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| Rays activate P Reyes from DL |
MLB Baseball |
07/18/2008 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Rays activated right- handed pitcher Al Reyes from the 15-day disabled list Friday. The team originally placed Reyes on the DL on June 13 due to right shoulder tendinitis. The 38-year-old was 1-2 with a 4.02 earned-run average in 18 games before the setback. The Rays had already made room for the reliever prior to Friday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays, having optioned Reid Brignac to Triple-A Durham on Sunday. |
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| Rays hope to break out of funk in opener with Jays |
MLB Baseball |
07/18/2008 |
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| oyed a storybook 2008 campaign thus far, but the surprising club certainly didn't head into the All-Star break on a positive note. The playoff-hopeful Rays return to action tonight hoping to break out of a season-long seven-game losing streak as the Toronto Blue Jays invade Tropicana Field for the first of three consecutive meetings. The recent slide has enabled defending world champion Boston to pass Tampa in the American League East standings, with the Red Sox holding a slim half-game edge on the upstart Rays |
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| Tigers hoping for good start in series with Orioles |
MLB Baseball |
07/17/2008 |
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| even innings of his team's 7-6 loss. Rogers is 10-9 lifetime against the O's with a save and a 4.67 ERA in 46 games, 28 of which have been starts. Baltimore will counter with lefty Garrett Olson, who is 6-4 with a 5.65 ERA. Olson was hammered by the Toronto Blue Jays in his last start before the break on July 9, as he surrendered seven runs and seven hits in just 3 2/3 innings. Olson has never faced the Tigers. While Detroit seems to be hitting their stride, the Orioles are going in the opposite direction. Since |
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| Yanks hope to keep bats hots in finale with Jays |
MLB Baseball |
07/13/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees try to keep their offense rolling along as they close out a three-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre this afternoon. Despite hitting a collective .230 over the last six games, the Yankees seemed to put all the pieces together quickly on Saturday, as they scored nine runs in the first four innings and went on to defeat the Blue Jays by a score of 9-4 to snap a brief two-game slide. Derek Jeter led things off with a solo home run in the top of the firs |
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| Blue Jays flying high, aim for another win over Yanks |
MLB Baseball |
07/12/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With a chance to make up some ground in the American League East standings, the New York Yankees forgot to bring their offense with them as they opened a three-game set against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. They'll attempt to rebound when the division rivals face off again this afternoon at the Rogers Centre. With both Boston and Tampa Bay both coming out on the losing end of their respective games on Friday, the Bronx Bombers had the perfect opportunity to close the gap at the top of the |
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| Chamberlain, Halladay square off north of the border |
MLB Baseball |
07/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Recent phenom meets established ace on the mound tonight when the Toronto Blue Jays welcome the New York Yankees for the first test of a three-game weekend series at Rogers Centre. Young right-hander Joba Chamberlain gets the call for the Yankees in his eighth start since emerging from bullpen duty. The 22-year-old fireballler had made 19 relief appearances last season and 19 more this year before starting for the first time against the Blue Jays on June 3 in the Bronx. In that game, he allow |
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| Toronto's Wells out four-to-six weeks; McGowan dodges surgery |
MLB Baseball |
07/10/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells will miss the next four-to-six weeks with a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring, the club reported Thursday. Wells suffered the injury while stealing third base in the sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday night, and the injury will keep him sidelined until at least mid-August. In 64 games this year, the 29-year old is hitting .287 with nine home runs and 42 RBI, having already missed three weeks with a fractured left w |
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| Lackey leads Angels at Rangers Ballpark |
MLB Baseball |
07/10/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - John Lackey tries to bounce back from his worst start of the season this evening, when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim conclude their four-game series with Texas at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Lackey was banged around by the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday for six runs (five earned) and eight hits in six innings, as he fell to 6-2 on the season and raised his earned run average to a still-spectacular 1.93. He had been 5-0 with a 1.16 ERA in his five previous trips to the hill. The 29-year-old right-hander is 9-8 lifetime against the Rangers with 5.21 ERA in 23 starts. Texas will counter with righty Scott Feldman, who has won his last two starts. Feldman improved to 3-3 on Saturday against Baltimore, as he surrendered three runs and five hits in six innings. Feldman, who is pitching to a 4.39 ERA, will be making his first-ever start against the Halos, but has faced them nine times out of the bullpen, posting an 0-1 mark to go along with a 2.89 ERA. In the third game of this set on Wednesday, Josh Hamilton continued his amazing season by blasting a game-winning two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting Texas to a 5-4 victory. Hamilton, who leads the majors with 89 RBI, capped a three-run ninth inning as the Rangers won for the fourth time in five games. Ian Kinsler singled in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to 21 games, while Texas teammate Michael Young moved his string to 11, also with a base hit in the first. Young finished with three hits, drove in a run and scored once. Jarrod Saltalamacchia had two RBI in the win, as the Rangers moved four games above .500 (48-44) for the first time since September 5, 2006. Warner Madrigal made his first major league start and allowed four hits and a run for the Rangers, while Jered Weaver surrendered seven hits and two runs - one earned - over six frames for Los Angeles. Francisco Rodriguez (0-2), who holds the major league record for most saves prior to the All-Star break with 35 this season, surrendered Hamilton's 20th homer of the year. Pinch-hitter Ramon Vazquez walked to start the ninth, but Kinsler fanned and Frank Catalanotto grounded out. Young then singled to left field to get Texas within a run, and he promptly stole second. Hamilton then turned on a 3-1 breaking ball and launched it over the wall in right field. Jamey Wright (5-3) was the benefactor of the rally, as he pitched two innings to record the victory. Juan Rivera homered and drove in three runs for the Angels, who have dropped the most recent two contests of this four-game set by a run. The Rangers have split their eight games with the Angels this season. |
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| O's, Jays wrap up series north of the border |
MLB Baseball |
07/10/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Journeyman southpaw John Parrish starts against his former team for the first time tonight when the Toronto Blue Jays host the Baltimore Orioles in the finale of a three-game series at Rogers Centre. A 26th-round draft pick in 1996, Parrish reached the majors with the Orioles in 2000 and stayed with them through part of the 2007 season, making 153 appearances - 10 starts - while going 12-12 withh a save in 219 innings of work. He finished 2007 by making eight appearances with Seattle, then de |
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| Jays' McGowan placed on DL |
MLB Baseball |
07/10/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays placed pitcher Dustin McGowan on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with right shoulder soreness. An MRI performed Wednesday revealed a tear in his right rotator cuff. He will visit Dr. Timohty Kremchek in the coming days to determine if surgery is necessary. Toronto general manager J.P. Ricciardi expects McGowan to miss at least four weeks of action regardless of the severity of the tear. McGowan left Tuesday's 7-6 comeback win over Baltimore in the fifth in |
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