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929 | MILWAUKEE | +120 | Ov 7,-115 | +145 | Ov 7,-105 | 930 | TAMPA BAY | -130 | Un 7,-105 | -155 | Un 7,-115 |
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All Games | 59-48 | +5.2 | 54-50 | 4.3 | 0.254 | 0.305 | 4.1 | 0.248 | 0.300 | Road Games | 29-22 | +10.4 | 29-20 | 4.5 | 0.255 | 0.299 | 4.3 | 0.258 | 0.318 | vs Right-handed Starters | 42-38 | -0.6 | 42-37 | 4.3 | 0.256 | 0.305 | 4.1 | 0.244 | 0.296 | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +0.5 | 1-6 | 3.7 | 0.219 | 0.255 | 2.0 | 0.189 | 0.241 | Dome Games | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1 | 1.0 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 2.0 | 0.214 | 0.312 | Night Games | 37-29 | +5.4 | 36-29 | 4.5 | 0.259 | 0.308 | 4.3 | 0.246 | 0.300 | Interleague | 9-7 | +2.2 | 11-5 | 5.0 | 0.271 | 0.318 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.320 |
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All Games | 4.3 | 0.254 | 0.305 | 107 | 3651 | 929 | 330 | 109 | 0.03 | 439 | 266 | 811 | 73 | 679 | 98 | 64 | 85 | 62 | Road Games | 4.5 | 0.255 | 0.299 | 51 | 1821 | 464 | 175 | 52 | 0.03 | 216 | 116 | 419 | 30 | 333 | 39 | 36 | 44 | 32 | Righty Starters | 4.3 | 0.256 | 0.305 | 80 | 2742 | 703 | 248 | 79 | 0.03 | 327 | 193 | 595 | 55 | 512 | 76 | 45 | 61 | 40 |
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All Games | 3.53 | 1.276 | 303.3 | 126 | 119 | 291 | 34 | 96 | 311 | 16-17 | 31 | 15 | 67.4% | Road Games | 3.84 | 1.380 | 150 | 66 | 64 | 148 | 17 | 59 | 150 | 8-9 | 16 | 4 | 80% |
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All Games | 52-54 | -15.6 | 51-50 | 3.9 | 0.253 | 0.323 | 4.0 | 0.239 | 0.301 | Home Games | 25-29 | -16.1 | 28-23 | 4.2 | 0.260 | 0.334 | 3.7 | 0.228 | 0.287 | vs Right-handed Starters | 40-37 | -7 | 37-38 | 4.0 | 0.255 | 0.326 | 3.7 | 0.232 | 0.293 | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +4.9 | 2-5 | 4.0 | 0.242 | 0.340 | 1.9 | 0.198 | 0.251 | Dome Games | 25-29 | -16.1 | 28-23 | 4.2 | 0.260 | 0.334 | 3.7 | 0.228 | 0.287 | Night Games | 32-36 | -13.2 | 34-31 | 3.8 | 0.254 | 0.323 | 3.9 | 0.244 | 0.305 | Interleague | 7-8 | -3.8 | 7-8 | 3.1 | 0.237 | 0.308 | 3.7 | 0.222 | 0.270 |
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All Games | 3.9 | 0.253 | 0.323 | 106 | 3601 | 911 | 284 | 82 | 0.02 | 402 | 372 | 742 | 43 | 800 | 105 | 47 | 57 | 51 | Home Games | 4.2 | 0.260 | 0.334 | 54 | 1815 | 471 | 135 | 37 | 0.02 | 217 | 202 | 369 | 27 | 429 | 51 | 20 | 24 | 30 | Righty Starters | 4.0 | 0.255 | 0.326 | 77 | 2607 | 665 | 199 | 57 | 0.02 | 296 | 276 | 527 | 38 | 585 | 73 | 38 | 40 | 41 |
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All Games | 3.67 | 1.214 | 333.7 | 141 | 136 | 281 | 36 | 124 | 334 | 16-16 | 27 | 9 | 75% | Home Games | 3.65 | 1.145 | 177.3 | 74 | 72 | 146 | 18 | 57 | 176 | 11-9 | 10 | 5 | 66.7% |
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7/18/2014 | LOHSE(R) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | 4-2 | W | 160 | 7 ev | U | 8 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7/19/2014 | GARZA(R) | @ WASHINGTON | ROARK(R) | 3-8 | L | 115 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7/20/2014 | GALLARDO(R) | @ WASHINGTON | GONZALEZ(L) | 4-5 | L | 115 | 7.5 ev | O | 7 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 7/21/2014 | PERALTA(R) | CINCINNATI | LATOS(R) | 5-2 | W | -150 | 8 un | U | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7/22/2014 | NELSON(R) | CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | 4-3 | W | -130 | 8 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7/23/2014 | LOHSE(R) | CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | 5-1 | W | -145 | 7.5 un | U | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7/24/2014 | GARZA(R) | NY METS | GEE(R) | 9-1 | W | -155 | 7.5 ov | O | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7/25/2014 | GALLARDO(R) | NY METS | WHEELER(R) | 2-3 | L | -120 | 7.5 ov | U | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7/26/2014 | PERALTA(R) | NY METS | NIESE(L) | 5-2 | W | -160 | 8 ov | U | 8 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 7/27/2014 | NELSON(R) | NY METS | DEGROM(R) | 0-2 | L | -130 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7/28/2014 | LOHSE(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | 1-2 | L | 130 | 7 un | U | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7/29/2014 | GARZA(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | | 7/30/2014 | GALLARDO(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | PRICE(L) | | 8/1/2014 | PERALTA(R) | @ ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | | 8/2/2014 | NELSON(R) | @ ST LOUIS | | | 8/3/2014 | LOHSE(R) | @ ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | | 8/5/2014 | | SAN FRANCISCO | | |
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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) | 6-4 | W | -140 | 6.5 un | O | 8 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 7/26/2014 | HELLICKSON(R) | BOSTON | LACKEY(R) | 3-0 | W | -105 | 3.5 ov | U | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7/27/2014 | ARCHER(R) | BOSTON | WEBSTER(R) | 2-3 | L | -135 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 7/28/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | 2-1 | W | -140 | 7 un | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7/29/2014 | COBB(R) | MILWAUKEE | GARZA(R) | | 7/30/2014 | PRICE(L) | MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | | 8/1/2014 | HELLICKSON(R) | LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | | 8/2/2014 | ARCHER(R) | LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | | 8/3/2014 | ODORIZZI(R) | LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | | 8/4/2014 | COBB(R) | @ OAKLAND | SAMARDZIJA(R) | | 8/5/2014 | | @ OAKLAND | | |
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| | | MILWAUKEE: MILWAUKEE (AP) - Two pitches into his spring training return, the Brewers' most important player tried to prove his point.
