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923 | TAMPA BAY | -1.5,+120 | -1.5,+120 | 924 | BOSTON | +1.5,-140 | +1.5,-140 |
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All Games | 75-81 | -24.3 | 70-77 | 3.8 | 0.248 | 0.314 | 3.8 | 0.232 | 0.294 | Road Games | 39-36 | +2 | 32-38 | 3.7 | 0.246 | 0.307 | 3.9 | 0.240 | 0.301 | vs Right-handed Starters | 55-57 | -15 | 51-58 | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.316 | 3.7 | 0.228 | 0.290 | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | -0.3 | 3-3 | 3.7 | 0.248 | 0.318 | 3.4 | 0.206 | 0.286 | Grass Games | 35-31 | +2.7 | 27-34 | 3.7 | 0.244 | 0.306 | 3.8 | 0.239 | 0.302 | Night Games | 47-53 | -17.7 | 46-48 | 3.8 | 0.250 | 0.316 | 3.7 | 0.234 | 0.297 | Division | 35-38 | -10 | 33-37 | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.314 | 3.9 | 0.236 | 0.295 |
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All Games | 3.8 | 0.248 | 0.314 | 156 | 5321 | 1318 | 394 | 115 | 0.02 | 572 | 518 | 1074 | 60 | 1158 | 150 | 83 | | | Road Games | 3.7 | 0.246 | 0.307 | 75 | 2624 | 645 | 212 | 64 | 0.02 | 270 | 233 | 525 | 27 | 540 | 73 | 50 | | | Righty Starters | 3.9 | 0.248 | 0.316 | 112 | 3798 | 943 | 276 | 80 | 0.02 | 414 | 377 | 762 | 49 | 831 | 106 | 68 | | |
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All Games | 3.59 | 1.197 | 491.3 | 202 | 196 | 408 | 51 | 180 | 514 | 23-28 | 36 | 18 | 66.7% | Road Games | 3.73 | 1.269 | 224.7 | 97 | 93 | 198 | 27 | 87 | 239 | 8-15 | 23 | 10 | 69.7% |
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All Games | 68-88 | -27.5 | 66-85 | 3.8 | 0.242 | 0.309 | 4.4 | 0.259 | 0.318 | Home Games | 31-44 | -25.2 | 31-43 | 3.8 | 0.253 | 0.327 | 4.6 | 0.264 | 0.326 | vs Right-handed Starters | 46-61 | -18.4 | 46-58 | 3.7 | 0.241 | 0.306 | 4.2 | 0.258 | 0.318 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | +0.3 | 3-3 | 3.0 | 0.232 | 0.283 | 4.6 | 0.272 | 0.323 | Grass Games | 60-76 | -24.7 | 57-75 | 3.7 | 0.243 | 0.311 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.319 | Night Games | 49-63 | -19.2 | 49-60 | 3.8 | 0.246 | 0.310 | 4.5 | 0.263 | 0.322 | Division | 28-42 | -15.8 | 31-37 | 3.8 | 0.242 | 0.304 | 4.8 | 0.262 | 0.323 |
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All Games | 3.8 | 0.242 | 0.309 | 156 | 5349 | 1293 | 406 | 119 | 0.02 | 563 | 517 | 1280 | 58 | 1135 | 154 | 90 | | | Home Games | 3.8 | 0.253 | 0.327 | 75 | 2515 | 636 | 209 | 45 | 0.02 | 267 | 277 | 570 | 25 | 574 | 76 | 55 | | | Righty Starters | 3.7 | 0.241 | 0.306 | 107 | 3673 | 887 | 259 | 80 | 0.02 | 378 | 339 | 878 | 46 | 770 | 105 | 56 | | |
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All Games | 3.27 | 1.263 | 481.4 | 193 | 175 | 462 | 44 | 146 | 436 | 21-27 | 36 | 18 | 66.7% | Home Games | 3.37 | 1.238 | 256 | 104 | 96 | 238 | 20 | 79 | 231 | 13-12 | 12 | 8 | 60% |
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9/9/2014 | ARCHER(R) | @ NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | 4-3 | W | 120 | 7 ov | P | 11 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9/10/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | @ NY YANKEES | CAPUANO(L) | 5-8 | L | -105 | 7.5 un | O | 11 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 9/11/2014 | COBB(R) | @ NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | 4-5 | L | -110 | 7 ov | O | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9/12/2014 | KARNS(R) | @ TORONTO | HAPP(L) | 1-0 | W | 120 | 8.5 ov | U | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9/13/2014 | HELLICKSON(R) | @ TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | 3-6 | L | 120 | 8 un | O | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9/14/2014 | ARCHER(R) | @ TORONTO | BUEHRLE(L) | 6-5 | W | 115 | 8 un | O | 14 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9/15/2014 | COLOME(R) | NY YANKEES | CAPUANO(L) | 1-0 | W | -110 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 9/16/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | 6-1 | W | -135 | 6.5 ov | O | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 9/17/2014 | COBB(R) | NY YANKEES | MCCARTHY(R) | 2-3 | L | -145 | 6.5 un | U | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9/19/2014 | HELLICKSON(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 3-4 | L | -130 | 7 un | P | 10 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 9/20/2014 | ARCHER(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | NOESI(R) | 3-1 | W | -170 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9/21/2014 | KARNS(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | 5-10 | L | -170 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9/23/2014 | COBB(R) | @ BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | | 9/24/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | @ BOSTON | RANAUDO(R) | | 9/25/2014 | HELLICKSON(R) | @ BOSTON | WEBSTER(R) | | 9/26/2014 | ARCHER(R) | @ CLEVELAND | HOUSE(L) | | 9/27/2014 | COLOME(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | | 9/28/2014 | COBB(R) | @ CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | |
