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6/17 - Cubs (34-36) @ Rays (46-24): Game 1
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays interleague play continues in a home series against the Chicago Cubs. In the first inning, on the first pitch of the game, Alfonso Soriano jacked a lead-off homer to the deepest part of the park in left-center to give the Cubs an immediate one-run lead. Carlos Zambrano took a one-hit shutout into the seventh when Carlos Pena hit a solo homer of his own to tie the game up at 1-1. The Rays weren't done in that inning though, as Cliff Floyd hit a sacrifice fly to plate Evan Longoria from third, to take a one run lead, and later in the inning, Rocco Baldelli jacked a three-run homer scoring Dioner Navarro and Carl Crawford to chase Zambrano out of the game. The Cubs threatened in the eighth against Dan Wheeler when Derrek Lee blasted a two-run homer scoring Ryan Theriot, immediately followed by a solo homer by Aramis Ramirez going back-to-back and narrowing the Rays lead to one, but they held on as Troy Percival protected the one run lead for another save. Rays starting pitcher Matt Garza pitched very well going seven innings giving up one run on six hits and striking out two for his fifth win of the season.

Final Score:
Cubs: 4
Rays: 5

WP - Matt Garza (5-4) | LP - Carlos Zambrano (4-8) | SV - Troy Percival (21)

HR:
Carlos Pena (Rays) - 34
Rocco Baldelli (Rays) - 4
Alfonso Soriano (Cubs) - 16
Derrek Lee (Cubs) - 16
Aramis Ramirez (Cubs) - 16

Pena's on fire!

6.18.2008 - Cubs (34-37) @ Rays (47-24): Game 2
Sean Marshall (3 - 6), 4.63 ERA vs. Edwin Jackson (4 - 3), 3.84 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have lost game two of this three game series against the Cubs in Tampa Bay, ending the Rays' four game winning streak. The Cubs scored two in the first on RBI knocks by Kosuke Fukudome and Mark DeRosa to take an early lead. This game was all Fukudome as the rest of the Cubs offense was lead-off homers by the Japanese right fielder in the fourth, and again in the ninth. The Rays scored their one and only run in the ninth on an RBI hit by Cliff Floyd knocking in Carlos Pena, but the Rays fell short.

Final Score:
Cubs: 4
Rays: 1

Sean Marshall: 6.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K; Edwin Jackson: 7 IP, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K

WP - Sean Marshall (4-6) | LP - Edwin Jackson (4-4) | SV -

HR:
Kosuke Fukudome (Cubs) - 7, 8



As you can see, I'm changing things up a bit. Let me know how you think of it this way.

6.19.2008 - Trade Update
Blue Jays - Giants:

Adam Lind: Blue Jays >> Giants
Casey Janssen: Blue Jays >> Giants

Clay Timpner: Giants >> Blue Jays

6.19.2008 - Cubs (35-37) @ Rays (47-25): Game 3
Rich Hill (5 - 2), 2.35 ERA vs. Hideo Nomo (3 - 1), 2.96 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have won game two, and the series against the Cubs. Evan Longoria led-off the second inning with a solo shot to right to give the Rays an early one-run lead. With Hideo Nomo shutting down the Cubs, no one else would score until the eighth when B.J. Upton blasted an opposite field shot of his own, a two-run bomb. Hideo Nomo was the story of this game, pitching a five-hit complete game shutout.

Final Score:
Cubs: 0
Rays: 3


Rich Hill: 7.1 IP, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Mike Fontenot: 2-3


Hideo Nomo: 9 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

B.J. Upton: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI; Evan Longoria: 1-4, HR

WP - Hideo Nomo (4-1) | LP - Rich Hill (5-3) | SV -

HR:
B.J. Upton (Rays) - 24
Evan Longoria (Rays) - 20

6.20.2008 - Astros (38-35) @ Rays (48-25): Game 1
Chris Sampson: (4 - 4), 4.96 ERA vs. Scott Kazmir: (6 - 1), 4.30 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays interleague play continues opening a three game home series against the Houston Asros with a loss, and this game was all homers. Kazuo Matsui hit the first homer in the top of the fourth to give the Astros a one run lead, but Carlos Pena hit his own solo homer in the bottom of the inning to tie it up. Astros hit two more solo shots in the seventh off the bats of Carlos Lee and Hunter Pence, and that would be all they need to win.

