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| Grieve undergoes thumb surgery |
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04/24/2003 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder- designated hitter Ben Grieve had surgery on his left thumb Thursday, one day after the club placed him on the 15-day disabled list with an infection in the finger. The procedure, done at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, was undertaken to determine the cause of the ailment. The infection was cleaned and Grieve is now expected to miss at least a month. Grieve, who spent last Friday night in a Baltimore hospital to receive treatment for the thumb, |
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| Devil Rays lose Rolls for up to four weeks |
MLB Baseball |
04/23/2003 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Tampa Bay Devil Rays rightfielder Damian Rolls suffered a nondisplaced fracture of his right thumb in Tuesday's victory over Toronto. Rolls, who is expected to be sidelined for three-to-four weeks, was injured when he dove for a ball hit by Josh Phelps to right field in the second inning. Rolls landed on his right hand and his thumb bent sideways and dislocated at the last knuckle. He stayed on the field for the rest of the frame but, after the game, the thumb was placed in a |
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| Jays can't spell relief |
MLB Baseball |
04/23/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The bullpen took yet another loss for the Blue Jays in their 4-3 setback to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Tuesday. With the score tied 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Toronto reliever Jason Kershner surrendered a leadoff walk to Aubrey Huff and Damion Easley singled to right to put runners on the corners. Jeff Tam then entered the game for the Blue Jays and struck out pinch-hitter Javier Valentin, but subsequently allowed a single to Toby Hall that brought in what proved to be the winning |
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| Devils Rays lose Rolls for up to four weeks |
MLB Baseball |
04/23/2003 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Tampa Bay Devil Rays rightfielder Damian Rolls suffered a nondisplaced fracture of his right thumb in Tuesday's victory over Toronto. Rolls, who is expected to be sidelined for three-to-four weeks, was injured when he dove for a ball hit by Josh Phelps to right field in the second inning. Rolls landed on his right hand and his thumb bent sideways and inning. Rolls landed on his right hand and his thumb bent sideways and dislocated at the last knuckle. He stayed on the field fo |
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| Toronto Blue Jays Team Report - April 23 |
MLB Baseball |
04/23/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Already 10 1/2 games back of the Yankees in the AL East, the Toronto Blue Jays attempt to turn around a miserable start as they continue their three-game set at Tropicana Field tonight against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Last night, the Blue Jays were out-hit 11-5 in a disappointing 4-3 loss to the Devil Rays. Eric Hinske drove in two runs and Josh Phelps went 2-for-4 for Toronto, which has lost five of its last six tilts. Jason Kershner (0-1) took the loss after he worked one-plus innings and all |
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| Toronto Blue Jays Team Report - April 22nd |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays shoot for their second straight win this evening when they open a three-game set at Tropicana Field against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Greg Myers finished 3-for-5 with a home run and knocked in four runs, as the Blue Jays spoiled Patriots Day at Fenway Park on Monday with an 11-6 victory over the Red Sox yesterday. Eric Hinske had four hits, including three doubles, scored three runs and drove in a pair for the Blue Jays, who won for just the second time in 12 games and snap |
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| Boston Red Sox Team Report - April 22nd |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2003 |
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| RBI. Martinez will try and start a new streak for Boston tonight and comes into the contest on the heels of his first win of the season. After the worst start of his career, the 31-year-old righthander responded with a sensational effort against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in his last outing. Martinez allowed just two hits over seven scoreless innings in his team's 6-0 win. In eight career starts against the Rangers, Martinez has had his way, posting a 6-1 record with a 1.45 ERA. Boston was 4-3 against the Rangers las |
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| Baltimore Orioles Team Report - April 22nd |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Orioles start a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox tonight at Camden Yards. Baltimore comes into Tuesday's opener on a winning note following Monday's win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the final game of a four-game set. Rick Helling tossed eight shutout innings and Jerry Hairston Jr. belted a two-run homer as Baltimore rolled to a 4-0 victory before 18,017 fans -- the smallest crowd in Camden Yards' 12-year history. Helling (1-1) only allowed four hits and one walk, while str |
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| Bierbrodt headed to the pen |
MLB Baseball |
04/21/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Manager Lou Piniella gave Nick Bierbrodt every opportunity to stay in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' starting rotation, but after another dreadful performance on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, Piniella had seen enough and demoted his young lefthander to the bullpen. "Nick's going to the bullpen to see if we can get him straightened out," Piniella said. "From what I've seen right now, he is not ready to start at the big-league level. We'll pitch him in long relief." The bullpen assignment is ju |
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| Rays' Grieve hospitalized with infection |
MLB Baseball |
04/19/2003 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Ben Grieve spent Friday night in a Baltimore hospital to receive treatment for an infection at the base of his left thumb. Grieve is batting .244 with no home runs and two RBI in 15 games for Tampa Bay this year. He had problems with the same thumb last season and missed a few games in April before it healed. The soreness returned earlier this week and turned into an infection on Friday. Grieve took oral antibiotics before Friday's game with the Orio |
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