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9/16 - Red Sox (81-68) @ Rays (90-59): Game 2
Tim Wakefield: (10 - 13), 6.54 ERA vs. Derek Lowe: (11 - 13), 4.99 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have lost game two of this three game series against the Red Sox, once again getting dominated by Tim Wakefield. The Red Sox scored their first run in the fourth with a Manny Ramirez solo blast to center. They extended the lead in the sixth when Coco Crisp scored from third on a fielder's choice, and Dustin Pedroia knocked in one more in the top of the ninth with an RBI double. Tim Wakefield didn't get as many strikeouts this time, but he still dominated with a complete game four-hit shutout for the win.

Final Score:
Red Sox: 3
Rays: 0


Tim Wakefield (W, 11-13): 9 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

Coco Crisp: 1-4, 3B, R, K
J.D. Drew: 1-4, RBI
Manny Ramirez: 1-3, HR (45), RBI, 2 R, BB
Dustin Pedroia: 3-4, 2B, RBI


Derek Lowe (L, 11-14): 6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Al Reyes: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jason Hammel: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Gary Glover: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Akinori Iwamura: 1-4, 2B, 2 K
B.J. Upton: 1-4
Carl Crawford: 1-4, K
Cliff Floyd: 1-4, 2 K

9/17 - Red Sox (82-68) @ Rays (90-60): Game 3
Josh Beckett: (13 - 10), 5.92 ERA vs. Hideo Nomo: (8 - 3), 2.44 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Red Sox have taken the final two games of this series in St. Pete. Manny Ramirez continues to hammer the Rays with two home runs today; one in the fourth and one in the sixth. The Rays' only run came in the fourth when Cliff Floyd hit into a sacrifice groundout scoring Evan Longoria from third. The Red Sox scored the go-ahead run in the fifth on a Coco Crisp RBI single as the Red Sox defeat the Rays in the last game played between these two teams during this season.

Final Score:
Red Sox: 3
Rays: 1


Josh Beckett (W, 14-10): 6 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Hideki Okajima: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Julian Tavarez (SV, 24): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Coco Crisp: 1-4, RBI
Manny Ramirez: 2-3, 2 HR (47), 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
Jason Varitek: 2-4, R


Hideo Nomo (L, 8-4): 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Jason Hammel: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Al Reyes: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Evan Longoria: 1-4, 2B, R
Cliff Floyd: 0-4, RBI, K
Rocco Baldelli: 2-3



So glad to be done with the Red Sox. I hate pitching to Manny... which is why I rarely do.

it looks like the season is counting down a little

so far with your record you look like you'll be around the 95-98 win range which will definatly put you somewhere in the postseason

Oh yeah for sure. I'm close to 10 games up on the Red Sox for the WC.

9/18 - Twins (73-79) @ Rays (90-61): Game 1
Nick Blackburn: (13 - 7), 4.54 ERA vs. Scott Kazmir: (10 - 6), 3.27 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays are in an offensive slump right now, losing game one of four to the Twins getting shut out. The only run of the game was scored in the eighth on a Shane Victorino RBI single. Nick Blackburn pitched very well for the Twins going eight innings giving up just four hits and striking out three. Scott Kazmir also pitched well, but got out dueled by Blackburn.

Final Score:
Twins: 1
Rays: 0


Nick Blackburn: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Matt Guerrier (W, 2-2): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Joe Nathan (SV, 34): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Shane Victorino: 2-4, RBI, 2 K
Nick Punto: 1-3, R


Scott Kazmir (L, 10-7): 8 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Carlos Pena: 1-4, 2B



Ugh...

9/19 - Twins (74-79) @ Rays (90-62): Game 2
Scott Mathieson: (6 - 7), 5.49 ERA vs. James Shields: (9 - , 2.32 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have ended their skid with a huge win over the Twins today. The Rays got on the board early in the first; B.J. Upton with an RBI double, and Evan Longoria with a sacrifice fly to bring home Upton from third. The Rays then homered three innings in a row; Cliff Floyd with a solo shot in the second, Carlos Pena with a solo blast in third, Dioner Navarro going deep with a solo homer in the fourth. In the top of the fifth, Joe Mauer hit one to center that got passed the diving B.J. Upton and he himself would come around and score, not being credited with a home run, and in the same inning, Justin Morneau got an RBI single to narrow the Rays lead to two. The Rays then broke out with four in the fifth starting with an RBI single by Carlos Pena, and capped off with a three-run jack off the bat of Carl Crawford as the Rays dominate Scott Mathieson and the Twins.

Final Score:
Twins: 3
Rays: 9


Scott Mathieson (L, 6-8): 4.2 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jesse Crain: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Joe Mauer: 2-5, RBI, R
Dmitri Young: 3-5, 2B, R
Justin Morneau: 2-4, RBI
Nick Punto: 1-4, R, K


James Shields (W, 10-8): 6.1 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Al Reyes: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Troy Percival: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Akinori Iwamura: 2-4, R
B.J. Upton: 1-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R
Carlos Pena: 2-4, HR (50), 2 RBI, 2 R
Evan Longoria: 0-3, RBI, K
Carl Crawford: 2-4, 2B, HR (13), 3 RBI, R
Cliff Floyd: 1-4, HR (17), RBI, R
Dioner Navarro: 1-4, HR (10), RBI, R, K
Jason Bartlett: 2-4, R

9/20 - Diamondbacks Clinch NL West
The Arizona Diamondbacks have officially won the National League West division. At the moment, the Diamondbacks have a record of 88-65, and are ten and a half games up on the San Francisco Giants in second place. The Diamondbacks, led by their top three starting pitchers; Randy Johnson, Brandon Webb, and Dan Haren, are excited to be headed to postseason play for the second straight year.

