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| Blue Jays, White Sox set for Windy City doubleheader |
MLB Baseball |
09/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays are expected to get their four-game series off to a delayed start with a day-night doubleheader that begins this afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field. The teams were scheduled to square off on Monday, but the contest was postponed due to rain and will be replayed this afternoon. Poor weather is about the only thing that has stopped the Blue Jays from winning lately. Toronto enters this twinbill having ripped off eight consecutive victories, with the thr |
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| Rain postpones Toronto/Chicago game |
MLB Baseball |
09/08/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Monday's game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Chicago White Sox has been postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a day/night doubleheader on Tuesday. The rained-out game will begin at 2:05 p.m (et), with the nightcap starting at the originally scheduled 8:11 p.m. (et). Javier Vazquez will start on the mound for Chicago and be opposed by A.J. Burnett in the first game. Clayton Richard will toe the rubber for Chicago and Jesse Litsch will oppose him for Toro |
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| Rios selected as AL's best of the week |
MLB Baseball |
09/08/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Alex Rios was selected as the American League Player of the Week for the period ending September 7. Rios batted .414 with three homers, three doubles, two triples and eight runs batted in last week. He posted a .966 slugging percentage with a .414 on-base percentage. In earning his first weekly award, Rios has helped the Blue Jays to an eight- game winning streak. He was 8-for-15 with a homer and four runs batted in during a three-game sweep of Minnes |
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| Blue Jays go for ninth straight win, take on White Sox |
MLB Baseball |
09/08/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays remain a longshot to earn a playoff spot, but the club is having a say as to how the postseason shapes up in the American League with its late-season play. The red-hot Blue Jays take aim at a ninth consecutive victory and try to spoil the Chicago White Sox's division-title hopes when the teams start up a four- game series tonight at U.S. Cellular Field. Toronto's three most recent wins came over AL East-leading Tampa, and the sweep helped second-place Boston close the ga |
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| Streaking Jays edge struggling Rays |
MLB Baseball |
09/07/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - David Purcey threw eight shutout innings and Rod Barajas knocked in the lone run with a sacrifice fly, as the red-hot Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of the struggling Tampa Bay Rays with a 1-0 victory at Rogers Centre. Adam Lind doubled and scored the only run for Toronto, which has won eight in a row. Purcey (3-5) scattered six hits and walked three to earn his first win since August 13 at Detroit. He struck out seven. Jesse Carlson closed it out with a 1-2-3 nint |
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| Jays hope to get brooms out on AL East-leading Rays |
MLB Baseball |
09/07/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays take aim at their eighth straight win this afternoon when they try and complete a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays at Rogers Centre. Toronto handed Tampa its first series loss on the road in nearly two months in dramatic fashion on Saturday, as Gregg Zaun's grand slam in the bottom of the 13th inning capped a 7-4 victory. After the Blue Jays blew a three-run lead in the ninth, the Rays went ahead for the first time in the game in the 13th on Dioner Navarro's two-ou |
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| Struggling Rays try to get on track versus Blue Jays |
MLB Baseball |
09/06/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Rays try to hang onto their dwindling lead in the American League East this afternoon when they play the second test of their three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Tampa didn't help its cause in the opener of this set on Friday, as Alex Rios belted a pair of home runs and Roy Halladay threw seven effective innings in Toronto's 6-4 win. Rios finished with three runs batted in, while Lyle Overbay doubled and drove in two for the Jays, who have won a season |
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| Jays down Rays, continue spoiler role with sixth straight win |
MLB Baseball |
09/06/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Alex Rios hit a pair of home runs and Roy Halladay threw seven effective innings, as the Toronto Blue Jays toppled Tampa Bay, 6-4, in the first of three games with the Rays. Halladay (18-9) gave up three runs -- one earned -- on seven hits, walked none and struck out seven to pick up the win. The victory was Toronto's sixth straight, marking the first time the club has won that many in a row since May 4-10, 2004. Rios finished with three runs batted in, while Lyle Overbay doubled |
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| Boston activates trio, including Beckett |
MLB Baseball |
09/06/2008 |
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| ckett took the mound for Friday's 8-1 victory over the Texas Rangers, and got the win after tossing five shutout innings. It was his first start since August 17, when he was tagged for eight hits and eight runs in only 2 1/3 innings in a loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. He was subsequently placed on the DL with right elbow inflammation. The 28-year-old is 12-9 this season with a 4.20 earned run average in 24 starts. Casey has been on the mend since August 20 with neck stiffness, while Lowell -- who went 3-for-5 wi |
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| Rays start important road trip in Toronto |
MLB Baseball |
09/05/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With their lead atop the American League's East Division not as comfortable as it once was, the Tampa Bay Rays begin an important nine- game road trip tonight with the first of three consecutive meetings with a surging Toronto Blue Jays club. Tampa Bay brings a 3 1/2-game advantage over second-place Boston into its three-city trek that will see the young team face a trio of divisional foes. After taking on the Blue Jays, the Rays will head to Fenway Park for a key three-game series with the R |
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