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| 921 | MINNESOTA | +182 | Ov 7,-115 | +187 | Ov 7.5,+110 | | 922 | TAMPA BAY | -195 | Un 7,-105 | -205 | Un 7.5,-130 |
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| All Games | 9-9 | +3 | 14-4 | 5.4 | 0.250 | 0.351 | 5.1 | 0.272 | 0.338 | | Road Games | 4-5 | +1.1 | 8-1 | 5.6 | 0.265 | 0.352 | 5.7 | 0.304 | 0.364 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 3-4 | -0.5 | 5-2 | 4.9 | 0.233 | 0.328 | 5.1 | 0.284 | 0.329 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +2.2 | 4-3 | 5.0 | 0.260 | 0.378 | 4.3 | 0.273 | 0.324 | | Night Games | 2-2 | +0.3 | 3-1 | 5.5 | 0.258 | 0.380 | 5.0 | 0.277 | 0.357 |
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| All Games | 5.4 | 0.250 | 0.351 | 18 | 616 | 154 | 49 | 14 | 0.02 | 87 | 96 | 162 | 13 | 146 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 5 | | Road Games | 5.6 | 0.265 | 0.352 | 9 | 321 | 85 | 27 | 5 | 0.02 | 46 | 43 | 90 | 5 | 74 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | | Lefty Starters | 4.9 | 0.233 | 0.328 | 7 | 232 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 0.02 | 31 | 33 | 60 | 6 | 49 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
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| All Games | 4.17 | 1.286 | 58.3 | 27 | 27 | 52 | 4 | 23 | 50 | 4-2 | 3 | 3 | 50% | | Road Games | 5.16 | 1.517 | 29.7 | 17 | 17 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 2-1 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
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| All Games | 9-10 | -3.6 | 9-9 | 3.9 | 0.239 | 0.317 | 3.9 | 0.240 | 0.298 | | Home Games | 6-5 | -1.2 | 7-4 | 5.5 | 0.276 | 0.359 | 3.6 | 0.224 | 0.277 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 8-4 | +3.1 | 6-6 | 4.7 | 0.263 | 0.338 | 2.7 | 0.205 | 0.257 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -4.2 | 4-2 | 5.0 | 0.260 | 0.341 | 6.1 | 0.273 | 0.326 | | Dome Games | 6-5 | -1.2 | 7-4 | 5.5 | 0.276 | 0.359 | 3.6 | 0.224 | 0.277 | | Night Games | 7-4 | +1.7 | 6-4 | 5.0 | 0.258 | 0.333 | 3.5 | 0.243 | 0.296 |
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| All Games | 3.9 | 0.239 | 0.317 | 19 | 635 | 152 | 57 | 18 | 0.03 | 70 | 72 | 136 | 4 | 143 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 8 | | Home Games | 5.5 | 0.276 | 0.359 | 11 | 377 | 104 | 41 | 12 | 0.03 | 56 | 49 | 81 | 3 | 90 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | | Righty Starters | 4.7 | 0.263 | 0.338 | 12 | 399 | 105 | 41 | 12 | 0.03 | 53 | 45 | 78 | 4 | 89 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
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| All Games | 3.19 | 1.113 | 62 | 25 | 22 | 46 | 5 | 23 | 48 | 3-2 | 4 | 0 | 100% | | Home Games | 2.79 | 0.983 | 38.7 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
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| 4/9/2014 | HUGHES(R) | OAKLAND | CHAVEZ(R) | 4-7 | L | +125 | 8.5 un | O | 13 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | | 4/10/2014 | PELFREY(R) | OAKLAND | STRAILY(R) | 1-6 | L | +125 | 8.5 un | U | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | | 4/11/2014 | GIBSON(R) | KANSAS CITY | CHEN(L) | 10-1 | W | +115 | 8 un | O | 11 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | | 4/12/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | 7-1 | W | +130 | 7.5 un | O | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | | 4/13/2014 | CORREIA(R) | KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | 4-3 | W | +115 | 8 un | U | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | | 4/15/2014 | HUGHES(R) | TORONTO | MORROW(R) | 3-9 | L | +115 | 7.5 ov | O | 7 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | | 4/17/2014 | GIBSON(R) | TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | 7-0 | W | +110 | 7.5 un | U | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | | 4/17/2014 | PELFREY(R) | TORONTO | MCGOWAN(R) | 9-5 | W | +120 | 8 un | O | 8 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | | 4/18/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | 0-5 | L | 135 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | | 4/19/2014 | CORREIA(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | CHEN(L) | 4-5 | L | 135 | 8.5 un | O | 8 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | 4/20/2014 | HUGHES(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | 8-3 | W | 170 | 8 un | O | 13 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | | 4/22/2014 | GIBSON(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | PRICE(L) | | | 4/23/2014 | PELFREY(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | | | 4/24/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | BEDARD(L) | | | 4/25/2014 | CORREIA(R) | DETROIT | PORCELLO(R) | | | 4/26/2014 | HUGHES(R) | DETROIT | SANCHEZ(R) | | | 4/27/2014 | GIBSON(R) | DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | | | 4/29/2014 | | LA DODGERS | | |
