the minors, a leftfielder (Luis Gonzalez) who hit only.243 and a catcher (Eddie Taubensee) who has played in just 130 major league games.

THE PRIDES OF THE WAYWARD BUSES When Atlanta pitcher Zane Smith couldn't make his scheduled Aug. 5 start in San Diego, 29 - year - old Cliff Speck and 28 - year - old Ed Olwine — who between them had 18 full minor league seasons and 17 major league appearances — combined to beat the Padres 3 - 2 for the first victory and save of their respective careers.

like I've said before, Wenger is simply stating that Sanchez is staying so that he can regain some leverage when it comes time to make a deal and to shift the focus back squarely on Sanchez... this is 101 tactics in PR management... the very fact that he even mentioned RVP's name speaks to the utterance arrogance of a man that believes he answers to no one... before you harshly judge Sanchez think carefully about what the ultimate intentions of both parties involved... Sanchez wants to win trophies and get paid generously for his efforts, whereas the club wants to pull the wool over our eyes once again so that we blame the player for wanting the very things we told him we wanted when we brought him in... how many times do we have to go down this road before we realize the only common factor in each of these scenarios is the club itself... trust me, if we showed any ambition Sanchez's contract demands would be much different... just like in other major sports players will take a «home town» discount if they see those in charge making a truly honest attempt to fight for the highest honours in their respective fields... that being said, if they see a team trying to make disparaging remarks about them in the press and not following through on their promises, they will likely try to make them pay a premium for their services or seek greener pastures... btw if anyone simply looks at the score versus Bayern today and thinks that even for a second that this was a deserved victory, just watch the game and judge for yourself... actually save yourself the anguish and just know that if it weren't for Cech and Martinez this could have been a repeat of our Champions League flopping or worse

# 47 Deacon Phillippe RURAL RETREAT Pitched in majors from 1899 to 1911 for Louisville Colonels and Pirates; 189 victories in 372 major league games.

Of the 33 active starting pitchers in the major leagues with 1,000 or more innings and an ERA lower than 4.00, Valdes ranks last in victories and 25th in winning percentage (61 - 54,.530).

Spurs face Arsenal at Wembley on Saturday, knowing victory would deliver a major boost to their own chances of finishing in the Premier League top four and deal a hammer blow to the hopes of their north London rivals.

It was billed as a monster clash between two of English football's giants, but in truth — despite being the current Premier League champions — Manchester United have fallen so far short of their usual standards of late that anything other than a Chelsea victory would have been a major surprise.

The move will be Rojas» second attempt to crack a major European league after a failed stint with German club Stuttgart followed his first spell with Victory.

The club are under new management, with 43 - year - old former Colorado Rapids manager (Major League Soccer) Gary Smith replacing Graham Westley, but that did not stop them from recording a 4 - 2 victory over promotion rivals MK Dons on Tuesday − a result which stretched their unbeaten run to four, having lost the one solitary game since October 8, 2011 (W12 D5 L1).

Rovers, on the other hand, have rarely claimed a win let alone caused any major upsets of their own, with their only piece of inspiration being a two match unbeaten run back home in league action, although Rovers are without a league victory for well over a month now, an eight game unwanted run.

The victory means that United join Ajax in a select group of just five clubs to have won every major European trophy, adding their first Europa League crown to their three Champions League titles and one Cup Winners» Cup.

More elaborately, Ficarra and Requa give huge scenes to veteran actors B.D. Wong, (Law & Order: SVU) as a high - stakes gambler at the (don't call it a Super Bowl, because the NFL wasn't licensed) AFFA League Championship, and Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) as security agent Owens, a push broom - mustached advisor to a European racing millionaire (Rodrigo Santoro) who has hired Nick to swindle a competitor and ensure his team's victory.

It was the Mustang's first major - league racing victory, and it became a French PR gold mine for Ford.

Players interested in major leagues can choose to lead a team with multiple victories on its count, while those enjoying a challenge may lead a novice group awaiting its breakthrough.

He ranks third all - time in most victories as a Major League manager.