Home run, Ryan Braun.
Now let's see how he fares when the games count.
Bolstered by the return of Braun from a 65-game doping suspension and the signing of free-agent starter Matt Garza, Milwaukee enters the 2014 season hoping it has the pieces to contend again in the competitive NL Central.
Braun has vowed to return to his 2011 MVP form.
''I think the expectation is to have an opportunity to compete to get back to the playoffs. That's our goal, I think it's realistic,'' Braun said during spring training in Phoenix.
Staying healthy would help, too. Besides Braun's suspension, injuries sapped much of the Brewers' power last year with projected 3-4-5 hitters Braun, Aramis Ramirez and Corey Hart each missing various lengths of time. Hart never played because of a knee injury.
Hart is gone, but Braun and Ramirez are back and bolstered by new team cornerstones who emerged last season in Carlos Gomez, Jean Segura and Jonathan Lucroy.
| | 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 NL PREVIEW (MILWAUKEE-TAMPA BAY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Brewers-Rays Preview* ======================
By KEVIN CHROUST STATS Writer
Milwaukee (59-47) at Tampa Bay (51-54), 7:10 p.m. EDT
Matt Garza is certainly hoping his second start back in Tampa Bay goes smoother than his first.
The Milwaukee Brewers might need it to be near perfect Tuesday night against the Rays since their lineup has done little in the last couple of games to give them a chance.
Feeble offense has led to losses in three of four for the Brewers (59-48), who have scored eight runs with a .165 average in that stretch after losing Monday's series opener 2-1 with just three hits.
That's begun to overshadow a longer run of dominance on the mound for Milwaukee. In eight games, the Brewers have limited opponents to 16 runs with a .185 average, which would normally be more than enough pitching for the NL's No. 2 scoring team.
Going along with the trend, Garza (7-7, 3.87 ERA) threw a gem the last time out, limiting the New York Mets to a run and two hits in eight innings of Thursday's 9-1 victory. It was needed after he allowed five earned runs while recording only one out in an 8-3 loss in Washington on July 19.
"Personally, it was just getting back to where I've been," Garza told MLB's official website. "Keep pitching, keep attacking. The last outing was what it was. I threw good pitches but stuff kept falling. Tonight, it was ground balls to our guys and they kept most of the stuff in the yard."
This will be just his second career start against his former club, for which he was named the 2008 ALCS MVP, and he'll be hoping for a drastic improvement. Garza allowed six runs and eight hits in 4 1-3 innings of a 6-2 loss on Sept. 16 in Tampa Bay while pitching for Texas.
Tampa Bay (52-54) improved to 5-2 all-time against the Brewers and has won 10 of 11 overall thanks in large part to a staff that has posted a 1.45 ERA and .196 opponent average.
"Our guys have a good vibe right now," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said.
Alex Cobb gets the responsibility of keeping it going.
Cobb (6-6, 3.76) also had one of his best starts of the season in Wednesday's 3-0 win in St. Louis, allowing five hits while striking out 10 without a walk in seven innings. He's 4-0 with a 3.07 ERA in his last five starts, and he said the latest was the best he's felt, despite getting hit by a pitch on his throwing elbow.
"Tonight's the most comfortable I've felt on the mound, hands-down, since I've come back (from an oblique injury on May 22)," Cobb said. "Even before that, tonight was the most in-synch I've felt."
His interleague career has resulted in a 6-3 record and 3.41 ERA in 10 starts, though he's yet to face Milwaukee. Mark Reynolds is 0 for 7 with five strikeouts against Cobb.
Reynolds' home run in the series opener accounted for Milwaukee's offense and gave the all-or-nothing slugger four home runs in his last five games.
"That's baseball. You go through hot streaks, cold streaks," Reynolds said. "The good teams find consistency in between. We're just not swinging well right now. At this time next week, we might be talking about how hot we are."
The top three batters in the Milwaukee lineup Monday - Carlos Gomez, Jonathan Lucroy and Ryan Braun - are a combined 0 for 24 over the last two games.
Brewers second baseman Scooter Gennett played Monday for the first time since hurting his right quadriceps last Tuesday. He struck out in all three at-bats.
First baseman James Loney drove in both Tampa Bay runs to reach base for a 17th straight game.
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| Last Updated: 3/19/2024 5:46:49 AM EST. |
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