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| 919 | TAMPA BAY | +100 | Ov 7.5,-110 | -105 | Ov 7.5,+110 | | 920 | BALTIMORE | -110 | Un 7.5,-110 | -105 | Un 7.5,-130 |
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| All Games | 64-67 | -18.1 | 59-65 | 3.9 | 0.250 | 0.318 | 3.8 | 0.236 | 0.297 | | Road Games | 35-31 | +2.6 | 27-35 | 3.8 | 0.245 | 0.308 | 3.8 | 0.244 | 0.306 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 16-19 | -7.1 | 16-14 | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.310 | 4.3 | 0.251 | 0.310 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1.3 | 3-4 | 3.1 | 0.211 | 0.277 | 4.1 | 0.220 | 0.275 | | Grass Games | 33-27 | +4.7 | 24-32 | 3.7 | 0.241 | 0.304 | 3.8 | 0.241 | 0.305 | | Night Games | 39-43 | -13.7 | 39-39 | 4.0 | 0.254 | 0.320 | 3.8 | 0.240 | 0.304 | | Division | 25-26 | -5.8 | 23-26 | 4.2 | 0.256 | 0.324 | 4.0 | 0.246 | 0.304 |
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| All Games | 3.9 | 0.250 | 0.318 | 131 | 4488 | 1123 | 339 | 97 | 0.02 | 493 | 444 | 916 | 55 | 982 | 126 | 67 | 73 | 63 | | Road Games | 3.8 | 0.245 | 0.308 | 66 | 2315 | 567 | 183 | 55 | 0.02 | 239 | 212 | 471 | 24 | 480 | 66 | 41 | 42 | 27 | | Lefty Starters | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.310 | 35 | 1216 | 301 | 97 | 30 | 0.02 | 132 | 110 | 262 | 9 | 255 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 12 |
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| All Games | 3.54 | 1.219 | 411.7 | 168 | 162 | 350 | 42 | 152 | 423 | 18-22 | 30 | 13 | 69.8% | | Road Games | 3.45 | 1.286 | 200.7 | 81 | 77 | 175 | 21 | 83 | 211 | 7-11 | 19 | 8 | 70.4% |
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| All Games | 74-55 | +24.4 | 56-70 | 4.3 | 0.257 | 0.305 | 3.8 | 0.247 | 0.307 | | Home Games | 35-26 | +5.8 | 22-36 | 3.9 | 0.256 | 0.304 | 3.7 | 0.243 | 0.304 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 53-39 | +18.7 | 43-46 | 4.4 | 0.259 | 0.305 | 4.0 | 0.250 | 0.310 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1.2 | 3-4 | 4.3 | 0.236 | 0.270 | 2.9 | 0.193 | 0.214 | | Grass Games | 65-52 | +16.9 | 49-65 | 4.2 | 0.258 | 0.303 | 3.8 | 0.245 | 0.305 | | Night Games | 54-30 | +29.4 | 36-45 | 4.5 | 0.264 | 0.311 | 3.3 | 0.229 | 0.287 | | Division | 31-19 | +14.2 | 20-28 | 4.5 | 0.262 | 0.311 | 3.5 | 0.251 | 0.316 |
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| All Games | 4.3 | 0.257 | 0.305 | 129 | 4480 | 1151 | 388 | 168 | 0.04 | 534 | 309 | 1012 | 32 | 871 | 105 | 63 | 130 | 70 | | Home Games | 3.9 | 0.256 | 0.304 | 61 | 2068 | 530 | 170 | 80 | 0.04 | 228 | 143 | 464 | 12 | 413 | 56 | 28 | 66 | 32 | | Righty Starters | 4.4 | 0.259 | 0.305 | 92 | 3210 | 830 | 266 | 115 | 0.04 | 389 | 214 | 717 | 27 | 624 | 70 | 46 | 86 | 52 |
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| All Games | 3.15 | 1.171 | 409 | 153 | 143 | 353 | 33 | 126 | 353 | 21-17 | 40 | 16 | 71.4% | | Home Games | 3.09 | 1.164 | 201 | 73 | 69 | 165 | 14 | 69 | 164 | 11-5 | 15 | 6 | 71.4% |
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| 8/12/2014 | HELLICKSON(R) | @ TEXAS | TEPESCH(R) | 2-3 | L | -115 | 9 un | U | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | | 8/13/2014 | ARCHER(R) | @ TEXAS | MIKOLAS(R) | 10-1 | W | -135 | 9 un | O | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | 8/14/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | @ TEXAS | ROSS(L) | 6-3 | W | -130 | 9 un | P | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | | 8/15/2014 | COBB(R) | NY YANKEES | MCCARTHY(R) | 5-0 | W | -130 | 7 un | U | 8 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | | 8/16/2014 | SMYLY(L) | NY YANKEES | GREENE(R) | 2-3 | L | -140 | 7 un | U | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | | 8/17/2014 | HELLICKSON(R) | NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | 2-4 | L | -105 | 7 ev | U | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 8/19/2014 | ARCHER(R) | DETROIT | SCHERZER(R) | 6-8 | L | +110 | 6.5 un | O | 8 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | | 8/20/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | DETROIT | PORCELLO(R) | 0-6 | L | -130 | 7.5 un | U | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | | 8/21/2014 | COBB(R) | DETROIT | PRICE(L) | 1-0 | W | -115 | 6.5 un | U | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | | 8/22/2014 | SMYLY(L) | @ TORONTO | STROMAN(R) | 8-0 | W | 100 | 8.5 un | U | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 8/23/2014 | HELLICKSON(R) | @ TORONTO | BUEHRLE(L) | 4-5 | L | 100 | 8.5 ov | O | 11 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | | 8/24/2014 | ARCHER(R) | @ TORONTO | HUTCHISON(R) | 2-1 | W | 100 | 8.5 un | U | 10 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | | 8/25/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | @ BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | 1-9 | L | 105 | 7.5 un | O | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | | 8/26/2014 | COBB(R) | @ BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | | | 8/27/2014 | SMYLY(L) | @ BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | | | 8/28/2014 | HELLICKSON(R) | @ BALTIMORE | NORRIS(R) | | | 8/29/2014 | ARCHER(R) | BOSTON | RANAUDO(R) | | | 8/30/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | BOSTON | WEBSTER(R) | | | 8/31/2014 | COBB(R) | BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | | | 9/1/2014 | | BOSTON | | | | 9/2/2014 | | TORONTO | | |
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| 8/13/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | 5-3 | W | -110 | 8 un | P | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | | 8/15/2014 | CHEN(L) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 1-2 | L | 140 | 7 un | U | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | 8/16/2014 | JIMENEZ(R) | @ CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | 0-6 | L | 135 | 8 ev | U | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | | 8/17/2014 | GAUSMAN(R) | @ CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | 4-1 | W | 120 | 8 un | U | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | | 8/18/2014 | NORRIS(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | 8-2 | W | 145 | 7 ov | O | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | | 8/19/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 5-1 | W | 100 | 8.5 ov | U | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | | 8/20/2014 | CHEN(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | NOESI(R) | 4-3 | W | -145 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | | 8/22/2014 | GAUSMAN(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | ARRIETA(R) | 1-4 | L | -105 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | | 8/23/2014 | NORRIS(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | HENDRICKS(R) | 2-7 | L | -110 | 7 un | O | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | | 8/24/2014 | GONZALEZ(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | WADA(L) | 1-2 | L | -115 | 8 un | U | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 8/25/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | 9-1 | W | -115 | 7.5 un | O | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | | 8/26/2014 | CHEN(L) | TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | | | 8/27/2014 | GAUSMAN(R) | TAMPA BAY | SMYLY(L) | | | 8/28/2014 | NORRIS(R) | TAMPA BAY | HELLICKSON(R) | | | 8/29/2014 | GONZALEZ(R) | MINNESOTA | MAY(R) | | | 8/30/2014 | TILLMAN(R) | MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | | | 8/31/2014 | CHEN(L) | MINNESOTA | NOLASCO(R) | | | 9/1/2014 | | MINNESOTA | | | | 9/2/2014 | | CINCINNATI | | |
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| |  | 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.''
| | BALTIMORE: BALTIMORE (AP) - The transformation of the Baltimore Orioles clubhouse under manager Buck Showalter is complete.
No longer do the Orioles hope to win. They expect it.
When Showalter took over in July 2010, he inherited a team with the worst record in the majors. Having gone without a winning season since 1997, Baltimore could only hope Showalter's knack for orchestrating quick turnarounds would take hold in a town that had switched its allegiance from baseball to football.
