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It can't be my controller. In fact, I actually have an advantage using the Wii Classic Controller and being left-handed at the same time. I rarely miss making contact.

8/17 - Rays (75-48) @ Rangers (44-80): Game 3
Andy Sonnanstine: (11 - 3), 2.55 ERA vs. Josh Rupe: (2 - 4), 5.37 ERA

ARLINGTON -- The Rays have won the third and final game of this series against the Rangers, avoiding a three-game sweep in Texas without the use of Akinori Iwamura and Rocco Baldelli, who both have injuries that should only last a few days. There was very little offense in this game, both teams with enough chances to score and couldn't. The first run of the game was scored in the fourth on an RBI single by Evan Longoria, who also knocked in the only other run of the game in the ninth on a sacrifice fly scoring Jason Bartlett from third.

Final Score:
Rays: 2
Rangers: 0


Andy Sonnanstine (W, 12-3): 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Troy Percival (SV, 35): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Jason Bartlett: 2-4, 2B, 2 R, K
Evan Longoria: 1-3, 2 RBI
Ben Zobrist: 1-3, 2B


Josh Rupe (L, 2-5): 6.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Franklin German: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Michael Young: 2-4, 2B
Ian Kinsler: 2-4
Hank Blalock: 1-4, 2B, K
Josh Hamilton: 2-4

8/18 - Angels (67-55) @ Rays (76-48): Game 1
Matt Garza: (9 - 7), 3.02 ERA vs. Jon Garland: (10 - , 5.61 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays troubles against the Angels this season continue, losing the first game of three at home against them. The Angels scored three quickly in the top of the first on a Garret Anderson two-run homer, and Casey Kotchman RBI double, but the Rays scored two in the second with RBI singles by Cliff Floyd and Ben Zobrist. In the third inning, Torii Hunter belted an RBI double to take one of those runs back, but Carl Crawford tied it up in the fifth with a two-run single. Finally, Mike Napoli broke the tie in the top of the ninth with a solo shot off Edwin Jackson pitching in relief as the Angels beat the Rays by one.

Final Score:
Angels: 5
Rays: 4


Jon Garland: 6 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Justin Speier (W, 6-0): 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Scot Shields (SV, 7): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Chone Figgins: 2-5, 3B, R
Vladimir Guerrero: 1-4, R
Garret Anderson: 1-4, HR (16), 2 RBI, R, K
Torii Hunter: 3-4, 2 2B, RBI, R
Casey Kotchman: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Mike Napoli: 2-4, HR (8), RBI, R, K


Matt Garza: 7 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Edwin Jackson (L, 6-9): 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

B.J. Upton: 1-5, R
Carlos Pena: 2-4, 2B, R
Carl Crawford: 2-4, 2 RBI, R
Cliff Floyd: 1-4, RBI, R, K
Ben Zobrist: 2-4, RBI

8/19 - Angels (68-55) @ Rays (76-49): Game 2
Jered Weaver: (10 - 3), 4.58 ERA vs. Derek Lowe: (9 - 11), 5.06 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have now lost five straight games to the Angels this season, Derek Lowe getting a very unfortunate loss in his third Rays start. The only runs scored in the game were solo homers in the seventh off the bats of Torii Hunter and Howie Kendrick. Jered Weaver went the distance for a complete game, seven hit shutout for his eleventh win of the season.

Final Score:
Angels: 2
Rays: 0


Jered Weaver (W, 11-3): 9 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Torii Hunter: 1-4, HR (12), RBI, R, 2 K
Howie Kendrick: 2-4, HR (21), RBI, R


Derek Lowe (L, 9-12): 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Jason Hammel: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Al Reyes: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Carlos Pena: 2-4



I hate playing the Angels so much...

I also crush their pitching but their hitting is just too good, Hunter always kills me

When I gave up the homer to Hunter, I threw him an inside sinker from Lowe, and it was one of those things like as soon as I threw it, I was like "OH, CRAP, NO!" and boom, gone...

Yes, I agree. Did you see my video on youtube?

8/20 - Angels (69-55) @ Rays (76-50): Game 3
Ervin Santana: (5 - 7), 7.52 ERA vs. Hideo Nomo: (7 - 2), 2.71 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have ended their season losing streak against the Angels tonight with a win. Dioner Navarro got the scoring started in the second with an RBI double, and that would hold until the sixth when Garret Anderson blasted a solo homer to tie it up. Carl Crawford came through in the eighth with a two-run double to take the lead, Percival closed it out, and the Rays win their first game against the Angels this season.