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| 4/8/2014 | ARCHER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | 1-0 | W | -110 | 7.5 ev | U | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 4/9/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | GUTHRIE(R) | 3-7 | L | -115 | 8.5 ov | O | 8 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | | 4/11/2014 | PRICE(L) | @ CINCINNATI | CUETO(R) | 2-1 | W | -115 | 7 un | U | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | | 4/12/2014 | COBB(R) | @ CINCINNATI | SIMON(R) | 1-0 | W | -125 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | | 4/13/2014 | RAMOS(L) | @ CINCINNATI | CINGRANI(L) | 4-12 | L | 115 | 7.5 ov | O | 7 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | 4/14/2014 | ARCHER(R) | @ BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | 1-7 | L | -115 | 8 ov | P | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | | 4/16/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | @ BALTIMORE | GONZALEZ(R) | 0-3 | L | -105 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | | 4/17/2014 | PRICE(L) | NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 2-10 | L | -170 | 6.5 ov | O | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | | 4/18/2014 | BEDARD(L) | NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | 11-5 | W | -110 | 7.5 un | O | 16 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 4/19/2014 | ARCHER(R) | NY YANKEES | NOVA(R) | 16-1 | W | -135 | 7.5 ev | O | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 4/20/2014 | RAMOS(L) | NY YANKEES | NUNO(L) | 1-5 | L | -135 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 3 | | 4/22/2014 | PRICE(L) | MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | | | 4/23/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | MINNESOTA | PELFREY(R) | | | 4/24/2014 | BEDARD(L) | MINNESOTA | NOLASCO(R) | | | 4/25/2014 | ARCHER(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | JOHNSON(R) | | | 4/26/2014 | RAMOS(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | | | 4/27/2014 | PRICE(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | | | 4/28/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | RIENZO(R) | | | 4/29/2014 | | @ BOSTON | | |
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| |  | MINNESOTA: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The number is staggering. In the past three years, the Minnesota Twins have lost 291 games. Ninety-nine in 2011. Ninety-six each of the last two seasons.
A team that was once viewed as a model for succeeding and competing with modest financial resources has been an afterthought for too long now. They have finished last in the AL Central twice and were fourth last season.
So the Twins shed their frugal ways in the offseason, shelling out $73 million to bring in Ricky Nolasco and Phil Hughes to bolster a lagging rotation. They also brought back manager Ron Gardenhire on a two-year deal and moved Joe Mauer from catcher to first base in an effort to protect their franchise player from injury.
''They made a statement: `We don't want to see this again. We don't want to go through this again this summer,''' Gardenhire said.
The Twins said goodbye to longtime first baseman Justin Morneau late last season when general manager Terry Ryan traded him to the Pirates in a stretch-run deal. There weren't many other changes to an offense that has struggled to score runs, but the upgrades to the rotation have given the holdovers some peace of mind that they won't have to score seven runs a game to have a chance to win.
''It's night and day to be honest with you. Terry went out and spent some money on some good arms in Nolasco and Hughes,'' second baseman Brian Dozier said. ''Hughes had a bad year last year but is an All-Star pitcher and I think moving to this park will help him a lot. I think just getting out of New York to be honest with you. ... So we needed to address our pitching staff and Terry did that, and I'm happy about it.''
| | TAMPA BAY: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays feel they have everything it takes to win the World Series and aren't afraid to say it.
The budget-minded franchise that's played into October four out of the past six seasons boosted payroll instead of cutting back this winter in hopes of making another strong run for the playoffs.
''The goal is to be the team that plays the last game of the year and win,'' third baseman Evan Longoria said.
''I felt like we were really close to breaking through last year,'' the three-time AL All-Star added. ''And with the team that we have this year, I'm really excited to go out and try to prove to ourselves that we are good enough to do that.''
The Rays won 92 games a year ago, including a Game 163 tie-breaker to claim a wild-card spot, and have compiled the second-best record in baseball over the past six seasons.