Final Score:
Astros: 3
Rays: 1


Chris Sampson: 9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Kazuo Matsui: 1-4, HR
Carlos Lee: 1-4, HR
Hunter Pence: 2-3, HR


Scott Kazmir: 9 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Carlos Pena: 1-3, HR

WP - Chris Sampson (5-4) | LP - Scott Kazmir (6-2) | SV -

HR:
Carlos Pena (Rays) - 35
Kazuo Matsui (Astros) - 11
Carlos Lee (Astros) - 15
Hunter Pence (Astros) - 11

6.21.2008 - Astros (39-35) @ Rays (48-26): Game 2
Felipe Paulino: (3 - 4), 5.71 ERA vs. James Shields: (3 - 3), 2.97 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have won the second game in this home interleague series against the Astros. The Rays scored all of their runs early with an RBI double by Carlos Pena, immediately followed by a two-run blast off the bat of Evan Longoria. The Rays would score once more in the second with a lead-off solo shot hit by Dioner Navarro. James Shields dominated the Astros pitching a complete game, five-hit shutout, while the Astros side was a totally different story. Felipe Paulino only went two and two-thirds, and had to be taken out of the game with elbow pains. Astros reliever Tim Byrdak would suffer the same fate later in the game.

Final Score:
Astros: 0
Rays: 4


Felipe Paulino: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Lance Berkman: 0-4
Carlos Lee: 0-3


James Shields: 9 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Evan Longoria: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
Carl Crawford: 3-4, SB
Dioner Navarro: 2-4, HR

WP - James Shields (4-3) | LP - Felipe Paulino (3-5) | SV -

HR:
Evan Longoria (Rays) - 21
Dioner Navarro (Rays) - 5

6.22.2008 - Astros (39-36) @ Rays (49-26): Game 3
Great Moore: (0 - 0), 4.00 ERA vs. Andy Sonnanstine: (5 - 1), 2.86 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have won the third and final game, and the series against the Astros at home. The Rays starting pitching continues to dominate, Andy Sonnanstine pitching his second complete game in three starts, and he had plenty of offense behind him today. In the second inning, Carl Crawford blasted a two-run homer, giving the Rays an early two-run lead. Carlos Pena would then lead-off the fourth inning with a solo shot to center, and later in the inning, Carl Crawford belted his second homer of the game. The only Astros offense came in the sixth with runners on second and third, Mark Loretta hit into a sacrifice ground-out scoring Michael Bourn from third. In the bottom of the eighth, Carlos Pena belted HIS second homer of the game, a two-run shot to completely pull away and assure the victory.

Final Score:
Astros: 1
Rays: 7


Great Moore: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Michael Bourn: 2-4, 2B, R
Mark Loretta: 0-2, RBI
Hunter Pence: 2-4, 2B


Andy Sonnanstine: 9 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Akinori Iwamura: 2-4
Carlos Pena: 2-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Carl Crawford: 3-4, 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI

WP - Andy Sonnanstine (6-1) | LP - Great Moore (0-1) | SV -

HR:
Carlos Pena (Rays) - 36, 37
Carl Crawford (Rays) - 4, 5

6/23 - Trade Update
Yankees - Braves

Derek Jeter: Yankees >> Braves

John Smoltz: Braves >> Yankees

6/24 - Trade Update
Indians - Pirates

Ryan Garko: Indians >> Pirates
Fausto Carmona: Indians >> Pirates
Franklin Gutierrez: Indians >> Pirates

Great Suzuki: Pirates >> Indians

The Indians GM must've gotten drunk on the 23rd.

Or Garko, Carmona, and Gutierrez really pissed off Indians management.

The Braves made out pretty nicely with this trade.
Smoltz will retire either after the season your in, or the end of the year your in.

And yes, something is wrong with the Indians if they made that trade.

6.24.2008 - Rays (50-26) @ Marlins (40-36): Game 1
Matt Garza: (5 - 4), 3.32 ERA vs. Andrew Miller: (3 - 4), 3.86 ERA

MIAMI -- The Rays have lost their first away interleague game to the Marlins. The Rays scored first in the first on an RBI single hit by Evan Longoria, but Jeremy Hermida belted a solo jack in the second to tie it up, and in the fourth, Dan Uggla jacked a lead-off homer, immediately followed by Hanley Ramirez with his own solo shot, back-to-back blasts. The Marlins scored one more run in the eighth on an RBI single by Luis Gonzalez. Marlins starting pitcher Andrew Miller was going for the complete game, and on strike two to Dioner Navarro, the final batter, he got elbow pains and had to be taken out of the game. His condition is currently unknown.

Final Score:
Rays: 1
Marlins: 4


Matt Garza: 7.1 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Carlos Pena: 1-4, 2B, R
Evan Longoria: 1-4, RBI
Dioner Navarro: 1-4, 2B


Andrew Miller: 9 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Dan Uggla: 1-4, HR
Hanley Ramirez: 2-4, HR, 2 R
Luis Gonzalez: 3-4, 2B, RBI
Jeremy Hermida: 1-3, HR

WP - Andrew Miller (4-4) | LP - Matt Garza (5-5) | SV -

HR:
Dan Uggla (Marlins) - 25
Hanley Ramirez (Marlins) - 11
Jeremy Hermida (Marlins) - 12

wow, 2 strikes to the final batter
I HATE it how that happens

6/25 - Trade Update
White Sox - Diamondbacks

Alexei Ramirez: White Sox >> Diamondbacks

Juan Cruz: Diamondbacks >> White Sox