sfgiantsflgators Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 June 26, 2006 Kazmir Back On Track But Offense The Story In Rays' Win Scoring T1: Crawford two run HR; Young walk scores Cantu T3: Lee two run HR B4: Willingham double scores Cabrera T5: Huff solo HR T6: Crawford foul sacrifice fly scores Young; Cantu fielder's choice, Kazmir scores on error; Huff sacrifice fly scores Upton; Baldelli two run HR B7: Willingham scores on fielding error T8: Cantu solo HR T9: Young double scores Lee; Upton single scores Young; Crawford double scores Upton W - Kazmir (8-3) L - Nolasco (1-1) Players of the Game: Carl Crawford 2-5, 2B, HR, 4 RBI Jorge Cantu 3-6, HR, 2 RBI Travis Lee 4-5, HR, 2 RBI For Boxscore, click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 Lowry Struggles Again But Rays Take Series, Move Into Second Place Following a 15-2 win in game one of the series, the Devil Rays looked to continue their winning ways as they attempt to chase down the Yankees in the East. In game two, Casey Fossum went up against Florida ace Dontrelle Willis. Fossum was average, giving up five runs (three earned) in five innings, but Willis was yet again on his game. Willis gave up only one run in 8.1 innings, striking out four for the win. In the rubber match of the series, Tampa sent Noah Lowry out to face Renyel Pinto. Both pitchers pitched well for four innings, but then the offenses took over. Tampa Bay opened up in the fifth for seven runs, including Aubrey Huff's 25 homerun of the season. Florida had an answer though, knocking Lowry out of the game after getting only one out in the inning. The Marlins could only get five runs however, making the score 7-5. Both bullpens allowed a run later in the game and Huston Street pitched the ninth for his eleventh save of the season. Game 2 Boxscore Game 3 Boxscore Leauge Injuries: CLE SS Jhonny Peralta will miss 6-8 weeks with a fractured ankle. ATL 2B Marcus Giles will miss at least two months with a torn ACL. KC 2B Mark Grudzielanek will miss two weeks with a mild concussion. DET LF Craig Monroe will miss two months with torn MCL. League Transactions: DET trades 3B Bradon Inge and 2B Placido Polanco to HOU for SP Juan Gutierrez and 2B Chris Burke. TEX trades SP John Koronka to CWS for RP Dan Reichert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 Blockbuster Trade Sends Molina, Eckstein To Dodgers The Cardinals traded SS David Eckstein, C Yadir Molina, and 2B Junior Spivey to the Dodgers today in exchange for RP Yhency Brazoban, SS Wilson Valdez, and 3B Bill Mueller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sfgiantsflgators Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 Minor League Players of the Month - June: AAA Pitcher - Jimmy Haynes 6-5, 80.0 IP, 2.59 ERA, 65 SO, 24 BB AA Pitcher - Dicky Gonzalez 6-4, 81.0 IP, 3.22 ERA, 62 SO, 18 BB A Pitcher - Jeff Niemann 5-5, 86.0 IP, 1.99 ERA, 70 SO, 16 BB AAA Hitter - Darnell McDonald .292, 5 HR, 36 RBI AA Hitter - Ryan Christianson .273, 12 HR, 25 RBI A Hitter - Luis Mateo .333, 6 HR, 36 RBI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 League Leaders: AVG American League: Jeter (NYY) - .343 Rodriguez (NYY) - .340 DeJesus (KC) - .328 Kendall (TB) - .327 Ramirez (BOS) - .327 National League: Ensberg (HOU) - .350 Pujols (STL) - .347 Koskie (MIL) - .343 Helton (COL) - .340 Vizquel (SF) - .329 Homeruns Amerian League: Matsui (NYY) - 26 Huff (TB) - 25 Blalock (TEX) - 21 Rodriguez (NYY) - 20 Cantu (TB) - 19 Wells (TOR) - 19 National League: Dunn (CIN) - 29 Lee (MIL) - 24 Helton (COL) - 23 Griffey Jr. (CIN) - 22 Ramirez (CHC) - 22 A. Jones (ATL) - 22 RBI American League: Cantu (TB) - 70 Rodriguez (NYY) - 70 Sexson (SEA) - 66 Crawford (TB) - 64 Huff (TB) - 63 Matsui (NYY) - 63 National League: Ensberg (HOU) - 70 Dunn (CIN) - 68 Lee (MIL) - 64 A. Jones (ATL) - 64 C. Jones (ATL) - 62 Stolen Bases American League Ichiro (SEA) - 37 Crawford (TB) - 28 Upton (TB) - 20 Sizemore (CLE) - 18 Figgins (ANA) - 17 National League: Pierre (CHC) - 33 Freel (CIN) - 24 Beltran (NYM) - 19 Ramirez (FLA) - 17 Abreu (PHI) - 17 OBP American League: Ramirez (BOS) - .441 Matsui (NYY) - .435 Mauer (MIN) - .434 Giambi (NYY) - .431 Ortiz (BOS) - .420 National League: Pujols (STL) - .455 Helton (COL) - .453 Willingham (FLA) - .452 Dunn (CIN) - .451 Bonds (SF) - .444 SLG American League: Matsui (NYY) - .653 Huff (TB) - .620 Rodriguez (NYY) - .597 Sheffield (NYY) - .587 Blalock (TEX) - .587 National League: Dunn (CIN) - .719 Helton (COL) - .670 Koskie (MIL) - .642 Hawpe (COL) - .635 Ensberg (HOU) - .633 Wins American League Lowry (TB) - 10 Harden (OAK) - 10 Johnson (NYY) - 10 Fossum (TB) - 9 Kazmir (TB) - 8 Many more at 8 National League: Zambrano (NYM) - 10 Martinez (NYM) - 9 Six tied at 8 ERA American League: Halsey (OAK) - 2.46 Maroth (DET) - 2.64 Harden (OAK) - 2.77 Fossum (TB) - 2.86 Washburn (SEA) - 3.13 National League: Peavy (SD) - 1.82 Ortiz (WAS) - 2.57 Zambrano (NYM) - 2.77 Mulder (STL) - 2.81 Sheets (MIL) - 2.81 Saves American League: Nathan (MIN) - 21 Mota (CLE) - 20 Rodriguez (ANA) - 20 Guardado (SEA) - 19 Rivera (NYY) - 19 National League: Hoffman (SD) - 23 Lidge (HOU) - 21 Belisle (CIN) - 20 Dempster (CHC) - 19 Ramirez (COL) - 18 Hernandez (PIT) - 18 Strikeouts American League: Johnson (NYY) - 109 Zito (OAK) - 97 Santana (MIN) - 95 Clemens (CWS) - 92 Moyer (SEA) - 88 National League: Oswalt (HOU) - 97 Peavy (SD) - 96 Sheets (MIL) - 93 Perez (PIT) - 91 Willis (FLA) - 89 Innings Pitched American League: Westbrook (CLE) - 114.2 Buehrle (CWS) - 112.2 Fossum (TB) - 110.0 Halladay (TOR) - 109.2 Bonderman (DET) - 108.1 National League: Hernandez (WAS) - 119.0 Peavy (SD) - 113.2 Perez (PIT) - 113.0 Willis (FLA) - 112.2 Oswalt (HOU) - 112.0 Sheets (MIL) - 112.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 ALL-STAR VOTE LEADERS - June 30 American League Catcher Jason Veritek BOS Jason Kendall TB Jorge Posada NYY Javy Lopez BAL Victor Martinez CLE First Base David Ortiz BOS Mark Teixeira TEX Richie Sexson SEA Shea Hillenbrand TOR Jason Giambi NYY Second Base Jorge Cantu TB Mark Loretta BOS Luis Castillo MIN Brian Roberts BAL Ron Belliard CLE Third Base Alex Rodriguez NYY Hank Blalock TEX Aubrey Huff TB Eric Chavez OAK Troy Glaus TOR Shortstop Derek Jeter NYY Miguel Tejada BAL Michael Young TEX Carlos Guillen DET Juan Uribe CWS Outfield Carl Crawford TB Hideki Matsui NYY Gary Sheffield NYY Manny Ramirez BOS Johnny Damon NYY National League Catcher Paul Lo Duca NYM Josh Willingham FLA Mike Piazza SD Michael Barrett CHC Damian Miller MIL First Base Todd Helton COL Carlos Delgado NYM Albert Pujols STL Nick Johnson WAS Derrek Lee CHC Second Base Marcus Giles ATL Ryan Freel CIN Craig Biggio HOU Alfonso Soriano WAS Jeff Kent LAD Third Base Morgan Ensberg HOU Corey Koskie MIL Chipper Jones ATL Aramis Ramirez CHC David Wright NYM Shortstop Omar Vizquel SF Edgar Renteria ATL Jose Reyes NYM David Eckstein LAD Felipe Lopez CIN Outfield Adam Dunn CIN Carlos Beltran NYM Andruw Jones ATL Ken Griffey Jr. CIN Carlos Lee MIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 that's all the updates for tonight finally had a day off work and the giants didn't have a game, so i got quite a few games in. have some big series coming up against the sox and yanks - hopefully i can make a move into first place before the all star break :wtg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tomackze Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 I think they should just give you the GM of the year award because no one would've guessed the D-rays having a winning record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 June 30, 2006 Devil Rays Drop Interleague Matchup Against Nats Scoring B6: Soriano double scores Patterson, Guzman; Guillen double scores Soriano T7: Baldelli double scores Huff W - Patterson (5- L - Cain (4-6) S - Cordero (10) Game Notes: Pedro Feliz, pinch hitting for Dan Smith in the seventh, grounded out with two outs and the bases loaded in the seventh...Nationals RF Jose Guillen threw out two runners at home in the game...Chad Cordero struck out the side in the ninth to earn the save. Players of the Game: Alfonso Soriano 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI For Boxscore, click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 I think they should just give you the GM of the year award because no one would've guessed the D-rays having a winning record lol - thanks. stupid AL East though - even with the record, i'm 5 games back of the yanks and tied with the sawx... plus it helps to have an owner that will spend more than 30 mil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Three-Hitter By Kazmir Prevents Sweep The way the AL East race is playing out, the last thing the Devil Rays needed as they fight to keep pace with the first place Yankees, is a sweep at the hands of a sub-.500 team. But if not for 22-year old ace Scott Kazmir, it would have happened today. In game two, the Nationals used an eight run sixth inning to ensure a series win. Tampa pitcher Scott Dunn, starting in place of the injured Edwin Jackson, pitched well for the first five innings. It all fell apart in a matter of minutes though, five runs before he could record an out. Kazmir, like many times already this season, had the eyes of Tampa on him as the city and his team looked to him for hope. And, yet again, he delivered. Going the full nine, Kazmir allowed only three hits and struck out eight, earning his ninth win of the season. Game 2 Boxscore Game 3 Boxscore Leauge Injuries: LAD 1B Nomar Garciaparra will miss at least a month with a torn meniscus in his right knee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 July 3, 2006 Cantu, Fossum Lead Devil Rays Past Boston Scoring B6: Huff two run HR B7: Lee solo HR; Crawford single scores Kendall, Young; Cantu two run HR B8: Feliz solo HR W - Fossum (10-5) L - Beckett (5- Players of the Game: Jorge Cantu 4-4, HR, 2 RBI Pedro Feliz 3-4, 2 2B, HR, 1 RBI For Boxscore, click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Tampa Bay, Boston Split Four-Gamer With about a week to go before the All-Star break, the Sox and Rays faced off in a four game series, both trailing the Yankees by 5.5 games. After taking the first two games of the series, the Devil Rays looked poised to stake claim to second place and begin the climb to the summit. Boston wouldn't go down without a fight though, and battled back to force a split. In game two, the Rays sent Noah Lowry out in search of his eleventh win. He faced off against Boston hurler Matt Clement. Lowry proved to be the better on this day, going eight strong innings, allowing five hits and two runs, while striking out ten. Clement was sharp, going six innings, giving up eight hits and three runs, but reliever Abe Alvarez gave up four in 1.2 innings, giving the Rays a cushioned lead, and the win. In game three, Tampa jumped out to a 6-2 lead after the first inning, chasing Sox starter David Wells from the game. Boston pulled within two in the third on a homerun by Doug Mirabelli - then it was Matt Cain's turn to yield a big inning. Boston scored four in the fifth, the big blow coming on a three run Trot Nixon homerun. Jonathon Papelbon earned his second win and Keith Foulke grabbed his fourteenth save. Game four featured rookie pitcher Edwin Jackson making his first start since suffering a minor injury that forced him to miss his last start. He had the luck of facing off against veteran Curt "bloody-sock" Schilling, 6-3 on the year. Jackson pitched well, giving up three runs on seven hits, in 5.1 innings, but didn't get much support as Schilling went eight strong, giving up just one run on seven hits. Foulke earned his fifteenth save as the