By 2012, the Orioles were back. Baltimore won 93 games, beat Texas in the wild-card matchup and took the New York Yankees to the limit before falling in the AL division series.
After missing the postseason last year, the Orioles are poised for a return. They maintained the nucleus of a team that went 85-77 and was in contention to the final week, then added right-handed starter Ubaldo Jimenez and slugger Nelson Cruz to an already potent lineup that led the majors in home runs in 2013.
''When you have talent, you have confidence,'' right fielder Nick Markakis said. ''Put them together and good things usually happen. We've got that right now. We know we have a good team and we're going to roll with it.''
Although Jimenez and Cruz didn't come aboard until after the start of spring training, Showalter never wavered in his belief that the Orioles would challenge the defending champion Boston Red Sox and retooled Yankees in the AL East.
''I felt that way whether or not we added Nelson and Jimenez,'' he said. ''That's a poor reflection on me and my staff if we thought we needed more to win.''
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (TAMPA BAY-BALTIMORE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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*Rays-Orioles Preview* ======================
By JON PALMIERI STATS Editor
Tampa Bay (64-66) at Baltimore (73-55), 7:05 p.m. EDT
Apparently, all it took for the Baltimore Orioles to get back in the win column and rediscover their offense was a return home.
A repeat of that promises to be far more difficult Tuesday night when they face red-hot Alex Cobb in the second of a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Baltimore's weeklong trip to Chicago couldn't have started any better, as they swept the White Sox in three straight to open a season-high nine-game lead in the AL East. However, the Orioles followed that with three consecutive losses to the Cubs over the weekend, scoring four total runs and batting .143 while striking out 26 times.
Their first three-game skid since late May cut their division lead to six games over the Yankees, but Baltimore (74-55) opened a stretch of 21 of 27 at home Monday with a 9-1 victory over Tampa Bay.
Delmon Young, J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis hit consecutive homers during a six-run fifth for the Orioles, who also got back-to-back home runs in the third from Nick Markakis and Steve Pearce. Every starter had at least one hit for Baltimore, which improved to 16-5 at Camden Yards since June 30 after a 19-21 start there.
"It's good because it seemed like y'all went in panic mode when we got swept in Chicago," Young said. "We weren't scoring many runs, but it happens and then we're back in our division at home facing a guy we've seen before, a team we play, we know their tendencies and everything."
The Orioles have won five of six at home, averaging 8.3 runs while batting .346 with 19 home runs.
Another big offensive display seems unlikely with Cobb (9-6, 3.01 ERA) on the mound. He's won seven consecutive decisions, posting a 1.99 ERA while striking out 63 over 63 1-3 innings during that 10-start stretch. Cobb has allowed two runs or fewer in a franchise-record eight successive starts.
The right-hander outdueled former teammate David Price in Thursday's 1-0 win over Detroit, yielding two hits with two walks and six strikeouts in seven innings.
Cobb's win streak began at Baltimore on June 29, when he allowed four runs and eight hits over five innings in a 12-7 victory. He was 3-1 with a 0.95 ERA in his previous four starts against the Orioles.
Even with Monday's loss, the Rays (64-67) are a major league-best 21-7 on the road since June 28. They are the only team in baseball with a winning record away from home and a losing record overall.
"We just take this one and throw it in the trash and come back tomorrow," manager Joe Maddon said.
Young, who began his career with the Rays in 2006, is 16 for 36 (.444) with three homers during an 11-game hitting streak against his former team.
Pearce also enjoys facing Tampa Bay, going 13 for 35 (.371) with four home runs and eight RBIs in the season series. He's hit in a career best-tying eight straight overall, batting .343 with four homers.
Baltimore will have a hot pitcher of its own on the hill in Wei-Yin Chen (13-4, 3.76).
He turned in another strong performance Wednesday in a 4-3 victory over the White Sox, allowing three runs in 7 1-3 innings for his career-high 13th win. Chen has won six of seven decisions since the start of July, holding opponents to three runs or fewer in seven of those eight outings.
The left-hander is 3-0 with a 2.84 ERA in his last three home starts.
This will be the fourth time this season Chen faces the Rays, having gone 1-1 with a 4.96 ERA in the first three.
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