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| Boston hopes to get untracked in Baltimore |
MLB Baseball |
08/18/2008 |
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| n the win column this evening when they open a three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. After scoring 37 runs in winning all three games from its series with the Texas Rangers, Boston's bats were silenced over the weekend by the Toronto Blue Jays, who swept a rain-shortened two-game set at Fenway Park. Shaun Marcum followed up Roy Halladay's brilliant performance from Saturday on Sunday, as he held the Red Sox to just a run and five hits in five innings in Toronto's 15-4 rout. Kevin Youkilis |
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| Boston's Drew leaves game |
MLB Baseball |
08/17/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Boston Red Sox right fielder J.D. Drew left Sunday's 15-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays with tightness in his back. Drew, who walked in his lone plate appearance, was replaced by Jeff Bailey for the bottom of the fourth. Bailey finished the contest 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored. There is no update on his condition or if he will miss any further time. |
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| Blue Jays shoot for shortened sweep in Boston |
MLB Baseball |
08/17/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Shaun Marcum will try to pitch the Toronto Blue Jays to a rain-shortened two-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox this afternoon at Fenway Park. Boston's red-hot bats were silenced by former Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay on Saturday, as the right-hander tossed his major league-leading eighth complete game of the season in Toronto's 4-1 triumph. Halladay (14-9) allowed seven hits and one run, while striking out four with a walk. Alex Rios hit a two-run homer and Adam Lind smacked a solo shot |
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| Rays attempt to shine once again in Texas |
MLB Baseball |
08/16/2008 |
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| Aybar, Carlos Pena, Eric Hinske and Gabe Gross all homered for the Rays, who have won six of their last seven contests and stretched their lead in the AL East to 3 1/2 games over the idle Boston Red Sox, Boston had its Friday night game against the Toronto Blue Jays rained out. Kevin Millwood (6-7) did not last long in his return from the disabled list. The Texas hurler gave up five runs on 10 hits with seven strikeouts and a walk, and surrendered all four Tampa homers in his 4 2/3-inning stint. Millwood had be |
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| Byrd's delayed debut to highlight Red Sox-Jays tilt |
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08/16/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Roy Halladay has the unenviable task of slowing down a red- hot Boston lineup this evening, when the Toronto Blue Jays open a rain- shortened two-game series against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. This series was supposed to get underway on Friday, but rain in the Boston area caused a postponement. That contest will be made up as part of a day- night doubleheader on Saturday, September 13. Halladay enters tonight's tilt with the third-best earned run average in the American League at 2.72, but w |
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| Blue Jays P Tallet activated from DL |
MLB Baseball |
08/15/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays activated left-handed reliever Brian Tallet off the disabled list on Friday. Tallet has been sidelined since July 28 with a non-displaced spiral fracture of his small right toe. In 37 appearances this season, Tallet has compiled an 0-1 record with a 3.03 earned run average to go with 34 strikeouts and 15 walks. Through his six-year career, which includes a three-year stint in Cleveland, Tallet has gone 6-7 with a 3.58 ERA in 138 games. The Blue Jays optioned p |
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| Red Sox-Blue Jays postponed |
MLB Baseball |
08/15/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Friday's series-opener between the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays was postponed due to heavy rain and lightning. New Red Sox pitcher Paul Byrd was set to make his debut against Toronto ace Roy Halladay. The two instead will square off on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. (et). Friday's game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday, September 13. The first game will start at 12:35 p.m. (et) that day, with the nightcap at 7:05 p.m. (et). |
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| Halladay leads Jays into Boston's Fenway Park |
MLB Baseball |
08/15/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Roy Halladay has the unenviable task of slowing down a red- hot Boston Red Sox lineup this evening when the Toronto Blue Jays open a three-game series against them at Fenway Park. Halladay enters tonight's tilt with the third-best earned run average in the American League at 2.72, but will have his hands full with a Red Sox offense which has come alive of late. Boston outscored the Texas Rangers 37-21 this week in sweeping a three-game set, culminating with a 10-0 drubbing in Thursday's final |
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| Robertson, Tigers welcome O's to Motor City |
MLB Baseball |
08/15/2008 |
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| his record on the year to 7-8, while lowering his earned run average to 5.84. The Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak on Thursday, as Edgar Renteria hit a two-run double as part of a five-run eighth inning to lift Detroit to a 5-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Renteria finished the game 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored while Brandon Inge added a two-run single for the Tigers, who won for just the fourth time in the past 14 games. Armando Galarraga (11-4) was solid in the start as he gave up just one |
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| Tigers avoid sweep with late rally against Jays |
MLB Baseball |
08/14/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Edgar Renteria hit a two-run double as part of a five-run eighth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays to avoid a sweep in the last of a four-game set at Comerica Park. Renteria finished the game 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored while Brandon Inge added a two-run single for the Tigers, who had dropped the first three games of the set and won for just the fourth time in the past 14 games. Armando Galarraga (11-4) was solid in the start as he |
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