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4/19 - Yankees (7-10) @ Rays (10-7): Game 3
Billy Traber: (0 - 0), 3.52 ERA vs. James Shields: (1 - 1), 1.48 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have taken two of three against the Yankees here in St. Petersburg for a series win. Carlos Pena scored the first run of the game in the fourth with a solo home run, but Hideki Matsui tied it up in the sixth with his own solo shot. Still tied at one in the ninth, with two outs in the bottom of the inning, Cliff Floyd belted a double into left-center, and on the very next pitch, Dioner Navarro dunked a single over the head of shortstop Ryan Theriot as Floyd came around to score the winning run.

Final Score:
Yankees: 1
Rays: 2


Billy Traber:4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Brandon Lyon (L, 0-1): 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Ryan Theriot: 1-4, 2B
Hideki Matsui: 2-3, HR (2), RBI, R


James Shields: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Dan Wheeler (W, 4-0): 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Carlos Pena: 1-4, HR (6), RBI, R
Cliff Floyd: 1-4, 2B, R
Dioner Navarro: 2-4, RBI

4/20 - Rangers (7-11) @ Rays (11-7): Game 1
Josh Rupe: (0 - 0), 3.72 ERA vs. Andy Sonnanstine: (1 - 2), 2.25 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have lost the opening game of a three-game series against the Rangers at home. B.J. Upton hit a solo homer in the bottom of the first to give the Rays an early lead. Hank Blalock then hit an RBI double in the fourth to tie the game, and an RBI single in the sixth to take a one-run lead. The Rangers had a huge sixth inning, scoring four more times after the RBI single by Blalock. Ben Broussard followed with his own RBI single, and then Josh Hamilton belted a huge three-run homer to send Rays started Andy Sonnanstine to the showers. The Rays scored once more in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Evan Longoria, but the Rangers were too far ahead to come back from this one as Sonnanstine earns his team leading third loss this season.

Final Score:
Rangers: 6
Rays: 2


Josh Rupe (W, 1-0): 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Kevin Hart: 2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
C.J. Wilson: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Joaquin Benoit: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Michael Young: 2-4, 2 R
Ian Kinsler: 2-4, R
Hank Blalock: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R, K, BB
Ben Broussard: 1-4, RBI, R
Josh Hamilton: 1-4, HR (4), 3 RBI, R


Andy Sonnanstine (L, 1-3): 5.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jason Hammel: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Al Reyes: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Troy Percival: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

B.J. Upton: 2-5, HR (7), RBI, R
Carlos Pena: 1-4, 3B, R, K
Evan Longoria: 0-3, RBI, K
Rocco Baldelli: 4-4

4/21 - Trade Update
The Boston Red Sox and New York Mets have finalized a blockbuster trade in which David Wright is headed to Boston in exchange for Josh Beckett who is going back to the NL East division for the second time in his career. Beckett will be bolstering an already decent rotation joining with pitchers like Johan Santana and Javier Vazquez, while David Wright is joining a very dominant lineup that already includes a very good third baseman in Mike Lowell, so we will have to see what the Red Sox plan to do with him.

4/21 - Rangers (8-11) @ Rays (11-8): Game 2
Jason Jennings: (2 - 1), 1.73 ERA vs. Scott Kazmir: (2 - 1), 3.00 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- With the help of a dominant pitching performance by Rays starter Scott Kazmir, the Rays have won their twelfth game of the 2009 season. Evan Longoria provided the first run of the game in the fourth with a sacrifice fly, and the Rays would lead the entire rest of the game. Akinori Iwamura belted his first homer of the season in the third with a laser beam shot to right-center field, Carlos Pena jacked his seventh of the season in the sixth, and B.J. Upton with his eighth in the eighth. The Rangers scored their only run of the game in the eighth with a David Murphy RBI double. That hit ended Scott Kazmir's outing, but it was still a very dominant performance having only three-hit the Rangers until that inning.

Final Score:
Rangers: 1
Rays: 4


Jason Jennings (L, 2-2): 7.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
John Rheinecker: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Michael Young: 3-4
Gerald Laird: 1-3, R, 2 K
David Murphy: 1-3, 2B, RBI


Scott Kazmir (W, 3-1): 7.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Dan Wheeler: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Troy Percival (SV, 5): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Akinori Iwamura: 2-4, 2B, HR (1), RBI, 2 R
B.J. Upton: 1-4, HR (8), RBI, R, K
Carlos Pena: 3-4, 2B, HR (7), RBI, R
Evan Longoria: 0-3, RBI

4/22 - Rangers (8-12) @ Rays (12-8): Game 3
Yum*: (0 - 2), 4.30 ERA vs. Matt Garza: (1 - 1), 1.99 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have won two of three against the Rangers here in St. Pete to take a series victory. The Rangers got on the board first in the fourth with a solo homer off the bat of Ian Kinsler, but the Rays came through with two in the sixth with a solo shot by B.J. Upton and an RBI triple from Evan Longoria as the Rays pitching holds the Rangers to one run for the win.

