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| Yanks go for Shea sweep in Subway Series |
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06/29/2008 |
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| a solo home run for the Mets, who have faltered in four of their last six contests. Getting the call for the Yankees today will be right-hander Darrell Rasner, who has lost five of his last six starts. Rasner absorbed the loss on Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, as he yielded seven runs and 10 hits in five innings, dropping him to 4-5 on the season, while raising his ERA to 4.50. Rasner has some bad memories of the Subway Series. Last year, on May 19, he gave up two runs and two hits without recording an o |
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| Rays try to bounce back in Pittsburgh |
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06/29/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Andy Sonnanstine tries to run his unbeaten streak to six starts this afternoon when the Tampa Bay Rays close a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Sonnanstine, who is 8-3 with a 4.85 earned run average on the season, received a no-decision on Tuesday against the Florida Marlins, as he allowed two runs and six hits in five innings. The 25-year-old right-hander has allowed three earned runs or less in his last six starts. Pittsburgh will counter with left-hander Tom Gorzel |
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| Pirates booty: Pittsburgh steals win from Tampa in 13 innings |
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06/29/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Jason Bay's home run in the bottom of the 13th inning lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 win over Tampa Bay in the middle contest of a three-game interleague series. Jason Hammel pitched a scoreless 12th inning and returned to the mound for the Rays in the 13th, getting Nate McLouth to foul out and Freddy Sanchez to line out to begin the frame. But Bay stepped up and crushed a solo homer to left-center field to end the game, and give the Pirates just their second win in the |
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| Pirates recall slew of pitchers |
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06/29/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - The Pittsburgh Pirates recalled righties TJ Beam, John Van Benschoten and Ty Taubenheim from Triple-A Indianapolis prior to Saturday's 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Taubenheim got the start on Saturday and allowed two runs in six innings, but did not get a decision in the 13-inning event. Jason Bay eventually ended the contest with a game-winning solo home run. Pittsburgh also placed righty Franquelis Osoria on the 15-day disabled list with bursitis in his right ankle and opt |
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| Interleague Game Capsules |
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06/29/2008 |
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| two runs in the bottom of the ninth to take the loss. It was his fourth blown save of the season. Final Score: Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 3 (13 innings) Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Jason Bay's home run in the bottom of the 13th inning lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 win over Tampa Bay in the middle contest of a three-game interleague series. Jason Hammel pitched a scoreless 12th inning and returned to the mound for the Rays in the 13th, getting Nate McLouth to foul out and Freddy Sanchez to line out to |
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| Rays continue amazing surge with win in Pittsburgh |
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06/28/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Evan Longoria and Eric Hinske each hit three-run homers off Jimmy Barthmaier in his major league debut to lead the Tampa Bay Rays in a 10-5 drubbing of the Pittsburgh Pirates to open a three- game set. Carl Crawford added three hits, including a solo home run, for the Rays, who have rattled off four wins in a row and are victorious in eight of their last 10. They're a franchise-best 17 games over .500 (48-31). Scott Kazmir (7-3) earned the win despite giving up four runs -- thre |
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| Rays 1B Pena returns to lineup |
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06/27/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - The Tampa Bay Rays recalled first baseman Carlos Pena from the 15-day disabled list Friday, in time for the club's 10-5 drubbing of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pena, who has been out since June 3 with a broken left index finger, will not be in his usual cleanup spot in the lineup, as the six-foot-two, 215-pounder will be placed in the sixth slot against the Pirates. Pena went 0-for-3 with an RBI in the win. To make room for Pena, Tampa Bay optioned infielder Ben Zobrist to Triple-A |
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| Yankees/Pirates rained out |
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06/26/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Thursday's interleague contest between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed due to rain. Play was interrupted with two outs in the top of the third inning because of heavy rains and was officially called off after two-plus hours of waiting for the storm front to pass through. The Yankees led, 3-1 by opening the game with four straight extra-base hits off Pirates starter Paul Maholm, while the Pirates got a run off New York's Mike Mussina in the bottom half o |
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| Pirates place P Snell on DL |
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06/26/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - The Pittsburgh Pirates placed pitcher Ian Snell on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with medial epicondylitis in his right elbow. The move is retroactive to June 23. Snell, the Pirates' opening-day starter, lasted just four innings in the Pirates 8-5 loss to Toronto on Sunday. The right-hander, who is 3-7 with a 5.99 earned run average this season, allowed four runs on eight hits in the game and has won just once in his last 13 starts. Right-handed reliever Denny Bautista repla |
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| Mussina-led Yanks go for series win over Pirates |
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06/26/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The last time New York Yankees starter Mike Mussina faced the Pittsburgh Pirates he posted his 23rd career shutout in the Bronx. Tonight, he will take the mound in the Steel City in the finale of a three- game interleague series from PNC Park. Mussina took the ball for the first time in his career against Pittsburgh on June 14 of the 2005 campaign at Yankee Stadium, and allowed five hits to go along with six strikeouts and one walk in a 9-0 drubbing of the Bucos. The veteran right-hander is 10 |
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