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Angels Over Rays – Machine Working Just Fine
Despite having a good season compared to his first two with the Los Angeles Angels, Albert Pujols was in something of an RBI drought the last couple of weeks. Until he met David Price and the Tampa Bay Rays, hitting two home runs to help the Angels pick up a 6-2 win.
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Yankees Over Rays – Triple Play Steals the Show
A lot of good things are happening right now for the New York Yankees: The winning streak, CC Sabathia looking better, big hitting from Alfonso Soriano and Brian McCann. However, triple plays don’t come around too often, and the one that did stole the spotlight in the 10-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Red Sox vs Rays – From Worst to First
It’s easy to forget how bad things were for the Boston Red Sox only a year ago, but it doesn’t really matter as they dump the Tampa Bay Rays with a 3-1 win in a 3-1 series, thanks to some fantastic pitching, as their bats went quiet for a second consecutive game.
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The Beginning of a Comeback (Red Sox vs Rays)
If the Tampa Bay Rays beating the Boston Red Sox 5-4 to get their first win of their ALDS series, staying alive in the playoffs, is about one moment, it has to be Jose Lobaton coming on to hit a walk off home run in the ninth. If it’s about more than that, it was the Rays finally being able to keep the Red Sox bats from getting their usual hot.
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An Offense That Doesn’t End (Rays vs Red Sox)
At the end of the day, it simply doesn’t look like the Tampa Bay Rays have quality pitching that’s enough to handle the non-stop offense the Boston Red Sox bring to the table this season and in this series, with game 2 highlighting the home run hitting ability of David Ortiz, helping his team take a 2-0 lead in the series.
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Over Before it Even Began (Rays vs Red Sox)
Game 1 between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox was about mistakes and making the most of them, which went very well for the Red Sox, completing a 12-2 rout, getting a very strong performance from Jon Lester on the mound while Jacoby Ellsbury, Shane Victorino and Jarrod Saltalamacchia were busy bringing runners home.
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David Nava Is Enough to Make the Difference (Red Sox vs Rays)
The Boston Red Sox came out of a tough series in Florida against the Tampa Bay Rays with their hand on top and a commanding lead in the AL East, thanks to one big home run from David Nava and another solid pitching performance from Alfredo Aceves.
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Big Hitting & Fighting in the Longest Night of the Season (Red Sox vs Rays)
In the center of the five-and-a-half hours long game between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays stood John Lackey hitting Matt Joyce with a pitch, leading to the usual bench clearing event fans love to see (not that there were that many in attendance), but the bottom line was the AL East standing not changing by much.
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2013 MLB Season – Teams That Lost in Free Agency
Five MLB teams that lost excellent players to free agency, but couldn’t find a way to fill in the void.
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Playoffs Getting Closer? (Rays vs Yankees)
The New York Yankees didn’t seem to be too torn up after Matt Moore tore through them in his first Major League start, earning the win in the Rays’ 15-8 over the AL East leader, putting them two games behind the Boston Red Sox.