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New contract in hand, Kazmir aims to lead Rays past Yankees

May 15, 2008 - 1:42 PM NY Yankees (20-21) at Tampa Bay (23-17) 4:10 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) - Fresh off a lucrative contract extension, Scott Kazmir takes the hill on Thursday as the Tampa Bay Rays aim to take the finale of four-game series with the New York Yankees.

The 24-year-old agreed to a three-year, $28.5 million contract extension on Wednesday. The deal includes is a club option that could raise the contract's value to $39.5 million over four years.

Kazmir (1-1, 2.70 ERA) will look to help Tampa Bay bounce back from a 2-1 loss on Wednesday, which snapped a six-game winning streak as well a franchise-record 11-game home winning streak.

The lefthander yielded just three hits in six innings during a 2-0 win over Anaheim on Saturday in his second start since returning from the DL.

Meanwhile, Ian Kennedy (0-2, 8.37) will be recalled from Class AAA Scranton-Wilkes/Barre in time to start for New York. Kennedy was sent down after allowing four runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings of a 8-4 loss to Detroit on May 1.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 0
    TAMPA BAY 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 x 5 5 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: NYY - IAN KENNEDY, LATROY HAWKINS (6TH), JOSE VERAS (7TH), EDWAR
    RAMIREZ (8TH) AND JOSE MOLINA
    TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, GARY GLOVER (7TH), TREVER MILLER
    (7TH), DAN WHEE

    May 15 6:55 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DEREK JETER SCORED JOSE MOLINA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D JETER ON FIRST, M CABRERA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 2
    TAMPA BAY 5 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J GIAMBI (.183, 0-FOR-3)

    Yankees 2, Rays 5  Top 7, 0 OutsMay 15 6:19 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MELKY CABRERA SCORED ROBINSON CANO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M CABRERA ON FIRST, J MOLINA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 1
    TAMPA BAY 5 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: D JETER (.297, 1-FOR-3)

    Yankees 1, Rays 5  Top 7, 0 OutsMay 15 6:14 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY B.J. UPTON SCORED AKINORI IWAMURA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0
    TAMPA BAY 5 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C PENA (.215, 0-FOR-2)

    Yankees 0, Rays 5  Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 15 5:42 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY SHAWN RIGGANS (3) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF IAN KENNEDY SCORED ERIC HINSKE.
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0, TAMPA BAY 4
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B ZOBRIST (.000, 0-FOR-0, HBP)

    Yankees 0, Rays 4  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 15 5:23 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CARL CRAWFORD SCORED SHAWN RIGGANS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A IWAMURA ON FIRST, B ZOBRIST ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0
    TAMPA BAY 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B UPTON (.277, 0-FOR-1)

    Yankees 0, Rays 2  Bot 3, 0 OutsMay 15 4:59 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY AKINORI IWAMURA (3) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 1ST OFF IAN KENNEDY.
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0, TAMPA BAY 1
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C CRAWFORD (.281, 3 HR, 23 RBI)

    Yankees 0, Rays 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 15 4:21 PM
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