Rays were forced into the split. Game 2 Boxscore Game 3 Boxscore Game 4 Boxscore League Suspensions: SEA SP Gil Meche was suspended for six games. Leauge Transactions: KC trades SS Brett Groves, 1B Randall Simon, and 2B Donnie Murphy to SF for 1B Chad Santos, SP Jesus Reina, and LF Dan Ortmeier. BOS trades RP Abe Alvarez to CLE for SP Jeremy Guthrie. LAD trade LF Andre Ethier to ATL for SS Elvis Andous. WAS trades SS Josh Labandeira to HOU for SS Eric Bruntlett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomackze Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 lol - thanks. stupid AL East though - even with the record, i'm 5 games back of the yanks and tied with the sawx... plus it helps to have an owner that wil spend more than 30 mil lol thats so true. Check out my dynasty also... http://mvpmods.com/index.php?name=Forums&f...=21781&start=30 i feel lonely because i dont get any replies on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Two Blockbuster Trades Open Up July The first trade occured as the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago Cubs exchanged catchers. The A's sent Dan Johnson to Chicago in exchange for Michael Barret. The second trade featured many more players and involved the San Diego Padres and Minnesota Twins. The Padres sent SS Khalil Greene, SP Mario Ramos, and LF Ryan Klesko to the Twins while getting LF Shannon Stewart, 2B Luis Castillo, and SP Colby Miller in return. The trade breakdown looks like this: SD Shannon Stewart Luis Castillo Colby Miller MIN Khalil Greene Mario Ramos Ryan Klesko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 lol thats so true. Check out my dynasty also... http://mvpmods.com/index.php?name=Forums&f...=21781&start=30 i feel lonely because i dont get any replies on it yeah, ill check that out. the best way to tell if your dyanasty is being followed is by looking at how many views it gets. i don't get many replies here, but i know some people look because the amount of views goes up each day :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 July 7, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 July 7, 2006 Pena Leads Charge - Johnson Roughed Up In Rays Victory Scoring B2: Pena two run HR; Upton grounds into fielder's choice, Lee scores; Crawford reaches on error, Kendall scores; Cantu three run HR B3: Lee grounds into fielder's choice, Pena scores T6: Rodriguez solo HR T8: Rodriguez double scores Jeter; Sheffield single scores Rodriguez W - Kazmir (10-3) L - Johnson (10-4) Game Notes: Wily Mo Pena was a double short of the cycle...This was Scott Kazmir's second straight complete game. Players of the Game: Wily Mo Pena 3-4, 3B, HR, 2 RBI Jorge Cantu 2-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI For Boxscore, click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Devil Rays End Exciting First Half With Series Win Over Yanks While a blowout ended the series, preventing the Devil Rays from sweeping the Yankees, Tampa fans have to be proud of their team's first half performance. Entering the year, most people wrote the Rays off as possible contenders in the strong AL East. With the Blue Jays having made some big off-season acquistions and the Yankees and Red Sox retooled for another playoff run, the Devil Rays were left as an afterthought. But as we enter the all-star break, the Devil Rays are sitting in a position they haven't ever seen - with a chance to make some noise in the second half. As for the last series before the break, the Devil Rays were in good position to take at least two games from the Bombers, with Casey Fossum and Noah Lowry going in games two and three - both having won at least ten games so far this season. In game two, it was Fossum going up against Yankee vet Mike Mussina. The Devil Rays jumped on early with a four run first inning - and that would prove to be all that Fossum needed. Fossum went seven, surrendering