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Read: Today in the NL East

by David Pinto on August 24th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

Rickey Nolasco tries to continue his dominance of the Diamondbacks this afternoon.  He won both starts against Arizona this season allowing just two runs in 15 innings while striking out 16 batters.

Pat Burrell is 9 for 25 batting in the third slot of the order this season.  In his career, Burrell has batted regularly in the 3, 4, 5 6 and 7 slots.  When batting third, Pat produces his lowest batting average but his highest slugging percentage.  He produces fewer hits, but more total bases.

Chipper Jones leads Albert Pujols by just four points in the race for the National League batting title.  Albert is 16 for his last 30 to raise his batting average from .345 to .356.  In the same time, Chipper went 9 for 32 to lower his BA from .366 to .360.

A Ryan Dempster pitch hit Lastings Milledge on the hand Saturday.  His hand is bruised, but the injury should not keep him out of Sunday’s game.

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