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| 917 | BOSTON | +130 | Ov 6.5,-115 | +120 | Ov 6.5,+105 | | 918 | TAMPA BAY | -140 | Un 6.5,-105 | -130 | Un 6.5,-125 |
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| All Games | 47-55 | -19.5 | 42-56 | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.319 | 4.2 | 0.258 | 0.313 | | Road Games | 21-29 | -9.3 | 23-24 | 4.0 | 0.242 | 0.308 | 4.4 | 0.262 | 0.316 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 17-19 | -6.4 | 15-19 | 4.0 | 0.250 | 0.326 | 4.8 | 0.263 | 0.321 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +0.7 | 4-2 | 4.9 | 0.271 | 0.333 | 3.9 | 0.261 | 0.316 | | Dome Games | 0-3 | -3 | 2-1 | 3.3 | 0.179 | 0.244 | 5.0 | 0.250 | 0.308 | | Night Games | 34-37 | -10.7 | 32-37 | 4.0 | 0.256 | 0.324 | 4.4 | 0.264 | 0.317 | | Division | 17-25 | -11.6 | 20-21 | 3.9 | 0.246 | 0.315 | 4.6 | 0.263 | 0.317 |
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| All Games | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.319 | 102 | 3484 | 863 | 276 | 79 | 0.02 | 379 | 362 | 811 | 31 | 753 | 111 | 62 | 98 | 65 | | Road Games | 4.0 | 0.242 | 0.308 | 50 | 1746 | 423 | 131 | 47 | 0.03 | 194 | 165 | 422 | 15 | 359 | 53 | 21 | 48 | 31 | | Lefty Starters | 4.0 | 0.250 | 0.326 | 36 | 1238 | 310 | 108 | 26 | 0.02 | 138 | 138 | 292 | 8 | 282 | 41 | 25 | 36 | 35 |
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| All Games | 3.32 | 1.273 | 295.3 | 118 | 109 | 283 | 26 | 93 | 289 | 14-17 | 23 | 9 | 71.9% | | Road Games | 3.30 | 1.328 | 131 | 53 | 48 | 133 | 15 | 41 | 133 | 3-9 | 13 | 3 | 81.3% |
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| All Games | 49-53 | -17.2 | 50-47 | 4.0 | 0.254 | 0.323 | 4.0 | 0.241 | 0.303 | | Home Games | 22-28 | -17.8 | 27-20 | 4.3 | 0.261 | 0.334 | 3.9 | 0.230 | 0.290 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 11-17 | -9.6 | 13-12 | 3.6 | 0.247 | 0.314 | 4.6 | 0.257 | 0.323 | | Past 7 Games | 7-0 | +7.3 | 3-4 | 5.6 | 0.292 | 0.377 | 1.6 | 0.191 | 0.245 | | Dome Games | 22-28 | -17.8 | 27-20 | 4.3 | 0.261 | 0.334 | 3.9 | 0.230 | 0.290 | | Night Games | 29-36 | -16.2 | 33-29 | 3.8 | 0.254 | 0.322 | 4.0 | 0.246 | 0.308 | | Division | 20-21 | -5 | 20-19 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.329 | 4.3 | 0.250 | 0.314 |
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| All Games | 4.0 | 0.254 | 0.323 | 102 | 3481 | 883 | 278 | 80 | 0.02 | 389 | 355 | 712 | 40 | 772 | 100 | 47 | 55 | 49 | | Home Games | 4.3 | 0.261 | 0.334 | 50 | 1695 | 443 | 129 | 35 | 0.02 | 204 | 185 | 339 | 24 | 401 | 46 | 20 | 22 | 28 | | Lefty Starters | 3.6 | 0.247 | 0.314 | 28 | 962 | 238 | 82 | 24 | 0.02 | 100 | 93 | 207 | 5 | 209 | 32 | 9 | 17 | 10 |
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| All Games | 3.76 | 1.228 | 323.3 | 140 | 135 | 276 | 36 | 121 | 318 | 15-16 | 24 | 9 | 72.7% | | Home Games | 3.83 | 1.168 | 167 | 73 | 71 | 141 | 18 | 54 | 160 | 10-9 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% |
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| 7/11/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ HOUSTON | FELDMAN(R) | 8-3 | W | -130 | 7.5 un | O | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | | 7/12/2014 | PEAVY(R) | @ HOUSTON | OBERHOLTZER(L) | 2-3 | L | -130 | 8.5 un | U | 13 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 7/13/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ HOUSTON | PEACOCK(R) | 11-0 | W | -130 | 8 ev | O | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 7/18/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | 5-4 | W | -120 | 8 un | O | 10 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | | 7/19/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | 2-1 | W | -130 | 8 un | U | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | | 