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| Rays' Shields tries to match career-best win total against O's |
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| nt in the minors. The 26-year-old Oregon native was ripped for 17 hits and 12 runs in 8 1/3 innings in his final three outings in late July before heading to Triple-A as the Orioles shook up their pitching staff. He returned on August 26 to face the Chicago White Sox and gave up 10 hits and five runs in five innings of an 8-3 loss. Burres has met the Rays three times in 2008 as well and has surrendered 12 hits and nine earned runs in 11 2/3 innings. On Saturday, Tampa Bay squeezed out a 10-9 victory over the Ori |
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| Floyd, White Sox wrap set with Red Sox |
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| (Best E Casino) - Chicago White Sox starter Gavin Floyd will try to run his unbeaten streak to eight games when he takes on the Boston Red Sox today in the finale of a three-game series at Fenway Park. Floyd has won back-to-back starts and is 4-0 over the previous seven trips to the mound. He last toed the rubber on August 26 at Baltimore and held the Orioles to a pair of runs and four hits in eight innings of an 8-3 victory. Floyd improved to 14-6 with a 3.70 ERA this season for the White Sox, who are 6-1 dur |
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| Indians try to salvage finale with Mariners |
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08/31/2008 |
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| s for the Indians, who are also searching for their first win on this six-game homestand. Grady Sizemore had two hits and Jhonny Peralta drove in the other Cleveland run, as the Indians fell to 36-31 at home this season. The Tribe will also host the Chicago White Sox on the current homestand. Zach Jackson will make his fourth start for the Indians on Sunday since being acquired from Milwaukee in the CC Sabathia deal. Jackson is 0-0 with a 4.91 earned run average in three outings so far with Cleveland, and did no |
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| White Sox option P Broadway |
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08/30/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - The Chicago White Sox optioned pitcher Lance Broadway to Triple-A Charlotte following the club's 8-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Broadway was 1-0 with an 8.44 ERA in four games this season. A corresponding move will be made prior to Sunday's series finale. |
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| Baldelli lifts Rays over Orioles |
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08/30/2008 |
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| to left. Upton, Pena and Baldelli each drove in two runs for the Rays, who rebounded from a four-run deficit to win. The club has taken the first two games of the series and have won four straight overall. With second-place Boston's 8-2 win over the Chicago White Sox later Saturday, Tampa's lead in the AL East remained at 4 1/2 games. "Our guys are very aware of what's going on, you can tell by the intensity," said Rays manager Joe Maddon. "We are playing every night, we are not taking anything for granted and w |
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| BoSox call up Bowden for Saturday start |
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08/30/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - The Boston Red Sox purchased the contract of pitcher Michael Bowden from Triple-A Pawtucket Saturday. Bowden made his major league debut in a start against the Chicago White Sox and picked up his first win. He allowed seven hits and two runs over five innings in Boston's 8-2 victory. The move fills an open spot on the 25-man roster created with the multiple moves the Red Sox made Friday. Bowden was 0-3 with a 3.38 earned run average in seven games (six starts) for Pawtucket. The yo |
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| Bautista, Blue Jays rally past Yankees |
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08/30/2008 |
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| for Jason Giambi as a defensive replacement, followed with a fly ball to left to end the game, giving Ryan his 25th save. The Yankees had a two-game win streak stopped and fell 6 1/2 games behind Boston in the AL wild card race. The Red Sox host the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night. "That was a game we needed to win," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi. "We felt we gave that game away." Brandon League (1-2) struck out all three batters he faced in the seventh inning to earn the win for Toronto. John Parrish got |
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| Twins' Liriano set to square off versus A's again |
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08/30/2008 |
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| he past five trips to the mound. Liriano did not factor in the 4-2 loss to the Mariners after holding them to a run on five hits in six innings of work. He is 4-3 with a 3.83 ERA in eight outings this season. Minnesota is just a half game behind the Chicago White Sox in the American League Central standings, and improved to 4-5 on its season-long 14-game road trip following Friday's 12-2 pounding of the Oakland Athletics in the second installment of this series. Starter Kevin Slowey tossed six dominant innings a |
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| Without Beckett, Red Sox send Bowden to hill against White Sox |
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08/30/2008 |
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| rts Network) - Boston's rotation took a big blow when it lost starter Josh Beckett to injury. Now the AL Wild Card-leading Red Sox will put the ball into the hands of a minor leaguer for tonight's second installment of a three-game series versus the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park. Beckett was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a strained right elbow following a visit with noted sports surgeon Dr. James Andrews. Beckett was slated to open this series with Chicago, but was scratched in favor of Daisu |
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| Rays continue series with Orioles |
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08/30/2008 |
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| us high watermark had been 70 wins. Additionally, they enter today's games with a surprising 4 1/2-game lead over the defending world champion Boston Red Sox in the division race, and, should that race tighten, they're still 6 1/2 games clear of the Chicago White Sox in what would be a race for the league's lone wild card berth. Andy Sonnanstine gets the call for the Rays on Saturday, and he is 3-0 over his last five starts. Sonnanstine did not factor in the outcome of a 6-5 loss at Chicago the last time out on |
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