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| Rays aim for another home series win vs. Astros |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Tampa Bay Rays will try to win their 10th consecutive home series today, as they wrap up a three-game interleague set with the Houston Astros at Tropicana Field. The Rays own one of the best home records in baseball at 30-12 and they have won nine straight series at Tropicana Field since losing two of three contests to the Chicago White Sox from April 18-20. After dropping the series opener on Friday, the Rays used some late game heroics on Saturday to defeat the Houston Astros, 4-3. P |
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| Gross' game-ending double in ninth puts Rays past Astros |
MLB Baseball |
06/22/2008 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (Best E Casino) - Gabe Gross had the game-winning, pinch- hit, two-run double in the bottom of the ninth as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the Houston Astros, 4-3, in the middle contest of a three-game interleague set. Doug Brocail was on the hill to close it out in the ninth with the Astros holding a one-run lead, but surrendered a leadoff single to Cliff Floyd. Pinch-hitter Eric Hinske followed with another single, leaving runners on first and second, and pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro |
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| Astros hope to stay in win column in St. Pete |
MLB Baseball |
06/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - With their longest losing streak of the season now behind them, the Houston Astros will try to make it two in a row this evening when they continue a three-game interleague set with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Last night, Carlos Lee had two doubles and two runs batted in and the Astros held off a late rally by Tampa Bay for a 4-3 victory. Lance Berkman and Kazuo Matsui each clubbed an RBI for the Astros, who ended an eight-game slide. Roy Oswalt (6-7) picked up the win as he wen |
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| Astros hang on to top Rays, snap eight-game skid |
MLB Baseball |
06/20/2008 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (Best E Casino) - Carlos Lee had two doubles and two runs batted in, as the Houston Astros fought off a late rally by the Rays to edge Tampa Bay, 4-3, in the opener of a three-game set from Tropicana Field. Lance Berkman and Kazuo Matsui each clubbed an RBI for the Astros, who saw their eight-game slide become history. Roy Oswalt (6-7) picked up the win as he went 7 2/3 innings and gave up just two runs on seven hits while striking out five and walking two batters. Jose Valverde earned hi |
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| Brewers host Orioles in matchup of streaking clubs |
MLB Baseball |
06/20/2008 |
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| is past four outings to improve to 4-4 with a 3.68 ERA in 14 trips to the hill in 2008. The right-hander is 3-3 with a 4.86 earned run average through eight career starts against Baltimore. The Orioles wrapped up a six-game homestand by sweeping the Houston Astros in three games at Camden Yards, and will now kick off a nine-game road trip against the Brewers, Cubs and Nationals. Baltimore is 15-22 on the road this season. In Thursday's 7-5 victory over Houston, Alex Cintron homered, scored twice and finished |
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| Slumping Astros visit Rays for three |
MLB Baseball |
06/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - It's reeling versus streaking tonight in Florida when the Houston Astros travel to St. Petersburg to open a three-game interleague set with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. The Astros come into the game having lost eight straight and 17 of their last 20 overall. Meanwhile, the Rays added another element of legitimacy to the league's most surprising start, sweeping the National League pace-setting Chicago Cubs in their own three-game set. It marked Tampa Bay's third sweep this season |
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| Crawford's slam powers Rays to sweep of Cubs |
MLB Baseball |
06/20/2008 |
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| a 3-1 record and a 1.72 ERA at home this season...The Rays have won 25 of their last 29 games at Tropicana Field. It was their ninth consecutive series win at home...On Thursday, the Rays agreed to terms with the first overall selection of the First-Year Player Draft, signing shortstop Tim Beckham out Griffin High School in Griffin, Georgia...On Friday, the Cubs will host the White Sox in an intra-city rivalry to open a three-game series, while Tampa hosts the Houston Astros for a three-game set of its own. |
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| Orioles hang on to sweep struggling Astros |
MLB Baseball |
06/19/2008 |
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| Baltimore, MD (Best E Casino) - Alex Cintron went 3-for-4, scored twice and belted his first homer of the season, and the Baltimore Orioles survived a shaky ninth inning to wrap up a three-game sweep of the stumbling Houston Astros with a 7-5 win. Brian Burres (6-5) gave up three runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings, fanning three and walking two to get the win. Ramon Hernandez and Aubrey Huff also homered for the Orioles, who have won five of six. Shawn Chacon (2-3) was raked for six runs on eight hits in f |
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| Astros conclude set with Orioles |
MLB Baseball |
06/19/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Veteran right-hander Shawn Chacon seeks to end a three- start skid tonight when the Houston Astros visit Camden Yards for the finale of a three-game interleague series with the host Baltimore Orioles. A 30-year-old native of Anchorage, Alaska, Chacon improved to 2-0 by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals on May 27, when he allowed seven hits and two runs over seven innings of an 8-2 Houston triumph. He's 0-2 with a no-decision since, however, including a one-inning stint against Milwaukee an |
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| Moehler leads 'Stros in second test with Orioles |
MLB Baseball |
06/18/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Veteran right-hander Brian Moehler can make his seventh career start against Baltimore a lucky one tonight, when the Houston Astros visit Camden Yards for the second of three interleague games against the Orioles. A 36-year-old North Carolina native, Moehler is 1-1 with a 4.73 earned run average in six previous starts against Baltimore in which he has surrendered 40 hits, 17 earned runs and 11 walks in 32 1/3 innings while also posting 21 strikeouts. Moehler has alternated wins and losses |
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