Final Score:
Angels: 1
Rays: 3


Ervin Santana: 6.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Justin Speier (L, 6-1): 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Chris Bootcheck: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Vladimir Guerrero: 2-4, K
Garret Anderson: 2-4, HR (17), RBI, R
Torii Hunter: 2-3, 2B, K


Hideo Nomo: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Dan Wheeler (W, 11-0): 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Troy Percival (SV, 36): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

B.J. Upton: 1-4, R
Carlos Pena: 3-4, R
Carl Crawford: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Cliff Floyd: 1-4, 2B, R
Dioner Navarro: 2-3, 2B, RBI

8/22 - Rays (77-50) @ White Sox (59-68): Game 1
Scott Kazmir: (7 - 5), 3.58 ERA vs. John Danks: (7 - 7), 7.03 ERA

CHICAGO -- The Rays have won two in a row, taking game one of a three game series in Chicago against the White Sox behind a VERY strong start by Scott Kazmir. Evan Longoria knocked in the first run in the first with an RBI single, and the Rays added two more in the sixth on a Carlos Pena RBI double, and two-run shot off the bat of Carl Crawford. As said before, Scott Kazmir was amazing in his start today; a complete game two-hit shutout.

Final Score:
Rays: 4
White Sox: 0


Scott Kazmir (W, 8-5): 9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

B.J. Upton: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R
Carlos Pena: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Evan Longoria: 1-4, RBI, R
Carl Crawford: 2-4, 2B, HR (10), 2 RBI, R


John Danks (L, 7-8): 5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Boone Logan: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Nick Swisher: 1-4
Orlando Cabrera: 1-3, K

8/23 - Rays (78-50) @ White Sox (59-69): Game 2
James Shields: (8 - 6), 2.34 ERA vs. Jose Contreras: (2 - 10), 7.07 ERA

CHICAGO -- The Rays have lost the second game of three in Chicago against the White Sox. The Rays scored first with their only two runs of the game in the second with a two-run single by Rocco Baldelli, but Paul Konerko blasted solo shots in back-to back at-bats in the fourth, and again in the seventh to tie it up. The winning run came in the eighth when Nick Swisher belted a two-run homer. Jose Contreras dominated with a two-run, four-hit complete game for just his third win of the season.

Final Score:
Rays: 2
White Sox: 4


James Shields (L, 8-7): 8 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Evan Longoria: 1-3, R, K
Carl Crawford: 1-3, R
Rocco Baldelli: 1-3, 2 RBI


Jose Contreras (W, 3-10): 9 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Nick Swisher: 1-4, HR (21), 2 RBI, R, K
Paul Konerko: 2-3, 2 HR (22, 23), 2 RBI, 2 R
Luis Castillo: R

8/24 - Rays (78-51) @ White Sox (60-69): Game 3
Andy Sonnanstine: (12 - 3), 2.43 ERA vs. Andrew Miller: (7 - 5), 3.37 ERA

CHICAGO -- The Rays have won the third and final game of this series against the White Sox, taking two of three here in Chicago. Carl Crawford knocked in the first run in the fourth with an RBI double, and Cliff Floyd added another in the sixth with an RBI single. Andy Sonnanstine took a perfect game into the sixth that was broken up with two outs in the sixth with a solo shot by Juan Uribe, and Sonnanstine would end up lucky walking away with a win in this game. The Rays scored three more in the seventh on a bases loaded two-run single by B.J. Upton, and later, the runner from third would score on a throwing error by second baseman Juan Uribe, who broke up the perfect game. Jim Thome narrowed the lead to three in the seventh with a solo. The White Sox scored two in the eighth with Nick Swisher hitting a sacrifice groundout, scoring the runner from third, and Orlando Cabrera picked up an RBI on a fielder's choice allowing another third base runner to score. The Rays would score the last run of the game in the ninth with an Evan Longoria RBI single.