7/20/2014 | LESTER(L) | KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | 6-0 | W | -155 | 7.5 un | U | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | | 7/21/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ TORONTO | HUTCHISON(R) | 14-1 | W | -105 | 8.5 un | O | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | | 7/22/2014 | PEAVY(R) | @ TORONTO | HAPP(L) | 3-7 | L | -115 | 9 un | O | 11 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | | 7/23/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | 4-6 | L | -115 | 8.5 un | O | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | | 7/24/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | @ TORONTO | STROMAN(R) | 0-8 | L | 100 | 8 ov | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | | 7/25/2014 | LESTER(L) | @ TAMPA BAY | PRICE(L) | | | 7/26/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | HELLICKSON(R) | | | 7/27/2014 | PEAVY(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | | | 7/28/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | | | 7/29/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | TORONTO | STROMAN(R) | | | 7/30/2014 | LESTER(L) | TORONTO | BUEHRLE(L) | | | 8/1/2014 | | NY YANKEES | | |
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| 7/11/2014 | ARCHER(R) | TORONTO | BUEHRLE(L) | 5-8 | L | -135 | 7 ov | O | 11 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | | 7/12/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | TORONTO | HUTCHISON(R) | 10-3 | W | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 12 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 7/13/2014 | PRICE(L) | TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | 3-0 | W | -180 | 6.5 un | U | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 7/18/2014 | COBB(R) | @ MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | 6-2 | W | -120 | 7.5 ov | O | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | | 7/19/2014 | PRICE(L) | @ MINNESOTA | HUGHES(R) | 5-1 | W | -145 | 7 ev | U | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | | 7/20/2014 | ARCHER(R) | @ MINNESOTA | CORREIA(R) | 5-3 | W | -130 | 8.5 ev | U | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | | 7/22/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | @ ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | 7-2 | W | 130 | 7 un | O | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | | 7/23/2014 | COBB(R) | @ ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 3-0 | W | -120 | 7 un | U | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | | 7/25/2014 | PRICE(L) | BOSTON | LESTER(L) | | | 7/26/2014 | HELLICKSON(R) | BOSTON | LACKEY(R) | | | 7/27/2014 | ARCHER(R) | BOSTON | PEAVY(R) | | | 7/28/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | | | 7/29/2014 | COBB(R) | MILWAUKEE | GARZA(R) | | | 7/30/2014 | PRICE(L) | MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | | | 8/1/2014 | | LA ANGELS | | |
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| |  | BOSTON: BOSTON (AP) - Last season was one to remember for fans of the Red Sox - and one to forget for the players.
Soon after Boston's third World Series championship in 10 years, that bearded bunch decided to put it behind them and focus on what they must do to keep winning.
''It was a dream come true last year,'' pitcher Jake Peavy said. ''It's a new year. I think that's been a slogan of ours on the text messages that we've been exchanging with the guys, `Hey turn the page, it's a new year, it's 2014.' We haven't done anything and, obviously, some teams in our division got awfully better.''
The Red Sox won't be sneaking up on them, not after rebounding from a 69-93, last-place finish in the AL East to a 97-65 record, a 28-win improvement.