Final Score:
Rangers: 1
Rays: 2


Yum* (L, 0-3): 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Kevin Hart: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Ian Kinsler: 1-3, HR (1), RBI, R
Ben Broussard: 2-3


Matt Garza (W, 2-1): 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Troy Percival (SV, 6): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

B.J. Upton: 1-4, HR (9), RBI, R, K
Carlos Pena: 1-4, R
Evan Longoria: 2-4, 2B, 3B, RBI
Dioner Navarro: 1-3, 2B

Well, B.J. was hungry for a HR, eh? I think I know what he said after the game: "Yum!"

4/25 - Rays (13-9) @ Yankees (10-12): Game 2
James Shields: (1 - 1, 1.44 ERA vs. Carl Pavano: (3 - 0), 6.27 ERA

NEW YORK -- James Shields got pounded today as the Rays fell to the Yankees two games in a row. With one out, and the bases loaded in the second, Jason Giambi tapped an infield ground ball fielder's choice to scores a run. Right after Giambi, Johnny Damon belted a two-run single to right to go up by three. Alex Rodriguez then led-off the third with a solo homer to left. The Rays scored their first run in the fifth when Jason Bartlett laced a single into right to bring home a run. In the sixth inning, Carl Crawford snared an RBI single, and was immediately knocked in by Cliff Floyd with an RBI double to come within one of the Yankees, but came up clutch in the bottom of the sixth smashing a two-run homer to right, and Jason Giambi homered later in the inning off Howell as Carl Pavano and the Yankees roll over the Rays.

Final Score:
Rays: 3
Yankees: 7


James Shields (L 1-2): 5.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
J.P. Howell: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Al Reyes: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

B.J. Upton: 2-4, R
Carl Crawford: 1-4, RBI, R, SB
Cliff Floyd: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R
Jason Bartlett: 1-3, R, K


Carl Pavano (W, 4-1): 8 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Joba Chamberlain: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Johnny Damon: 1-4, 2 RBI, K
Alex Rodriguez: 2-4, 2B, HR (8), RBI, R
Robinson Cano: 3-4, 2 R
Hideki Matsui: 1-4, HR (4), 2 RBI, 2 R
Bobby Abreu: 0-3, R
Jason Giambi: 1-3, HR (3), 2 RBI, R

Hey guys! I know I haven't been around for a while. I've been playing Power Pros, I just haven't been coming on here lately. I've been busy with school stuff (finished finals today!) and baseball practice. I'm going to try to get back on here more often and I'm continuing on with this franchise starting today. (Half days on finals, and no homework over the weekend, so I can play Power Pros NON-STOP)

Yay! I'm glad to see you and the log back (for now at least)

I had to quit my log because of grades and school

Being able to play power pros sounds good this weekend for me after the progress report I got back today (it was just awful and I need to turn it around 100% which I almost can't do so I just gotta work a lot harder). So I won't be playing power pros for a long time

4/27 - Yankees (12-12) @ Rays (13-11): Game 1
Andy Pettitte: (3 - 1), 4.88 ERA vs. Scott Kazmir: (3 - 1), 2.51 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- After a three-game series against the Yankees in New York, both teams move south to Florida for a four game series against each other. Jason Giambi got game one started in the third with a solo homer to right to give the Yankees a one-run lead that would last most of the game. Still with a perfect game in tact up to this point, Andy Pettitte finally gave up a lead-off single to Dioner Navarro in the sixth to end the perfect game. Then, in the bottom of the eighth, the Rays finally scored off Pettitte. Jason Bartlett belted a two-run double in the gap between left and center to give the Rays a one-run lead. Kazmir came back out to pitch the ninth, and after allowing two base runners, finally managed to get Morgan Ensberg to ground into a game ending double play for his fourth win of the season.

