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| Matsui named American League Player of the Month |
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08/02/2007 |
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| -bats. He led the league with a .735 slugging percentage, 13 home runs, and 31 runs scored. Matsui had an 18- game hitting streak (July 3-19) and hit safely in 25 of the 28 games in July. The Japanese import had a five-hit game on July 22 versus the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. On the last day of the month, Matsui went 2-for-3 with two home runs and three RBI against the Chicago White Sox. Among those players also receiving votes were Seattle's Adrian Beltre and Minnesota's Justin Morneau. Baltimore's Erik Bedard won the |
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| Diamondbacks' Upton gets first callup as Carlos Quentin goes on DL |
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08/02/2007 |
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| o. 1 pick overall in the June 2005 draft, was promoted from Double-A Mobile. He arrived at Petco Park in time for Arizona's series finale against the San Diego Padres, but he wasn't in the starting lineup. Upton's brother, B.J., was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with the second overall pick in the 2002 draft, making them the only brother combination to be selected as the No. 1 and No. 2 choices in different drafts. Upton was batting .310 with Mobile, fifth in the Southern League, with 13 homers, 53 RBIs a |
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| AP NewsBreak: Red Sox vs. AL West Coast team possible for Tokyo opener |
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08/01/2007 |
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| guys are too happy to go 22 hours on a plane to play games that count. It's not the game itself. It's the aftereffects.'' The Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets started the 2000 season with a two-game series in Tokyo, and the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays opened the 2004 season with two games in Japan. A 2003 series between Seattle and Oakland at the Tokyo Dome was scrapped because of the threat of war in Iraq. Gene Orza, the union's chief operating officer, said that players did not want to disrup |
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| 'Stros stay quiet at trade deadline |
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08/01/2007 |
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| e Mariners for Randy Johnson. The Big Unit offered very little in his days as an Astro, while Garcia and Guillen emerged as top-notch players in the future. Houston did pull some strings over the weekend by adding third baseman Ty Wigginton from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for right-handed pitcher Dan Wheeler. Wigginton is a nice piece to the puzzle, unfortunately it won't be enough to push the Astros into the postseason. Houston is already 11 games out of the wild card and 11 1/2 games off the top spot in the Nationa |
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| Blue Jays, Devil Rays set for rubber match in Florida |
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08/01/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Josh Towers takes the hill for the first time since ripping his team and coaching staff when the Toronto Blue Jays play the rubber match of their three-game series with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field. Towers was tagged with the loss on Friday against the Chicago White Sox, as he surrendered four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, dropping him to 5-7 on the season, while raising his earned run average to 5.08. After the game, though, Towers complained that he was taken out too ear |
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| Padres get Ensberg from Houston |
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07/31/2007 |
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| - The San Diego Padres acquired third baseman Morgan Ensberg from the Houston Astros before the trade deadline on Tuesday. Ensberg had been designated for assignment by the Astros over the weekend after they obtained infielder Ty Wigginton from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He was hitting just .232 with eight home runs and 31 RBI in 85 games this season The 31-year-old Ensberg hit .283 with 36 home runs and 101 RBI in 2005, but hit just .235 with 23 homers and 58 RBI a year ago and was struggling again this Ensberg's |
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| Devil Rays shoot for third straight win against Blue Jays |
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07/31/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays take aim at their third straight win this evening when they continue their three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Tropicana Field. In the opener of this set on Monday, Carl Crawford scored the tying run with two outs in the ninth to force extra innings and then homered in the 11th inning, lifting Tampa Bay to a 5-4 win. Crawford, who came on as a pinch-runner for Jonny Gomes in the ninth, ended the game and capped the comeback by homering over the wall in left-c |
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| Crawford's homer in 11th leads Rays past Jays |
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07/31/2007 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Carl Crawford scored the tying run with two outs in the ninth to force extra innings and then homered in the 11th inning, lifting the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4, at Tropicana Field. Crawford, who came on as a pinch-runner for Jonny Gomes in the ninth, ended the game and capped the comeback by homering over the wall in left-center on a 3-2 pitch from Brain Wolfe (2-1). "I don't often hit home runs that way," said Crawford."That's the best feeling you'r |
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| Angels getting stronger as season wears on |
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07/30/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have finally gotten back on track after getting off to a 5-7 start to open the second half of the season. Anaheim seemed sluggish out of the break, losing three straight series to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics. The consecutive losses hurt the Angels standing in the American League West and allowed the Seattle Mariners to creep back into contention. However, the Angels regrouped over the weekend to take three straight games from |
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| Blue Jays fly south to battle Devil Rays |
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07/30/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Dustin McGowan tries to win his third straight start this evening when the Toronto Blue Jays open a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field. McGowan was brilliant against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday, as he scattered four hits over 7 1/3 scoreless innings to run his record to 7-5 on the year, while lowering his earned run average to 4.45. The 25-year-old righty has yet to record a decision in two outings (one start) against the Rays, but has pitched to a 4.70 ERA in |
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