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| Yanks attempt to get back on track in Boss' home grounds |
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07/14/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees will attempt to push their record back to .500 when they battle the Tampa Bay Devil Rays tonight in the third matchup of a four-game set from Tropicana Field. The Yankees, who are currently 43-44, trail rival Boston by 10 games for first place in the American League East standings and are nine back of Cleveland in the wild card race. New York appears to have a good shot at drawing even on the season, as ace pitcher Chien-Ming Wang takes the hill tonight. Wang has done everyt |
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| Devil Rays activate Upton from DL |
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07/13/2007 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays activated outfielder B.J. Upton from the 15-day disabled list Friday. Upton has been out since June 9 with a left quad strain. Prior to going on the DL, Upton was hitting .320 with nine home runs, 31 RBI and 13 stolen bases. In his absence, the Devil Rays went 8-21. During a nine-game rehab stint in Triple-A Durham and Single-A Vero Beach, Upton hit .292 with two homers and four RBI. On Sunday, Tampa Bay optioned pitcher J.P. Howell to Durham in antici |
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| Clemens, Yanks resume series with Devil Rays |
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07/13/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Roger Clemens takes his latest comeback tour to St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field, as the legendary hurler takes the mound for the New York Yankees in tonight's second matchup of a four-game series with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. After enduring a rocky start to his second tour of duty with the Yankees, the 44-year-old Clemens has delivered back-to-back terrific performances his last two times out. The future Hall of Famer picked up career win No. 350 when he limited Minnesota to a run and just two |
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| Indians try to carry home success into second half versus Royals |
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07/13/2007 |
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| yals closed out their first half with a flourish. Kansas City won nine of its last 13 contests prior to the break and enter tonight's opener of this three-game series on a two-game win streak. Both of those victories came at the expense of the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays, including Sunday's 12-4 rout at Kauffman Stadium. Tony Pena finished 3-for-5 with four RBI for the Royals, who blew open a close game with a six-run eighth inning. Emil Brown, Ross Gload and Alex Gordon each knocked in a pair of runs for Kansas Cit |
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| Abreu, Jeter, A-Rod all homer as Yanks top D-Rays |
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07/13/2007 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - Bobby Abreu homered and finished with three runs batted in to lead the New York Yankees to a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the opener of a four-game series at Tropicana Field. Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter also homered for the Yankees, who commenced the second half of the season with their fourth win in the last five games and in the process crept back up to the .500 mark (43-43). New York sits 10 games behind Boston, which also won on Thursday, in the AL East. "It |
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| Reds place Hamilton on 15-day DL |
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07/13/2007 |
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| e Year candidate and feel-good story of the year in the majors, on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a sprained right wrist. The move is retroactive to July 8. Hamilton, the number one overall pick in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, left Saturday's eventual 5-4 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third inning with the injury. Hamilton had one at-bat in the first inning, reaching safely on a fielding error by Arizona shortstop Stephen Drew. Hamilton was also on deck |
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| A-Rod: He and Yankees will talk at end of season |
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07/12/2007 |
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| ontract that was converted to an assignment bonus at the time of his trade to the Yankees. ``Like I've said all year, I think it's something we'll do at the end of the year,'' Rodriguez said before the Yankees opened a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. ``I think it would be selfish on my part to talk about my contract status when our team desperately needs wins. My goal is to win as many games as we can, focus on my teammates and really play at a real high level in the second half.'' The Yank |
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| Tampa Bay Devil Rays midseason progress report |
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07/12/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Another All-Star break and another bleak outlook for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The team is all but eliminated from playoff contention with 75 games still left to play. It owns a pitiful 34-53 record heading into the second half of the season and trails the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox by 19 games. Tampa Bay lost 13 of its final 14 games of the first half and could be on its way to the worst record in baseball for a second consecutive year. Once again the Devil Rays' starting rotation has been |
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| Yanks battle Devil Rays hoping for big second half |
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07/12/2007 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees will attempt to improve their odds of making another postseason appearance when the Bronx Bombers begin their second half with the first of four straight games against baseball's current worst team, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, from Tropicana Field. New York's string of 12 consecutive playoff berths is presently in jeopardy due to a sluggish first half in which the club compiled a disappointing 42-43 record. The Yankees trail rival Boston by 10 games for first place in the Amer |
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| Young giving Devil Rays reason to be optimistic |
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07/11/2007 |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -Delmon Young shrugged off a question about the solid rookie season he's quietly putting together, insisting he's far more interested in what the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have not been able to do this season. ``I don't really care about myself. I'm just trying to win,'' the 21-year-old outfielder said. ``We're not in first place, we're not above .500, so it doesn't matter what I do.'' The Devil Rays lost 13 of 14 games heading into the All-Star break, a stretch including a major league- |
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