Kazmir, Devil Rays drop Sox
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The Yankees were the contender in crisis 10 days ago. Their underachieving rotation had allowed their lead in the AL East to slip to 2-1/2 games and Kevin Brown appeared to put the
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Scott Kazmir allowed four hits and matched a career-high with 11 strikeouts in eight innings Sunday, leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a 3-0 victory over Dontrelle Willis and the Florida Marlins.
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The Devil Rays were hesitant to do it, but they sent right-hander Franklin Nunez back to Triple-A to make room on the roster for Scott Kazmir on Monday.
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The Red Sox lose back-to-back games for the first time in more than five weeks, after a 5-to-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Rookie Scott Kazmir outpitched Pedro Martinez to lead Tampa Bay.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Red Sox crept closer to the Yankees in the AL East last night, beating the Devil Rays, 10-8, on Kevin Millar&#39;s two-out, two-run homer in the 11th inning.
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Curtis Granderson tripled off Josh Beckett on the first pitch of the game, and the Detroit Tigers went on to stop their season-worst losing streak at five, beating the Boston Red Sox 7-4 Monday night.
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The Sox, who entered play Tuesday with 28 wins in their last 35 games, continued their gradual descent back to Earth by falling to the Devil Rays, 5-2, in front of another sellout crowd of 35,118 at Fenway Park.
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Jermaine Dye homered and drove in four runs and Joe Crede tied a career high with four hits to lead the White Sox to an 12-9 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays last night at Chicago.
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FIRST INNING RED SOX - Pedroia grounds single to second. Youkilis grounds single to short, sending Pedroia to second. Ortiz walks, loading the bases. Ram&#xED;rez strikes out swinging. Lowell flies to right. Drew homers (1) to center. Varitek walks. Ellsbury grounds to pitcher. FOUR RUNS, THREE HITS, ONE LEFT.
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NEW YORK - Hideki Matsui produced three hits with two RBIs Tuesday and snapped an 0-for-16 slump, helping the Yankees crush the Devil Rays 11-2.
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Jose Contreras got his first win as a starter in two months and rookie Josh Fields put the White Sox ahead with Chicago's fourth home run of the seventh inning in a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Monday.
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Josh Beckett's 20th win couldn't have come at a better time for the Boston Red Sox. The All-Star right-hander pitched six strong innings to become the first 20-game winner in the majors since 2005, and the Red Sox used late home runs by Jason Varitek, David Ortiz and Mike Lowell to pull away to an 8-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Friday night.
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Manny Ramirez belted his league-leading 43rd homer and Johnny Damon hit a three-run shot as the Boston Red Sox clinched a playoff spot with a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in St Petersburg on Monday.
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David Ortiz homered twice and Kevin Youkilis added a three-run shot as the Boston Red Sox routed the Chicago White Sox 10-1 Friday night to take both ends of a split doubleheader.
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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Curt Schilling won his seventh straight start and became baseball&#39;s first 20-game winner, leading the Boston Red Sox past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 11-4 at Fenway Park.
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He is the youngest of the Devil Rays' starting pitchers, but 23-year-old Scott Kazmir already has learned to identify what manager Joe Maddon's strides mean as he heads out to the mound.
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ST. PETERSBURG - The fastball was directed at Manny Ramirez&#39;s left knee. Make no mistake about it. The pitch didn&#39;t get away from Scott Kazmir.