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| Red Sox aim to maintain home success against D-Rays |
MLB Baseball |
09/10/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox hope to continue their home dominance of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays when they begin a three-game set against them this evening at Fenway Park. Boston has defeated the Devil Rays in nine of 12 matchups this season, including five of the six games played in Beantown. The Red Sox are also 29-6 against Tampa Bay at home since the start of the 2004 campaign. Curt Schilling will try to continue that trend tonight as he tries to improve upon his 8-6 record. The Red Sox starter received |
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| Young and Upton homer in ninth as Rays top Jays |
MLB Baseball |
09/09/2007 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Delmon Young and pinch-hitter B.J. Upton both lofted two-run homers off Blue Jays closer Jeremy Accardo in the ninth inning to give the Tampa Bay Devil Rays a 5-4 victory over Toronto at Tropicana Field. The win by Tampa Bay spoiled an impressive outing from Toronto starter A.J. Burnett, who went eight complete innings - just one night after Jays starter Dustin McGowan went eight for the win - allowing only one earned run on three hits, striking out eight and walking just one. |
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| Devil Rays extend Maddon's contract through 2009 |
MLB Baseball |
09/08/2007 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays announced Saturday that they have picked up the two-year option on manager Joe Maddon's contract, and extended it through the 2009 season. Maddon, 53, is concluding his second season as Devil Rays manager, having led the team to a 58-83 record this season entering play on Saturday. Prior to his time with Tampa Bay, Maddon spent 31 years with the Angels organization, including six seasons as bench coach under Mike Scioscia. He was a member of the coachi |
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| Tampa Bay picks up manager Joe Maddon's option for next 2 seasons |
MLB Baseball |
09/08/2007 |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -The Tampa Bay Devil Rays picked up manager Joe Maddon's two-year option for the 2008 and 2009 seasons on Saturday. The move had been expected since Tampa Bay principal owner Stuart Sternberg spoke highly last month about Maddon's developmental work with the youthful Devil Rays, the American League's youngest team. ``I know it's just a two-year extension, but I want to be here for years to come,'' Maddon said. ``I see this as being one of the prime places to be in all of Major Leagu |
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| A-Rod goes for 50th homer in Yanks' matchup against Royals |
MLB Baseball |
09/08/2007 |
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| the Royals, who have lost three in a row. Getting the call for the Yankees this evening will be reliable left-hander Andy Pettitte, who is 12-8 with a 3.82 ERA on the season, but had a six-start losing streak stopped in his last outing. Against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Sunday Pettitte allowed five runs and 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings to absorb the loss. Pettitte has faced the Royals 18 times (16 starts) and is 10-3 against them with a 3.17 ERA. Kansas City will counter with Brian Bannister, who is 12-7 with a 3.16 |
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| Blue Jays, Devil Rays continue set at Tropicana Field |
MLB Baseball |
09/08/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays try to keep their slim playoff hopes alive this evening when they play the middle contest of a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field. Toronto enters tonight's matchup 6 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees in the wild card race. The Blue Jays failed to gain any ground on the front- running Yanks on Friday, but picked up a win nonetheless, as Dustin McGowan hurled eight innings and struck out a career-high 12 in Toronto's 7-2 win. McGowan (10-8) |
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| McGowan, Blue Jays top Devil Rays |
MLB Baseball |
09/08/2007 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Dustin McGowan hurled eight innings and struck out a career-high twelve as the Toronto Blue Jays took the first game of a weekend series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7-2, at Tropicana Field. McGowan (10-8) allowed just two earned runs on four hits, walking just one, before being lifted for Jason Frasor, who tossed a perfect ninth. Matt Stairs went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI, Gregg Zaun launched a three-run homer, and Aaron Hill and John McDonald each scored twice for the |
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| Jays try to keep slim postseason hopes alive in St. Pete |
MLB Baseball |
09/07/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays still have a mathematical shot at the playoffs and will open a three-game series against the AL East-rival Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field. Toronto is 6 1/2 games off the wild card lead and has won four of six and eight of the last 13 games. In Wednesday's finale of a three-game series against Boston at Fenway Park, the Jays salvaged the set with a 6-4 victory as Vernon Wells belted a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lead the way. Wells finished with three hits |
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| Kennedy tries to follow up solid debut as Yanks battle Royals |
MLB Baseball |
09/07/2007 |
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| follow up a brilliant major league debut this evening when the New York Yankees kick off a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Kennedy, a first round pick of the Yankees in 2006, was sensational on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, as he gave up just one earned run and five hits in seven innings. The 22-year-old right-hander, who had been recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre to take the place of the struggling Mike Mussina in the rotation, was a gaudy 12-3 with a 1.91 |
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| Boston's Wakefield aims for win No. 17 in Baltimore |
MLB Baseball |
09/06/2007 |
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| York Yankees. Hideki Okajima (3-2) took the loss, while Curt Schilling allowed three runs and eight hits, with a walk and two strikeouts over six innings in the start. Baltimore, meanwhile, continued to struggle and was crushed by the equally woeful Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday, 17-2, in the finale of a three-game set at Tropicana Field. Tike Redman doubled in two runs for the Orioles, who have lost 13 of their last 15 games, a stretch that began with a major-league record- setting 30-3 loss to Texas in the fi |
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