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| Tampa Bay minor leaguer suspended after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance |
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08/18/2007 |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -A Tampa Bay Devil Rays minor leaguer was suspended 50 games for violating baseball's minor league drug rules. Double-A Montgomery pitcher James Houser tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance. The left-hander is 5-4 with a 3.65 ERA in 20 starts this season for the Biscuits. ``The Tampa Bay Devil Rays fully support baseball's drug testing program, including the measures taken against James Houser,'' Devil Rays director of minor league operations Mitch Lukevics said in a |
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| Yankees send Clemens to hill vs. Tigers |
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08/18/2007 |
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| ong with seven strikeouts and two walks. Ryan Raburn had two hits for the Tigers, who lost for the third time in their last seven games. The loss also dropped Detroit into second place in the AL Central behind the Cleveland Indians, who defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Friday. On the milestone front, Yankee manager Joe Torre won his 2,041st career game, passing Walter Alston for sole possession of eighth place on baseball's all- time list. His 1,147 career wins as manager of the Yankees are good enough for thir |
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| Devil Rays resume set with Tribe down south |
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08/18/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Jake Westbrook looks for his third win in four starts tonight when the Cleveland Indians head to Tropicana Field for the second of three games with the host Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Westbrook, who missed the early months of the season with injuries, was 1-6 through his initial seven decisions, but has since won two of three in August. He defeated Texas with six innings of five-hit ball on August 2, then allowed just two hits and a run in eight innings of Cleveland's 2-1 win against the |
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| Pettitte and Giambi help Yanks down Tigers |
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08/18/2007 |
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| a chance. We just did nothing with it." Ryan Raburn had two hits for the Tigers, who lost for the third time in their last seven games. The loss also dropped Detroit into second place in the AL Central behind the Cleveland Indians, who defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Friday. After two scoreless innings, the Tigers grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third after Brandon Inge doubled home Raburn, who singled with one out. The Yankees answered with a pair of runs in the home half of the third to take a 2-1 lead. Robinson |
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| Byrd, Indians edge Devil Rays |
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08/18/2007 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Paul Byrd gave up just one run as the Cleveland Indians downed the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 2-1, in the opener of a three-game set at Tropicana Field. Byrd (11-5) gave up eight hits and one walk with five strikeouts in six innings of work for the Indians, who have won two straight after a four-game losing streak. Ryan Garko and Asdrubal Cabrera each drove in a run while Victor Martinez went 3-for-4 for Cleveland, which is now tied with the Tigers for first place in the AL Central |
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| Price throws bullpen session 2 days after signing 6-year deal with Tampa Bay |
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08/17/2007 |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -Tampa Bay Devil Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg came away impressed after watching his newest big investment take the mound. David Price, taken first overall in this year's amateur draft, threw 44 pitches during a 10-minute bullpen session before Tampa Bay played Cleveland on Friday night. It was his first workout before team officials since signing a six-year, $11.25 million contract on Wednesday. ``He's a young man that carries himself really well,'' Sternberg said. ``He's |
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| Devil Rays owner Stuart Sternberg calls team's record 'unacceptable' |
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08/17/2007 |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -Tampa Bay Devil Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg needed just one word to describe his team's record this season. ``Unacceptable,'' Sternberg said Friday night before the Devil Rays played Cleveland. ``I have to accept it because I have no choice. Each person in the organization has to look at themselves in the mirror and say what can they do to contribute to the success of this organization on a daily basis.'' The Devil Rays, who have never won more than 70 games in any seas |
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| Beginning of the end for Tampa Bay |
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08/17/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays will not have to make any plans for the postseason. Once again, the worst franchise in baseball will finish out the final weeks of the season in hopes of building momentum towards next year. The Devil Rays are a pitiful 46-74 on the year, making them the worst team in baseball for the second straight season. If Tampa Bay is serious about turning its misfortunes around, it must start building for the present instead of planning for the future. The Devil Rays have lost sev |
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| Rangers in town to take on Twins |
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08/17/2007 |
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| ill be making his fourth start since being dealt by Boston as part of the Eric Gagne deal. Gabbard, who is 5-1 with a 3.83 ERA on the year, had his last start cut short because of an injury on Sunday, as he was forced to leave his outing against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with a stiff forearm after just 1 1/3 innings. Gabbard has never faced the Twins. The Rangers had their brief three-game winning streak stopped on Thursday, dropping a 6-2 decision to the Kansas City Royals in the finale of their three-game set at R |
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| Devil Rays open series with Tribe at the Trop |
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08/17/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Paul Byrd hopes to bounce back from a horrific outing in his last start when the Cleveland Indians begin a three-game set with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays tonight at Tropicana Field. Byrd was roughed up by the New York Yankees on Saturday, as he gave up seven runs and seven hits in just two innings to fall to 10-5 on the year, while raising his earned run average to 4.53. The 26-year-old right-hander is 1-2 lifetime against the Devil Rays with a 5.75 ERA in six starts. Cleveland could certainly use |
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