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Tavarez looks to bounce back vs. Rangers

Jul 1, 2007 - 1:57 PM Texas (33-47) at Boston (49-30), 2:05 pm EDT

BOSTON (Ticker) - The Boston Red Sox will try to turn the page on a sub-par June when they host the Texas Rangers in the rubber game of a three-game series on Sunday.

After setting a blistering pace with a 36-16 record over the first two months of the season, the Red Sox stumbled to a 13-14 June. Despite the down-swing, Boston still owns the best record in baseball and a comfortable 10 1/2 game lead in the American League East.

Julian Tavarez (5-5, 4.60 ERA) will be looking to bounce back from one of his worst outings of the season. The veteran sinkerballer took his first loss since May 11 last Monday when he yielded six runs - three earned - and six hits in 4 1/3 at Seattle.

Tavarez has gotten knocked around twice already this season against the Rangers, going 0-1 while allowing eight runs in 9 2/3 innings over a pair of starts.

Texas will counter with the resurgent Kameron Loe (4-6, 6.02). The 25-year-old righthander has been on fire since being recalled from the minors on June 14.

He was sent down after allowing nine runs in 2 2/3 innings against Detroit on June 7, but was called back up due to Vicente Padilla's injury and has proceeded to go 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in three outings.

The Rangers won Saturday night's game, 5-4, when Sammy Sosa snapped a tie with his 602nd career home run.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TEXAS 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 0
    BOSTON 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TEX - KAMERON LOE, C.J. WILSON (7TH), FRANK FRANCISCO (7TH), AKINORI
    OTSUKA (8TH), ERIC GAGNE (8TH) AND ADAM MELHUSE
    BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ, JAVIER LOPEZ (6TH), MANNY

    Jul 1 5:32 PM
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    Rangers vs. Red SoxJul 1 5:13 PM
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    bwjiul00 Added 5 roots

    Rangers vs. Red SoxJul 1 4:44 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BRAD WILKERSON SCORED FRANK CATALANOTTO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B WILKERSON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2
    BOSTON 1 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: A MELHUSE (.300, 0-FOR-2)

    Rangers vs. Red SoxJul 1 4:03 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KEVIN YOUKILIS SCORED ALEX CORA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K YOUKILIS ON FIRST, D PEDROIA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 1
    BOSTON 1 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.317, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Rangers vs. Red SoxJul 1 3:48 PM
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    Rangers vs. Red SoxJul 1 3:09 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY J.D. DREW ALLOWED SAMMY SOSA TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M BYRD ON FIRST, F CATALANOTTO ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 1
    BOSTON 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: B WILKERSON (.218, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. Red SoxJul 1 3:09 PM

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