Final Score:
Rays: 6
White Sox: 4


Andy Sonnanstine (W, 13-3): 7 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Troy Percival (SV, 37): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Akinori Iwamura: 1-5, 2B, 2 R, K
B.J. Upton: 3-5, 2 RBI, R
Evan Longoria: 2-5, RBI, R
Carl Crawford: 3-5, 2B, RBI, K
Cliff Floyd: 1-4, RBI
Rocco Baldelli: 2-4, R
Jason Bartlett: 1-4, 2B, R


Andrew Miller (L, 7-6): 5.2 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Scott Linebrink: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Boone Logan: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Mike MacDougal: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Nick Swisher: 0-4, RBI
Orlando Cabrera: 0-4, RBI
Jim Thome: 1-3, HR (27), RBI, R, K
oe Crede: 1-4, R
Juan Uribe: 2-3, 2B, HR (11), RBI, R
Luis Castillo: 0-1, R

8/26 - Blue Jays (61-70) @ Rays (79-51): Game 1
Shaun Marcum: (11 - , 4.15 ERA vs. Matt Garza: (9 - 7), 3.11 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have won the first game in a three game set against the Blue Jays at home. In the first inning. Carl Crawford got an RBI single to take an early one run lead, but Gregg Zaun tied it up in the third with a solo homer off Garza. The Rays took the lead again in the fourth with a Rocco Baldelli sacrifice fly scoring Carl Crawford from third, but the Jays tied it up again in the seventh on an RBI double hit by Shannon Stewart. The Rays took the lead for good in the eighth with a sacrifice fly by Evan Longoria to score Akinori Iwamura from third as the Rays beat the Blue Jays by one.

Final Score:
Blue Jays: 2
Rays: 3


Shaun Marcum: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Brandon League (L, 2-2): 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Brian Tallet: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

John McDonald: 0-1, R
Shannon Stewart: 2-3, 2B, RBI
Gregg Zaun: 1-3, HR (10), RBI, R, K


Matt Garza (W, 10-7): 8 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Troy Percival (SV, 38): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Akinori Iwamura: 3-4, 2 R
Evan Longoria: 0-3, RBI, K
Carl Crawford: 2-4, RBI, R, 2 K
Rocco Baldelli: 0-2, RBI

8/27 - Blue Jays (61-71) @ Rays (80-51): Game 2
Dustin McGowan: (5 - 13), 6.31 ERA vs. Derek Lowe: (9 - 12), 4.90 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have won game two of this three game series against the Blue Jays in a pitchers duel that ended in a 1-0 Rays victory. The only run scored came in the fourth on an Evan Longoria RBI single. Derek Lowe allowed just three hits over 7 1/3 innings for his tenth win of the season, while Blue Jays starting pitcher Dustin McGowan was also very good, allowing the one run on just five hits, but unfortunately walks away with his fourteenth loss of the season.

Final Score:
Blue Jays: 0
Rays: 1


Dustin McGowan (L, 5-14): 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Brian Wolfe: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

David Eckstein: 3-4, 2B
Matt Stairs: 1-2
Gregg Zaun: 1-3


Derek Lowe (W, 10-12): 7.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Dan Wheeler: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Troy Percival (SV, 39): 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

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

8/28 - Blue Jays (61-72) @ Rays (81-51): Game 3
Jesse Litsch: (6 - 12), 5.27 ERA vs. Hideo Nomo: (7 - 2), 2.65 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have swept the Blue Jays three straight games behind a dominant outing by Hideo Nomo. In the fifth inning, Jason Bartlett got an RBI single to take a one-run lead, and Carl Crawford knocked in the only other run of the game in the sixth with his own RBI single. Hideo Nomo was phenomenal, pitching a complete game, two-hit shutout for his eighth win of the season.

Final Score:
Blue Jays: 0
Rays: 2


Jesse Litsch (L, 6-13): 7.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Brian Wolfe: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Alex Rios: 1-3
Matt Stairs: 1-2


Hideo Nomo (W, 8-2): 9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

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

8/29 - Orioles (51-83) @ Rays (82-51): Game 1
Adam Loewen: (4 - 5), 6.68 ERA vs. Scott Kazmir: (8 - 5), 3.38 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays winning streak continues to five with a victory over the Orioles. Evan Longoria belted a solo shot in the second to take a one-run lead, and Carlos Pena knocked in two more in the sixth with a two-run double to make it 3-0. The only run the Orioles scored came in the eighth when Aubrey Huff blasted a solo homer, but the Rays still won.

Final Score:
Orioles: 1
Rays: 3


Adam Loewen (L, 4-6): 5.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Dennis Sarfate: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Brian Roberts: 3-5, 2B
Aubrey Huff: 1-4, HR (25), RBI, R, K


Scott Kazmir (W, 9-5): 8 IP, 11 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Troy Percival (SV, 40): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Akinori Iwamura: 0-4, R
Carlos Pena: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI
Evan Longoria: 1-3, HR (29), RBI, R, K
Jason Bartlett: 1-3, R