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Kazmir, Rays hope to end six-game skid

Jul 13, 2008 - 1:22 PM Tampa Bay (55-38) at Cleveland (40-53) 1:05 pm EDT

CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- The Tampa Bay Rays appear to be out of breath entering the final game of the season's first half.

Luckily, ace Scott Kazmir will take the mound against the Cleveland Indians on Sunday, hoping to give the Rays a breath of fresh air and a chance to end their six-game losing streak.

Their current skid is the team's longest since an eight-game slide July 21-28 of last season, which they finished with the worst record in the major leagues.

Kazmir (7-4, 2.69 ERA) has been struggling lately, going 1-3 with a 4.50 ERA in his last six starts after winning each of his previous six.

The Indians will counter with Jeremy Sowers (0-5, 7.81) with hopes of sweeping the four-game series.

Sowers has lost each of his last four starts. In his last two outings, he has given up 15 runs in 8 2/3 innings and was tagged for seven runs and 10 hits in 5 2/3 frames in Tuesday's 9-2 loss in Detroit.

The Rays have been outscored, 26-6, in the series. Those offensive struggles have been mirrored by Carl Crawford, who is 0-for-21 in the last five games.








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

    BATTERIES: TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, GRANT BALFOUR (7TH) AND SHAWN RIGGANS
    CLE - JEREMY SOWERS, TOM MASTNY (5TH), EDWARD MUJICA
    (7TH), RAFAEL PEREZ (8TH), MASAHIDE KOBAYASHI (9TH) A

    Jul 13 4:01 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ANDY MARTE (1) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    6TH OFF SCOTT KAZMIR.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2, CLEVELAND 5
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: S FASANO (.417, 0-FOR-2)

    Rays 2, Guardians 5  Bot 6, 0 OutsJul 13 3:10 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JHONNY PERALTA (16) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 5TH OFF SCOTT KAZMIR SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2, CLEVELAND 4
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C BLAKE (.283, 1-FOR-2)

    Rays 2, Guardians 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsJul 13 2:56 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY JHONNY PERALTA SCORED JAMEY CARROLL.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B FRANCISCO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
    CLEVELAND 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C BLAKE (.284, 1-FOR-1)

    Rays 2, Guardians 2  Bot 3, 0 OutsJul 13 2:20 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BEN FRANCISCO SCORED FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B FRANCISCO ON FIRST, J CARROLL ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
    CLEVELAND 1 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.260, 0-FOR-1)

    Rays 2, Guardians 1  Bot 3, 0 OutsJul 13 2:13 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SHAWN RIGGANS SCORED CARLOS PENA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S RIGGANS ON SECOND, J GOMES ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
    CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B ZOBRIST (.235, 0-FOR-1)

    Rays 2, Guardians 0  Top 3, 0 OutsJul 13 2:03 PM


  • AL
    AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO AKINORI IWAMURA SCORED JONNY GOMES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A IWAMURA ON FIRST, G GROSS ON SECOND, S
    RIGGANS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
    CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: W AYBAR (.244, 0-FOR-1)

    Rays 1, Guardians 0  Top 2, 0 OutsJul 13 1:43 PM

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