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9/9/2014 | RANAUDO(R) | BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | 1-4 | L | +110 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 9/10/2014 | WORKMAN(R) | BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | 6-10 | L | +120 | 8.5 un | O | 8 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 9/11/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | HENDRIKS(R) | 6-3 | W | 115 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9/12/2014 | WEBSTER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | 4-2 | W | 182 | 7 un | U | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9/13/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | GUTHRIE(R) | 1-7 | L | 130 | 7.5 un | O | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 9/14/2014 | KELLY(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | 8-4 | W | 155 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 9/16/2014 | RANAUDO(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | MORTON(R) | 0-4 | L | 170 | 7.5 ev | U | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9/17/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | LIRIANO(L) | 1-9 | L | 160 | 7 un | O | 5 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 9/18/2014 | WORKMAN(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | COLE(R) | 2-3 | L | 205 | 7 ov | U | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9/19/2014 | WEBSTER(R) | @ BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | 5-3 | W | 140 | 8 un | P | 9 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9/20/2014 | DE LA ROSA(R) | @ BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | 2-7 | L | 155 | 8 un | O | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 9/21/2014 | KELLY(R) | @ BALTIMORE | GONZALEZ(R) | 3-2 | W | 135 | 8.5 un | U | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 9/23/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | | 9/24/2014 | RANAUDO(R) | TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | | 9/25/2014 | WEBSTER(R) | TAMPA BAY | HELLICKSON(R) | | 9/26/2014 | WRIGHT(R) | NY YANKEES | CAPUANO(L) | | 9/27/2014 | KELLY(R) | NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | | 9/28/2014 | BUCHHOLZ(R) | NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | |
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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.''
| | 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.''
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (TAMPA BAY-BOSTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Rays-Red Sox Preview* ======================
By JORDAN GARRETSON STATS Writer
Tampa Bay (75-81) at Boston (68-88), 7:10 p.m. EDT
Tampa Bay's Alex Cobb wasn't quite as sharp as he had been over the past two months in his last start, and his impressive team record came to an end.
He'll look to bounce back by extending the Boston Red Sox's home woes in Tuesday night's series opener.
Cobb (9-8, 2.82) leads all of baseball with a 1.38 ERA in 11 starts since July 23. However, he's just 4-2 in that span and has received nine runs of support in his last six outings.
His club record of 12 straight starts without giving up more than two runs came to an end Wednesday in a six-inning effort in a 3-2 defeat to the Yankees.
"For some reason, the ball just kept sailing on me up and away," he told MLB's official website. "I tried to make the proper adjustments, would end up yanking it. I don't have a clear answer for it right now."
The right-hander was a hard-luck loser in a 3-0 defeat against Boston on Aug. 31, yielding an earned run in 6 1-3 innings. He's 2-3 with a 3.80 ERA in eight career meetings.
The Red Sox (68-88) are one win shy of equaling their 2012 total, which marked their worst in a non-strike season since 1965. They surprisingly won road series from Kansas City and Baltimore on a 10-game trip, finishing with a 3-2 victory Sunday over the Orioles.
"There's always been good energy each day we take the field," manager John Farrell said. "It hasn't always worked out with the bottom line score, but our guys love to compete."
Boston has dropped 12 of 14 at home while scoring three runs or fewer in 10 of those defeats. While David Ortiz has hit .395 in that stretch, he's batting .162 in his last 11 games against the Rays and is 1 for 8 with six walks lifetime against Cobb.
The Rays (75-81) took a 10-5 loss Sunday against the White Sox, guaranteeing they would finish without a winning record for the first time in seven years.
Tampa Bay had given up a combined nine runs in the previous five games and its starters had posted a 2.01 ERA during a 5-3 stretch prior to Sunday, bailing out an offense that was hitting .182 with runners in scoring position. The Rays were 3 for 9 Sunday in those situations, though Evan Longoria and Kevin Kiermaier are a combined 1 for 17 over the last nine contests.
Clay Buchholz (8-9, 5.29 ERA) threw a three-hitter in a 3-0 win at Tampa Bay on Aug. 31 to begin a three-start winning streak, which was snapped in Wednesday's 9-1 loss at Pittsburgh. Buchholz gave up four earned runs in four innings, surrendering two home runs.
He hadn't given up a homer over his previous five starts, spanning 36 innings.
"The last four or five games, I've made mistakes during the game but didn't seem to get hurt on them," Buchholz said. "I just ran into a club that's swinging the bats really well right now."
The right-hander figures to be a good bet to get back on track versus the Rays, against whom he's 8-5 with a 2.21 ERA in 17 career starts. He hasn't given up a run over his last 22 innings in winning three straight meetings.
Longoria and Ben Zobrist are a combined 11 for 73 with 19 strikeouts against Buchholz.
Tampa Bay holds a 9-7 advantage in the series, though the Red Sox swept their last series in Boston from May 30-June 1.
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| Last Updated: 5/21/2024 10:36:57 AM EST. |
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