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Rays look to surpass franchise's second-best win total

Aug 6, 2008 - 10:10 AM Cleveland (49-63) at Tampa Bay (67-45), 12:40 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- The surging Tampa Bay Rays can break the franchise's second-best win total for a season and pull within three games of setting a team record for victories as they take on the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

Tampa Bay finished with 67 wins in 2005 and had its best season in 2004 going 70-91. Now, it is looking to stay in the thick of the American League pennant race.

Scott Kazmir (8-5, 2.89 ERA) takes the mound for Tampa Bay with hopes of notching his second win in eight starts. The 24-year-old lefthander has allowed three or more runs in three of his last 10 starts.

Cleveland will counter with Jeremy Sowers (1-6, 5.82), who has allowed four or more runs in seven of his last 10 starts.

Sowers matched up with Kazmir last month, but didn't factor in the decision after giving up two runs and seven walks in four innings of a 5-2 defeat on July 13. The lefthander is 1-0 with a 3.60 ERA in two career starts against the Rays.

Tampa Bay is expected again to be without left fielder Carl Crawford, who missed his second straight game on Tuesday with a sore left hamstring.

Indians shortstop Jhonny Peralta has 26 RBI in his last 25 games and is hitting .435 with three home runs and nine RBIs against the Rays.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 7 13 2
    TAMPA BAY 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 10 12 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CLE - JEREMY SOWERS, RAFAEL PEREZ (7TH), EDWARD MUJICA (9TH),
    MASAHIDE KOBAYASHI (9TH) AND SAL FASANO, KELLY SHOPPACH (6TH)
    TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, J.P. HOWELL (5TH), T

    Aug 6 4:04 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY CARLOS PENA (20) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 9TH OFF MASAHIDE KOBAYASHI SCORED AKINORI IWAMURA AND BEN
    ZOBRIST.
    FINAL SCORE: TAMPA BAY 10, CLEVELAND 7

    Guardians 7, Rays 10  Bot 9, 0 OutsAug 6 4:04 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY GABE GROSS (8) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF EDWARD MUJICA SCORED ERIC HINSKE.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 7, TAMPA BAY 7
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.279, 1-FOR-4)

    Guardians 7, Rays 7  Bot 9, 0 OutsAug 6 3:56 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 72 roots (Close Finish)

    Guardians 7, Rays 7  Bot 9, 0 OutsAug 6 3:56 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ERIC HINSKE SCORED JASON BARTLETT.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E HINSKE ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 7
    TAMPA BAY 5 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: G GROSS (.229, 0-FOR-3)

    Guardians 7, Rays 5  Bot 9, 0 OutsAug 6 3:52 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY TROY PERCIVAL ALLOWED SHIN-SOO CHOO TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 7
    TAMPA BAY 4 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: A GONZALEZ (.273, 0-FOR-2, 2 BB)

    Guardians 7, Rays 4  Top 9, 0 OutsAug 6 3:48 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JHONNY PERALTA SCORED JAMEY CARROLL.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J PERALTA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 6
    TAMPA BAY 4 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: S CHOO (.245, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    Guardians 6, Rays 4  Top 6, 0 OutsAug 6 2:50 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY EVAN LONGORIA SCORED BEN ZOBRIST.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E LONGORIA ON FIRST, C PENA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 5
    TAMPA BAY 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D NAVARRO (.305, 1-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)

    Guardians 5, Rays 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 6 2:38 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 44 roots

    Guardians 5, Rays 3  Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 6 2:24 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ANDY MARTE SCORED JHONNY PERALTA AND SHIN-SOO
    CHOO.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, A MARTE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 5
    TAMPA BAY 3 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: A GONZALEZ (.300, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Guardians 5, Rays 3  Top 5, 0 OutsAug 6 2:17 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SHIN-SOO CHOO SCORED JAMEY CARROLL.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S CHOO ON FIRST, J PERALTA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    TAMPA BAY 3 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: A MARTE (.175, 1-FOR-1)

    Guardians 3, Rays 3  Top 5, 0 OutsAug 6 2:15 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JHONNY PERALTA (19) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 3RD OFF SCOTT KAZMIR.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2, TAMPA BAY 3
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: S CHOO (.236, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians 2, Rays 3  Top 3, 0 OutsAug 6 1:36 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DIONER NAVARRO (6) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 1ST OFF JEREMY SOWERS SCORED EVAN LONGORIA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1, TAMPA BAY 3
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: W AYBAR (.227, 4 HR, 10 RBI)

    Guardians 1, Rays 3  Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 6 1:04 PM


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    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY EVAN LONGORIA SCORED BEN ZOBRIST.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E LONGORIA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    TAMPA BAY 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D NAVARRO (.304, 5 HR, 38 RBI)

    Guardians 1, Rays 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 6 1:03 PM


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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 1 1 2 0
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - JEREMY SOWERS
    TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR

    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.279, 5 HR, 32 RBI)
    B ZOBRIST (.234, 5 HR, 8 RBI)
    C PENA (.237, 19 HR, 59 RBI)

    Guardians 1, Rays 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 6 12:49 PM

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