That's not enough for manager Joe Maddon and a hungry collection of players who reported to spring training feeling as if there's unfinished business to tend to after losing to eventual World Series champion Boston in the AL division round.
''I love that our guys feel and think that way. I think it's great,'' Maddon said.
''You'll hear that rhetoric in a lot of clubhouses, whether it's baseball, football or basketball, but you've got to back it up. You have to really believe it. Not just say it,'' he said. ''Some groups say it because they're supposed to say it. Some groups say it because they believe it. Our guys believe it.''
That confidence was bolstered by the Rays' ability to keep most of the key components from last year's roster together, including lefty David Price, who anchors one of baseball's deepest pitching rotations.
Price and just about everybody else expected the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner to be traded, however the Rays wound up giving him a $14 million one-year deal, in addition to re-signing first baseman James Loney and landing free agent closer Grant Balfour in moves that represent a big chunk of a club-record payroll of around $80 million.
Andrew Friedman, the team's vice president of baseball operations, also traded for catcher Ryan Hanigan and infielder Logan Forsythe to give Maddon additional flexibility filling out a batting order around Longoria and 2013 AL rookie of the year Wil Myers.
''Talent can't win every game for you, but it's a good start,'' said Loney, who signed a three-year, $21 million deal - largest since Tampa Bay has given to a free agent since Stuart Sternberg became principal owner.
''If we can stay healthy, if we can do the things we're capable of doing,'' second baseman Ben Zobrist add, ''we certainly have as good or better chance than any other team in the league to win it all.''
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (MINNESOTA-TAMPA BAY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Twins-Rays Preview* ====================
By JORDAN GARRETSON STATS Writer
Minnesota (9-9) at Tampa Bay (9-10), 7:10 p.m. EDT
David Price chalked up his first loss of the season as simply a bad day.
Given his tendency to bounce back from rough performances in 2013, that could spell trouble for the Minnesota Twins.
Price looks to guide the Tampa Bay Rays to a 12th win in 13 meetings with the Twins in Tuesday night's series opener at Tropicana Field.
Price (2-1, 4.39 ERA) was knocked around for six runs and 10 hits - including two homers - in five innings of a 10-2 loss to the Yankees on Thursday. He had limited opponents to seven runs in his first 21 2-3 innings of the season before snapping a seven-start regular-season unbeaten streak.
"This is one start," Price said. "I know you guys blow it up to be a lot more than it really is, but everybody's going to have their bad days. I had mine."
The left-hander's worst three earned run totals allowed last season were 8, 6 and 5. In his outings immediately following those starts, he posted a 2.45 ERA while striking out 22 batters in as many innings.
He's 2-2 with a 2.66 ERA in seven career games - six starts - against the Twins. He didn't record a decision in a 6-4 loss at Minnesota on Sept. 15 - which snapped Tampa Bay's 11-game winning streak in the series - after allowing two runs and six hits over 6 1-3 innings.
The Twins (9-9) counter with Kyle Gibson (3-0, 0.93). The right-hander has been a revelation through his first three starts given his struggles as a rookie in 2013, when he went 2-4 with a 6.53 ERA in 10 outings.
Gibson looked his best yet in a 7-0 win over Toronto on Thursday, yielding four hits and a walk over eight innings in the first scoreless start of his career.
He was charged with four runs in six innings of a 4-1 loss at Tampa Bay on July 9 in his third major league outing.
The Rays (9-10) will try to get their bats going again after a 5-1 loss in 12 innings to the Yankees on Sunday. They had totaled 32 hits while outscoring New York 27-6 in back-to-back victories following Price's loss in the series opener.
Tampa Bay managed six hits Sunday and struck out 14 times after fanning 10 times over the previous two contests. Matt Joyce's seventh-inning sacrifice fly provided the lone run.
"We've been swinging the bats so well and today we were just minus," manager Joe Maddon said. "There's really no solid explanation."
Minnesota avoided a sweep Sunday with an 8-3 win in Kansas City. The Twins were 6 for 14 with runners in scoring position after going 6 for 34 in their previous four games.
Joe Mauer is still trying to snap out of a slow start to the season, hitting .257 and going 2 for 16 over his last four games, with one of those hits an infield single. He struck out twice for the second straight game Sunday and has already struck out twice or more eight times through 18 contests. Mauer struck out twice or more 18 times in 113 games in 2013.
His .374 career average versus Tampa Bay is his highest against any American League club, though he's just 2 for 14 off Price. That .143 average is tied for the 11th-lowest among the 144 pitchers whom he has faced at least 10 times.
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