9/20 - Twins (74-80) @ Rays (91-62): Game 3
Morishita*: (3 - 7), 5.36 ERA vs. Andy Sonnanstine: (14 - 4), 2.67 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have been shutout for the second game in this series, today being shutout by a rookie pitcher, Morishita*. The only run scored came in the second on a Brendan Harris RBI single. Morishita went the distance for the Twins with a complete game, six hit shutout to complete the Twins' second win of this series.

Final Score:
Twins: 1
Rays: 0


Morishita* (W, 4-7): 9 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Michael Cuddyer: 0-4, R
Brendan Harris: 1-4, RBI


Andy Sonnanstine (L, 14-5): 9 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Carlos Pena: 2-4, 2B



Ouch. This one was painful because their pitcher sucked. All he had was a four-seam fastball with a top speed of 89 mph. No breaking balls. I wasn't taking pitches in this game because he kept throwing his fastball places I THOUGHT I could hit it, and any time I got good contact on it, It'd end up being a fly out. And I had a chance to score, and I blew it. Carlos Pena's double, I was trying to stretch to a triple and he was BARELY called out at third, and the next batter, Longoria hit one off the wall in right that COULD have scored Pena whether he was on second or third. Frustrating game...

9/21 - Athletics, Yankees Clinch Their Divisions
In the west, the Oakland Athletics have clinched the AL West, currently at a record of 89-65, and ten games up on the Angels, they are thrilled to be headed back to the playoffs after two years without making it. While on the east coast, the New York Yankees have clinched the AL East division, currently with the best record in the majors at 100-55, and eight and half up on the Tampa Bay Rays, who will most likely be the wild card winner. The Yankees continue their streak of playoff runs, and hope this year is twenty-seven in World Series victories.

9/21 - Twins (75-80) @ Rays (91-63): Game 4
Scott Baker: (10 - 10), 4.63 ERA vs. Matt Garza: (11 - 7), 3.02 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have won the fourth and final game in this series, which also happens to be their final home game of the regular season, splitting the series with the Twins. The Rays got on the board with two in the second on back-to-back RBI doubles by Cliff Floyd and Dioner Navarro. The Twins then tied it up in the fifth starting with a solo shot off the bat of Brendan Harris, and later, an RBI double by Nick Punto. The Twins took their only lead of the game in the sixth when Dmitri Young belted a solo shot, but the Rays fired back in the bottom of the inning with four. Carlos Pena belted a lead-off solo shot to tie it up, and Cliff Floyd jacked a three-run blast to take the lead. Carlos Pena did it again in the seventh with his second solo homer of the game to add to the lead, and Jason Bartlett added to it once more in the eighth with an RBI single.

Final Score:
Twins: 3
Rays: 8


Scott Baker (L, 10-11): 5 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jesse Crain: 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Dmitri Young: 1-4, HR (11), RBI, R
Brendan Harris: 2-4, HR (10), RBI, R
Delmon Young: 1-3, R
Nick Punto: 1-3, 2B, RBI


Matt Garza (W, 12-7): 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Al Reyes: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Carlos Pena: 2-4, 2 HR (52), 2 RBI, 2 R
Evan Longoria: 1-4, R
Carl Crawford: 3-4, 3 R
Cliff Floyd: 3-4, 2B, HR (18), 4 RBI, 2 R
Dioner Navarro: 2-4, 2B, RBI
Jason Bartlett: 2-4, RBI

9/22 - Rays (92-63) @ Orioles (62-94): Game 1
Derek Lowe: (11 - 14), 4.91 ERA vs. Daniel Cabrera: (3 - 21), 7.01 ERA

BALTIMORE -- The Rays have won game on of this three game series in Baltimore with an extra innings victory. The Rays scored first in the fourth when Cliff Floyd jacked an opposite field two-run homer, but Nick Markakis homered in the bottom of the inning to come within one, and Aubrey Huff tied it up in the sixth with his own solo shot. This game would remain tied until the twelth when Cliff Floyd an RBI double knocking in Carl Crawford to take the lead as the Rays win this one.

Final Score:
Rays: 3
Orioles: 2
F/12


Derek Lowe: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Dan Wheeler: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Al Reyes (W, 6-2): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Troy Percival (SV, 43): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Akinori Iwamura: 2-5, 2 2B
Carl Crawford: 1-5, 2 R, K
Cliff Floyd: 2-5, 2B, HR (19), 3 RBI, R, K


Daniel Cabrera (L, 3-22): 11 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Danys Baez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Nick Markakis: 2-5, HR (23), RBI, R
Aubrey Huff: 2-4, HR (27), RBI, R, BB

Cabrera goes 11 innings and STILL gets the loss

But now he's 3-22

Cabrera's lookin' to be the first ever 30-game loser.

I think I've officially won the WC, and the Brewers pretty much have the NL WC, but I won't post it until it says. Why does the game wait until after the final game to show who won the WCs?

Like we've discussed before, it takes SKILL to be that bad.