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| ne and struck out four. Final Score: Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3 St. Petersburg, FL (BettingExpress) - Carl Crawford went 4-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored and tied a modern day major league record with six stolen bases, as the Tampa Bay Rays edged the Boston Red Sox, 5-3, taking three of the four games in the series at Tropicana Field. Crawford joins Eddie Collins, Otis Nixon and Eric Young, who also had six steals in a game. The Rays set a franchise record with eight stolen bases in the win. Jason Bartlett fin |
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| Miami Dolphins |
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05/03/2009 |
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| Announced that former Boston Red Sox COO Mike Dee has accepted the CEO position of the team and Dolphin Stadium. |
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| Crawford steals six bases as Tampa Bay downs Boston |
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05/03/2009 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (BettingExpress) - Carl Crawford went 4-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored and tied a modern day major league record with six stolen bases, as the Tampa Bay Rays edged the Boston Red Sox, 5-3, taking three of the four games in the series at Tropicana Field. Crawford joins Eddie Collins, Otis Nixon and Eric Young, who also had six steals in a game. The Rays set a franchise record with eight stolen bases in the win. Jason Bartlett finished with three hits and an RBI, while Carlos Pena added |
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| Red Sox executive hired as Dolphins CEO |
NFL Football |
05/03/2009 |
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| Miami, FL (BettingExpress) - Mike Dee has left his job as the chief operating officer of the Boston Red Sox to become the chief executive officer of the Miami Dolphins and Dolphin Stadium. Dee has spent the past 14 years in Major League Baseball, including the last five years as COO of the Sox. "The departure of Mike Dee marks a great loss for the Boston Red Sox, and other NESV affiliates," said principal Red Sox owner John Henry. "His rare combination of imagination and ingenuity has helped this franchise r |
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| Red Sox try to even things up with rival Rays |
MLB Baseball |
05/03/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - James Shields will toe the rubber this afternoon at Tropicana Field for the Tampa Bay Rays, who will try to close out a four-game series against the Boston Red Sox with a victory. Shields comes into this matchup with an even 2-2 mark, but he has been the victim of a lack of run support over his last two starts. After losing 1-0 to Seattle on April 23, the right-hander held Minnesota to just three runs in 6 2/3 innings of work this past Tuesday. Shields struck out four batters, but also wal |
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| BoSox turn to Wakefield in hopes of avoiding another loss to Rays |
MLB Baseball |
05/02/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Tampa Bay Rays will try to continue their recent dominance over the Boston Red Sox when the two teams meet again this evening in the third tilt of a four-game set at Tropicana Field. The Rays grabbed their fourth win in five tries against Boston this season on Friday, thanks in large part to Evan Longoria. The 2008 American League Rookie of the Year hit a grand slam as part of a six-run fifth inning as the Rays defeated Boston, 6-2. Longoria now has four homers and 13 RBI in five games |
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| Longoria, Rays continue winning trend vs. Boston |
MLB Baseball |
05/01/2009 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (BettingExpress) - Evan Longoria hit a grand slam as part of a six-run fifth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox, 6-2, in the second of a four-game set at Tropicana Field. Carlos Pena hit a solo shot, while B.J. Upton knocked in another with a sacrifice fly for the Rays, who were able to build off an impressive 13-0 victory over the Red Sox on Thursday. Tampa Bay has won three of five overall, and four straight over the BoSox. Andy Sonnanstine (1-3) claimed the win af |
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| Tigers send out new ace Galarraga in opener with Tribe |
MLB Baseball |
05/01/2009 |
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| er giving up six runs on as many hits in 3 2/3 innings of work. Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge went 1-for-2, scored twice, drove in a run and has now reached base safely in all 21 games this year. Cleveland, meanwhile, dropped two of three to the Boston Red Sox after losing the series finale, 6-5, in 10 innings Wednesday in disappointing fashion. The Indians blew a five-run lead before allowing Jonathan Van Every's game-winning solo home run in the top of the 10th. Mark DeRosa and Kelly Shoppach each homer |
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| Blue Jays get AL East slate started against O's |
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05/01/2009 |
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| ompetition this evening when they begin a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles at Rogers Centre. In a scheduling oddity, the Blue Jays have played all 24 of their games outside the division, which they led up until they were passed by the Boston Red Sox by percentage points earlier this week. Meanwhile, the Orioles started strong in the season's first week but have struggled since, plummeting to 9-13 and leading only the disappointing Tampa Bay Rays in the five-team loop. Second in the AL in wins b |
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| Garza flirts with perfection as Rays clobber Red Sox |
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05/01/2009 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (BettingExpress) - Matt Garza threw a nearly flawless 7 2/3 innings as the Tampa Bay Rays crushed the Boston Red Sox, 13-0, in the opener of a four-game set. Garza (2-2) took a perfect game into the seventh inning and gave up just one hit and one walk while striking out 10 for the Rays, who had dropped four of five coming into the contest. "I had it all together today," said Garza. "I was pumped at having the no-hit through six but I was more pumped that I didn't give up a walk till the ei |
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