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Beckett aims for All-Star start

Jul 5, 2007 - 2:42 PM Tampa Bay (33-50) at Boston (52-31) 7:05 pm EDT BOSTON (Ticker) -- The competition for the starting nod on the American League mound at this year's All-Star game is intense.

Josh Beckett can stake his claim for the challenge when he starts for the Boston Red Sox on Thursday as they go for a sweep of the visiting Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Detroit manager Jim Leyland will ultimately make the decision, and Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia, the Tigers' Justin Verlander, Oakland's Dan Haren and Minnesota's Johan Santana would all be deserving of the honor.

With a win, Beckett (11-2, 3.38 ERA) would match Sabathia for the major league-lead with 12 wins this season - although Sabathia pitches on Thursday as well. The Red Sox ace will be facing a team currently riding a 10-game losing streak.

The Devil Rays skid is the club's longest since losing 10 straight from June 28-July 8, 2005 and marks the sixth losing streak of at least 10 games in team history. The team has also failed to reach double figures in hits in any of the 10 losses, recording nine Wednesday. Only four times in team history has the club gone longer without a 10-hit game.

J.P. Hammel (1-2, 5.19) will be trying to get the win for Tampa Bay. The 24-year-old lefthander won his first start on June 3 after being recalled from Class AAA Durham, but he has yet to get into the win column since.

Hammel lasted just 4 1/3 innings last Saturday at Cleveland, allowing five runs and eight hits to absorb the loss.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 11 0
    BOSTON 6 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 x 15 21 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TAM - J.P. HOWELL, BRIAN STOKES (1ST), JON SWITZER (3RD), SHAWN CAMP
    (4TH), JASON HAMMEL (6TH), JAY WITASICK (7TH), GARY GLOVER
    (8TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO, RAUL CASAN

    Jul 5 10:44 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DELMON YOUNG SCORED JORGE CANTU.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D YOUNG ON FIRST, G NORTON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 4
    BOSTON 15 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J GOMES (.250, 1-FOR-2, HBP)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 10:09 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO DOUG MIRABELLI SCORED DAVID ORTIZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D MIRABELLI ON FIRST, M LOWELL ON SECOND, J
    ELLSBURY ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 3
    BOSTON 15 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.267, 2-FOR-3, BB, HR, 5 RBI)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 9:54 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE LOWELL SCORED DUSTIN PEDROIA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M LOWELL ON FIRST, J ELLSBURY ON SECOND, D
    ORTIZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 3
    BOSTON 14 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.277, 2-FOR-3, BB, RBI)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 9:52 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DIONER NAVARRO SCORED DELMON YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D NAVARRO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 3
    BOSTON 13 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.292, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 9:29 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JULIO LUGO SCORED MIKE LOWELL AND JASON VARITEK.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, J LUGO ON FIRST, C CRISP ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
    BOSTON 13 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.266, 2-FOR-3)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 8:41 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO COCO CRISP SCORED MANNY RAMIREZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C CRISP ON FIRST, J VARITEK ON SECOND, M
    LOWELL ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
    BOSTON 11 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: E HINSKE (.207, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 8:36 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE LOWELL SCORED DAVID ORTIZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M LOWELL ON FIRST, M RAMIREZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
    BOSTON 10 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.275, 1-FOR-1, BB, RBI)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 8:29 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BRENDAN HARRIS SCORED JONNY GOMES AND AKINORI
    IWAMURA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B HARRIS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
    BOSTON 9 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C PENA (.284, 0-FOR-1)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 8:18 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY MIKE LOWELL (14) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF BRIAN STOKES SCORED DAVID ORTIZ AND MANNY RAMIREZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 0, BOSTON 9
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.272, 0-FOR-0, BB, RBI)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 7:55 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY COCO CRISP (5) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE 1ST
    OFF J.P. HOWELL SCORED MANNY RAMIREZ, MIKE LOWELL AND JASON
    VARITEK.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 0, BOSTON 6
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: E HINSKE (.210, 3 HR, 11 RBI)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 7:31 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO JASON VARITEK SCORED DAVID ORTIZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J VARITEK ON FIRST, M LOWELL ON SECOND, M
    RAMIREZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 0
    BOSTON 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.263, 4 HR, 22 RBI)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 7:30 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MANNY RAMIREZ SCORED J.D. DREW.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M RAMIREZ ON FIRST, D ORTIZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 0
    BOSTON 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M LOWELL (.296, 13 HR, 57 RBI)

    Rays vs. Red SoxJul 5 7:25 PM

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