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| Tampa Bay Devil Rays Team Report - August 1 |
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08/01/2003 |
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| oad for the first time since August 30-September 1 of last season. This was the Rays' first ever three-game sweep of the Blue Jays in Toronto. They swept the Jays from June 15-17, 1998 at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay opens a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals on Friday at Kauffman Stadium. Joe Kennedy will take the mound for the D-Rays hoping to claim his first win since May 13. The lefthander has gone 0-5 over his last seven starts to fall to 3-8 on the season. In his last outing, Kennedy suffered the l |
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| Royals get Levine from Tampa Bay |
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07/31/2003 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - In a deal before the end of baseball's trade deadline on Thursday, the Kansas City Royals acquired right-handed reliever Al Levine from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for cash considerations. The Royals, who at the trade deadline held a two-game lead on the White Sox for first place in the AL Central, get a steady middle reliever in the 35- year-old Levine. He has a 3-5 record and 2.90 ERA in 35 games this season. Levine, who yielded a run in two-thirds of an inning during Tampa Bay' |
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| Chicago White Sox Team Report - July 31 |
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07/31/2003 |
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| === Chicago White Sox Team Report - July 31 === (MySportsbook) - Esteban Loaiza tries for his team-leading 14th win of the season this evening when the Chicago White Sox attempt to complete a three- game sweep over the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. A win today by Chicago would be its first three-game sweep over the Royals since taking three in a row from July 26-28 of last season. The White Sox have not swept Kansas City in Kauffman Stadium since June 7-9, 1991. On Wednesday, Jose Valentin hit three |
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| Oakland Athletics Team Report - July 31 |
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07/31/2003 |
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| third start, held the defending World Champion Anaheim Angels to one run on seven hits in seven innings to post his first major league win on Saturday. It was his second consecutive impressive outing, as he surrendered a run on just four hits to the Kansas City Royals in his big league debut. The 21-year-old hurler has pitched to an impressive 1.29 earned run average in 14 innings of work. In the second game of the set on Wednesday, Oakland fell four games back of the Seattle Mariners in the American League West, |
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| Detroit Tigers Team Report - July 31 |
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07/31/2003 |
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| he mound this afternoon. The 22-year-old Venezuelan hurler will be making his fifth start of the season and is 3-4 on the year with a 4.28 ERA. He has dropped his last two starts and allowed four runs on nine hits over 5 1/3 frames in falling to the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Over his last nine innings, Ledezma has given up 11 runs and 21 hits. This will be his first-ever start against the Mariners. On the injury front, Detroit could again be without starting third baseman Eric Munson for Thursday's finale. Mu |
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| Bowden, Boone take the fall for Reds |
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07/29/2003 |
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| ing of the fans. First of all, he had to replace a manager in Jack McKeon, who was well-liked in Cincy. Many had questioned the decision to fire McKeon in the first place. It didn't help that Boone had tallied just a 181-206 record as skipper of the Kansas City Royals in the mid-1990s. Boone's record with the Reds in two-plus seasons was 190-238. "They made a decision, and there's not too much I can say," Boone told the Cincy Post in a telephone interview. "I'm just going to pull for the guys and wish them well." |
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| Mets ship Graeme Lloyd to KC |
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07/28/2003 |
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| Flushing, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Mets have traded relief pitcher Graeme Lloyd to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for minor league reliever Jeremy Hill. This season, Lloyd is 1-2 with a 3.31 ERA in 36 relief outings. Lloyd has also pitched for Milwaukee, New York (AL), Toronto, Montreal and Florida during his 11-year career. Over his career, he has compiled a 30-34 record with 17 saves and a 3.87 ERA. The southpaw has allowed just two hits and no earned runs in eight innings of postseason action ov |
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| Reds fire Boone and Bowden |
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07/28/2003 |
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| n the playoffs and you wouldn't be able to talk to them anyway." Boone was named the franchise's 56th manager in November 2000 and compiled an overall mark of 190-238 for the Reds. The 55-year-old Boone also spent three seasons as the skipper of the Kansas City Royals (1995-97). His lifetime record as a major league manager is 371-444. Bowden was named general manager in October 1992. During his 11 seasons, the Reds made just one playoff appearance and finished above .500 only four times. He guided the club for a |
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| Chicago White Sox Team Report - July 28 |
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07/28/2003 |
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| 4 with a two-run homer, while Frank Thomas belted a two-run shot and finished with three RBI for Chicago, which has won nine of its last 10 games. Carlos Lee homered and Paul Konerko had two RBI in the win, as the Sox remained four games back of the Kansas City Royals in the AL Central. Following a day off today, Chicago will start a crucial three-game series against the Royals on Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium. Taking the ball for the Sox in the series opener will be red-hot lefthander Mark Buehrle, who is riding a |
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| Detroit Tigers Team Report - July 28 |
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07/28/2003 |
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| === Detroit Tigers Team Report - July 28 === (MySportsbook) - Mike Maroth became the first pitcher in the majors this season to lose 15 games, as the Detroit Tigers dropped a 5-1 decision to the Kansas City Royals Sunday at Comerica Park. Maroth (5-15) gave up seven hits and two walks, while striking out one batter, and fell for the third time in four starts. Kevin Witt homered and was the only Tiger with a multi-hit game, as Detroit lost for the eighth time in 10 contests. Following a day off today, the Tiger |
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