ten hits and three runs, before looking to Danys Baez and Huston Street to finish his work. Both pitched flawless innings, with Street getting his twelfth save of the year, and Fossum his eleventh win. Game three saw Lowry going for win twelve against the Yankees' Carl Pavano. As many expected, the Evil Empire wouldn't go home without a fight, and Lowry took the brunt of it. Giving up three in the first, one in the second, and four in the fourth, Lowry was out after 3.1 innings having allowed eleven hits and eight runs. Pavano ensured a Yankee victory with 8.1 strong innings, giving up just three hits and one run. Game 2 Boxscore Game 3 Boxscore League Injuries: MIN RP Billy Koch was put on the 15 day DL with an MCL sprain. TEX SP Brian Anderson will miss at least a month with a fractured ankle. PIT LF Jason Bay was put on the 15 day DL with a strained right forearm. Leauge Transactions: KC trades SP J.P. Howell to HOU for CF Preston Wilson. PHI signs pinch-hitting specialist Lenny Harris to a one year deal worth $200K. ATL trades SP Dave Coggin to KC for SP Jimmy Gobble. COL signs RP Eddie Oropesa to a three year deal worth $600K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Standings at the All-Star Break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 All-Star Teams American League C - Victor Martinez CLE 1B - Mark Teixeira TEX 2B - Mark Loretta BOS 3B - Alex Rodriguez NYY SS - Miguel Tejada BAL LF - Manny Ramirez BOS LF - Hideki Matsui NYY RF - Vladimir Guerrero ANA SP - Rich Harden OAK SP - Jake Westbrook CLE SP - Scott Kazmir TB SP - Brad Halsey OAK SP - Casey Fossum TB RP - Francisco Rodriguez ANA RP - Joe Nathan MIN RP - Eddie Guardado SEA RP - Guillermo Mota CLE C - Jason Varitek BOS SS - Derek Jeter NYY CF - Johnny Damon NYY 3B - Hank Blalock TEX 1B - David Ortiz BOS RF - Gary Sheffield NYY LF - Carl Crawford TB National League C - Paul Lo Duca NYM 1B - Todd Helton COL 2B - Luis Castillo SD 3B - Morgan Ensberg HOU SS - Edgar Renteria SS LF - Adam Dunn CIN CF - Andruw Jones ATL CF - Ken Griffey Jr. CIN SP - Ben Sheets MIL SP - Jake Peavy SD SP - Dontrelle Willis FLA SP - Mark Mulder STL SP - Victor Zambrano NYM RP - Brad Lidge HOU RP - Trevor Hoffman SD RP - Matt Belisle CIN RP - Ryan Dempster CHC C - Josh Willingham FLA 1B - Carlos Delgado NYM CF - Carlos Beltran NYM LF - Carlos Lee MIL CF - Jim Edmonds STL SS - Omar Vizquel SF 3B - Corey Koskie MIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Yet Another All-Star Game Farce - Cantu Latest In Line Of Snubs Mickey Brown I write this as 75% Devil Ray fan, 100% baseball fan - fix the All-Star voting system now! Every year more and more players are getting snubbed in favor of players that make it for the name on the front of their jersey - not the production that comes out of it. The latest was Devil Ray second bagger Jorge Cantu, being left off in favor of Boston's Mark Loretta. First, lets look at the stats: Cantu: 351 AB, .322, 24 HR, 84 RBI, .354 OBP, .584 SLG Loretta: 365 AB, .301, 9 HR, 53 RBI, .382 OBP, .458 SLG and just in case some might think it's defense: Cantu: 81 G, .994 Fldg%, 2 errors, 339 TC Loretta: 87 G, .989 Fldg%, 4 errors, 373 TC As you can see, they are fairly close in defense and Cantu has a big lead in the offensive numbers. Yet Loretta is chosen because Boston fans outnumber D-Rays fans. What do I propose? Keep fan voting - but make it only worth 30% of the total. Managers, GMs, and players votes make up the remaining 70%. While it's a fan event, players that have worked hard all year and have performed like - now get this - All-Stars, should be rewarded for such. Just an angry fans opinion. Mickey Brown has been a reporter for D-Rays News since the introduction of the franchise. Comments, questions should be directed to mbrown@rays-news.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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