Final Score:
Yankees: 1
Rays: 2


Andy Pettitte (L, 3-2): 8 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Jorge Posada: 2-3
Jason Giambi: 1-3, HR (4), RBI, R


Scott Kazmir (W, 4-1): 9 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

Cliff Floyd: 1-3, R
Dioner Navarro: 2-3
Rocco Baldelli: 0-3, R
Jason Bartlett: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI

4/28 - Yankees (12-13) @ Rays (14-11): Game 2
John Smoltz: (1 - 0), 1.29 ERA vs. Matt Garza: (2 - 1), 1.82 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have now won the first two games of this home series against the Yankees in a thrilling thirteen inning victory. In the first inning, Ryan Theriot hit into a sacrifice groundout to score Johnny Damon from first for the first run of the game, but in the bottom of the inning, Carlos Pena jacked a solo homer to tie it up. Pena came through again in the third with an RBI single to give the Rays a one-run lead, and Jason Bartlett made it two in the fourth with a sacrifice groundout to bring home a run. Alex Rodriguez narrowed the lead to one in the sixth with a sacrifice fly, and Jason Giambi tied it up once again with a solo home run. The game would remain tied at three until the thirteenth inning when Evan Longoria, with Akinori Iwamura on second, hit one off the right field wall to score Iwamura and give the Rays the win.

Final Score:
Yankees: 3
Rays: 4
F/13


John Smoltz: 9.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Brandon Lyon (L, 0-2): 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Johnny Damon: 3-5, 3B, R
Ryan Theriot: 1-5, RBI
Alex Rodriguez: 1-4, RBI
Jason Giambi: 1-4, HR (5), RBI, R


Matt Garza: 9 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
J.P. Howell (W, 1-0): 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Akinori Iwamura: 1-6, R
B.J. Upton: 2-6, 2B, R
Carlos Pena: 4-6, 3B, HR (8), 2 RBI, R
Evan Longoria: 1-6, RBI
Cliff Floyd: 1-5, R
Jason Bartlett: 0-5, RBI

4/29 - Yankees (12-14) @ Rays (15-11): Game 3
Brian Bruney: (- - -), -.-- ERA vs. Derek Lowe: (0 - 2), 4.09 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Yankees have won the third game of this four game series in St. Pete, in a shutout victory over the Rays. Ryan Theriot knocked in the first run of the game in the third with an RBI single, and the rest of the runs were solo home runs. Alex Rodriguez belted one in the sixth, and Hideki Matsui and Bobby Abreu went back-to-back in the seventh to secure a Yankees win.

Final Score:
Yankees: 4
Rays: 0


Brian Bruney (W, 1-0): 7 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Brandon Lyon: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Joba Chamberlain: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Johnny Damon: 1-4, 2B, R
Ryan Theriot: 1-4, RBI
Alex Rodriguez: 1-4, HR (9), RBI, R
Hideki Matsui: 1-4, HR (5), RBI, R
Bobby Abreu: 1-3, HR (3), RBI, R


Derek Lowe (L, 0-3): 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Jason Hammel: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Al Reyes: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Carlos Pena: 2-4
Dioner Navarro: 1-4, 2B

Yankees (13-14) @ Rays (15-12): Game 4
Chien-Ming Wang: (1 - 3), 5.85 ERA vs. James Shields: (1 - 2), 2.70 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have dropped the fourth and final game of a home series against the Yankees, and also the final game of the month of April. Johnny Damon hit an RBI single in the third to take a 1-0 lead for the Yankees. But in the bottom of that inning, Carlos Pena belted an RBI triple to bring home Akinrori Iwamura from first, followed by an RBI single by Evan Longoria to bring home Pena for the lead run. Jason Giambi, who would hit two home runs in this game, hit his first in the fifth with a game-tying solo shot. Then, in the seventh, Bobby Abreu and Jason Giambi again hit back-to-back solo shots to give the Yankees the runs that would make the final score. As usual, the Rays had a hard time figuring out Wang as he K's 4 and goes the distance for a complete game.

Final Score:
Yankees: 4
Rays :2


Chien-Ming Wang (W, 2-3): 9 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Johnny Damon: 2-4, RBI
Bobby Abreu: 2-3, HR (4), RBI, 2 R
Jason Giambi: 2-3, 2 HR (7), 2 RBI, 2 R


James Shields (L, 1-3): 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Al Reyes: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Akinori Iwamura: 1-4, R, K
Carlos Pena: 2-4, 3B, RBI, R, K
Evan Longoria: 1-4, RBI

As you can see, I am making an an attempt to revive this log for the summer. I have been playing a Rockies season mode, but I'm going to try getting back into this one.