''You've got the bull's-eye on your back,'' second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. ''You want to get everybody's best, so I think it's going to be a fun challenge for everybody.''
John Farrell's disciplined, businesslike approach worked in his first year as Boston's manager. That, and the influx of players to improve the toxic clubhouse chemistry, made the one season under the animated Bobby Valentine seem like a distant memory.
Those players, including Jonny Gomes, Mike Napoli and Shane Victorino, return. The Red Sox lost center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury to the New York Yankees then signed Grady Sizemore as a possible replacement. Sizemore missed the last two seasons with knee and back injuries that required surgery but has had a healthy, productive spring training.
''In this group, no one's going to let anybody sit back and relax,'' Pedroia said. ''We're always going to push each other and make sure that we're respecting the game and playing the game the right way. If we do that, we should be all right.''
| | 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 (BOSTON-TAMPA BAY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Red Sox-Rays Preview* ======================
By TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer
Boston (47-54) at Tampa Bay (49-53), 7:10 p.m. EDT
Given the way he's been swinging the bat and his recent feud with Tampa Bay's David Price, Boston slugger David Ortiz surely would be disappointed if he can't go Friday night.
With Ortiz questionable to play, the visiting Red Sox try to stop the Rays' season-best winning streak as Jon Lester takes on Price in what could be each red-hot left-hander's final start for his respective club.
Price (10-7, 3.06 ERA) faces the fading Red Sox (47-55) for the first time since beaning Ortiz on May 30, setting the tone for a bench-clearing brawl in the fourth inning of Tampa Bay's 3-2, 10-inning loss at Fenway Park.
Ortiz felt it was retribution for two homers he hit off Price in Game 2 of the AL division series last year. The ace was irked afterward because he thought Ortiz had admired one of the shots.
"I have no more respect for him," Ortiz said after the May skirmish. "Last year, we kick his (butt) in the playoffs. ... First at-bat of this season, he drills me. That means it's war. It's on. Next time he better bring the gloves."
Ortiz, however, might not get that opportunity after he injured his back on a check swing in the eighth inning of Thursday's 8-0 loss at Toronto. According to manager John Farrell, he's day to day with back spasms.
Ortiz finished the four-game set at Rogers Centre with four home runs and eight RBIs. He's 9 for 27 with two homers versus Price since the start of 2012, including last year's playoffs.
Though he's been the subject of trade rumors ever since Tampa Bay (49-53) got off to a dreadful start, Price has been outstanding while helping the Rays win seven in a row and 18 of 23.
He's won all five of his starts in that span with a 0.90 ERA, including 16 shutout innings in two outings during the current win streak as Tampa Bay has gotten back in the playoff picture.
"We need to win. Period," Price told MLB's official website. "We need to continue to play the baseball that we have."
The Red Sox ripped Price for seven runs in last year's ALDS matchup and for five runs in the first meeting this season May 24, but six days later he limited them to two runs in seven innings. He's just 4-5 with a 4.24 ERA in 11 career home meetings.
Lester (10-7, 2.50) also has had to endure ongoing trade rumors with the defending World Series champs at the bottom of the AL East following three straight losses in Toronto.
The All-Star can't be blamed, going 4-0 with a 0.85 ERA in his last seven starts - all Boston victories. He hasn't allowed an earned run in three of his last four after surrendering four hits over eight innings in Sunday's 6-0 home win over Kansas City.
Now Lester will make his first start since principal owner John Henry announced Wednesday that the club would table contract talks with him until the offseason.
"I think Jon has handled this exceptionally well throughout the course of this entire season, so I don't see it changing anything," manager John Farrell said.
Lester has won his last three starts versus Tampa Bay, including Game 1 of last year's playoff series. In his only meeting this season, he allowed four hits with 12 strikeouts in seven innings of a 4-0 home win June 1.
The Red Sox swept that three-game set after dropping three straight at Tropicana Field from May 23-25.
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