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| Greinke and Kinsler share AL weekly honor |
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04/20/2009 |
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| st the fourth player in Rangers history to accomplish the feat, and the first Major League player to finish with six hits in a nine-inning game in which he hit for a cycle. It is the first weekly award for Greinke and second for Kinsler. Other considered for the weekly award included Carlos Quentin of the Chicago White Sox; Carlos Pena of the Tampa Bay Rays; Jason Kubel of the Minnesota Twins, who also hit for a cycle this past week; Ramon Santiago of the Detroit Tigers and Mark DeRosa of the Cleveland Indians. |
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| Thome helps White Sox hammer Rays |
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04/19/2009 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Jim Thome homered as part of a 2-for-3 effort with four runs scored, and the Chicago White Sox crushed the Tampa Bay Rays, 12-2, at Tropicana Field. Thome drove in two runs and worked a pair of walks for the White Sox, who took three of four in a rematch of last season's ALDS with the Rays. Carlos Quentin and A.J. Pierzynski also homered in the win, while Gavin Floyd (2-1) allowed only two runs in seven strong innings, scattering six hits and striking out seven without issu |
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| Young righties square off at the Trop |
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04/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Two of the American League's premier young right-handers face off today at Tropicana Field in the finale of a four-game series between two recent playoff combatants, the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. Starting for the White Sox will be 26-year-old Gavin Floyd, who's split a pair of decisions so far this season while allowing 11 hits and eight runs in 12 innings. He opened with a solid effort - six hits, two runs in seven innings - in a 2-0 loss to Kansas City, then rebounded with a win |
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| Konerko leads White Sox past Rays |
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04/18/2009 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Paul Konerko was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and three RBI, as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 8-3, in the third portion of a four-game set at Tropicana Field. Carlos Quentin also had three hits, including a solo home run, for the White Sox, who have won five of their last seven games. Mark Buehrle (2-0) earned the win after allowing three runs on eight hits with three walks and five strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings. "Obviously, the pitch count for the firs |
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| Lefty matchup on tap in White Sox-Rays battle |
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04/18/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Southpaws Scott Kazmir and Mark Buehrle square off for the first time since Game 2 of last fall's American League Division Series tonight when the Tampa Bay Rays host the Chicago White Sox in the third game of a four-game set at Tropicana Field. Kazmir, a 25-year-old lefty from Texas, scattered eight hits and allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings against the Sox last October, scoring a 6-2 triumph to give the Rays a two-game lead in a series they eventually won in four games. He's gotten off to a |
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| Zobrist slams Rays over White Sox |
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04/18/2009 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Ben Zobrist's pinch-hit grand slam in the sixth-inning gave Tampa Bay the eventual winning margin, as the Rays edged the Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in the second installment of a four-game series from Tropicana Field. Zobrist finished 2-for-2 while Jason Bartlett's RBI double and a Carlos Pena solo home run accounted for the other Rays' runs. James Shields (2-1) tossed 7 1/3 innings to pick up the win. The right-hander was touched for seven hits and five runs, walking two and |
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| Tigers head West for matchup with surging Mariners |
MLB Baseball |
04/17/2009 |
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| career, having gone 6-1 with a 2.91 earned run average against them. Detroit has won four of its last five games following a brilliant outing from Armando Galarraga on Wednesday. Galarraga tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings to help the Tigers blank the Chicago White Sox, 9-0, and split a rain-shortened two-game series. Galarraga (2-0) gave up just four hits and two walks while recording five strikeouts. Placido Polanco drove in three runs and Miguel Cabrera went 3- for-5 with a solo home run and two RBI for Detroit |
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| Royals head to Texas to take on heavy-hitting Rangers |
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04/17/2009 |
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| Sunday against the New York Yankees, Meche gave up four runs and six hits in seven innings but did not factor in the decision of his team's 6-4 win. He had allowed just a run and seven hits in seven innings of his Opening Day assignment against the Chicago White Sox, also a no decision. Meche is 4-9 lifetime against the Rangers with a 6.32 ERA in 16 games (15 starts). Kansas City comes into this series with wins in three of its last four games. However, it was denied a sweep in its three-game set with the Cleve |
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| White Sox send Colon to the hill to battle Rays |
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04/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Offseason acquisition Bartolo Colon tries to make it two quality starts in a row tonight when the Chicago White Sox visit Tropicana Field for game two of a four-game series against the homestanding Tampa Bay Rays. The series is a rematch of last fall's American League Division Series, in which the Rays dumped the White Sox in four games en route to a league pennant and a berth in the World Series. Colon, a 35-year-old right-hander from the Dominican Republic, came to the White Sox a few month |
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| ChiSox fend off Rays |
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04/16/2009 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Jermaine Dye clubbed a two-run homer as part of a 3-for-5 effort at the plate and Bobby Jenks overcame some ninth- inning drama, as the Chicago White Sox held on to defeat Tampa Bay, 3-2, in the first of four meetings at Tropicana Field. Josh Fields had three hits, including a triple, and knocked in a valuable insurance run during Chicago's turn in the ninth that ultimately was the difference in the game. John Danks (1-0) gave up one run on two hits with four walks and eigh |
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