Welcome to Tampa Bay: A Rays Franchise

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Rosters: Knight's V.5
Sliders: My Own Set
Everything is going to be run by CPU.

LINEUP
1. CF B. Upton
2. LF C. Crawford
3. 3B E. Longoria
4. 1B C. Pena
5. DH P. Burrell
6. SS B. Zobrist
7. RF G. Gross
8. C D. Navarro
9. 2B W. Aybar

STARTING ROTATION
1. James Shields
2. Matt Garza
3. Andy Sonnastine
4. Jeff Niemann
5. David Price

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vs.
Tampa Bay Rays (0-0) vs. Boston Red Sox (0-0)
Series Preview

April 6th, 2009 7:05pm
James Shields (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Josh Beckett (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

April 8th, 2009 7:05pm
Matt Garza (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Jon Lester (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

April 9th, 2009 7:05pm
Andy Sonnastine (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-0 , 0.00 ERA)

Keys for the Tampa Bay Rays

1. Upton to get on base.
2. Longoria, Pena and Burrell to knock in the runs.
3. Good pitching against dangerous Red Sox club.

Keys for the Boston Red Sox

1. Be the Boston Red Soxs.

Don't overlook the defending American League Champs.
Very good pitching and bullpen needs to do its job.

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sorry for that little typo at the end. I don't know how it got messed up. Trust me, my work isn't that bad.

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Best of luck, I'll be following!

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vs.
(0-0) Tampa Bay Rays vs. (0-0) Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
7:05pm Boston, Mass.

Pitching Matchup

James Shields (0-0) vs. Josh Beckett (0-0)

Beckett pitches gem, 6 HR's combined

Beckett went 8.0 strong innings, giving up 7 hits and only striking out 3. (AP)

Box Score

Tampa Bay 3, Boston 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E TAM (0-1) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 9 2 BOS (1-0) 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 X 8 11 1	7:00 PM April 6, 2009 Fenway Park Boston, Mass.
WIN: J. Beckett LOSS: J. Shields SAVE:

Tampa Bay Rays Hitters AB R H BI AVG Upton CF 5 0 1 0 .200 Crawford LF 3 0 0 1 .000 Longoria 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 Pena 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 Burrell DH 4 0 1 0 .250 Zobrist SS 4 1 2 1 .500 Gross RF 4 1 1 0 .250 Navarro C 3 0 0 0 .000 Aybar 2B 3 1 3 1 1.000 TAM TOTALS 34 3 9 3 BATTING 2B: B. Upton (1), W. Aybar (1) HR: B. Zobrist (1) RBI: C. Crawford (1), W. Aybar (1), B. Zobrist (1) SF: C. Crawford BASERUNNING SB: B. Zobrist (1) FIELDING E: D. Navarro (1), W. Aybar (1) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA J. Shields L, 0-1 5.1 8 6 6 10.13 L. Cormier 2.2 3 2 2 6.75 TAM TOTALS PITCHING Strikeouts: J. Shields (5), L. Cormier (2)

Boston Red Sox Hitters AB R H BI AVG Ellsbury CF 4 1 2 1 .500 Pedroia 2B 4 1 1 0 .250 Bay LF 4 0 0 0 .000 Ortiz DH 4 2 3 2 .750 Youkilis 1B 4 0 2 0 .500 Lowell 3B 3 2 1 2 .333 Drew RF 4 2 2 3 .500 Lugo SS 4 0 0 0 .000 Varitek C 3 0 0 0 .000 BOS TOTALS 34 8 11 8 BATTING 2B: D. Pedroia (1), D. Ortiz (1) HR: J. Ellsbury (1), D. Ortiz (1), J. Drew 2 (2), M. Lowell (1) RBI: J. Ellsbury (1), D. Ortiz 2 (2), J. Drew 3 (3), M. Lowell 2 (2) GIDP: D. Pedroia BASERUNNING CS: J. Ellsbury (1) FIELDING E: J. Varitek (1) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA J. Beckett W, 1-0 8.0 7 2 2 2.25 H. Okajima 1.0 2 1 1 9.00 BOS TOTALS PITCHING Strikeouts: J. Beckett (3)

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Scoring Summary

Bottom 1st

Ortiz singled to right, Pedroia scored. (1-0)

Bottom 2nd

Drew homered to right, Lowell scored. (3-0)
Ellsbury homered to right. (4-0)

Top 3rd

Crawford flied out to left, Aybar scored. (4-1)

Bottom 6th

Lowell homered to left, Ortiz scored. (6-1)
Drew homered to left. (7-1)

Top 7th

Zobrist homered to right. (7-2)

Bottom 8th

Ortiz homered to right. (8-2)

Top 9th

Aybar singled to left, Gross scored. (8-3)

AL EAST STANDINGS
Boston 1-0
Baltimore 1-0
Tampa Bay 0-1
Toronto 0-1
New York 0-1

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If its okay with you Highheat (if your following) I copied the way you summarized your scoring summary. Hope thats okay.

And does anyone know a way I could make my Standings into more of a table kind of? Thanks

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(0-1) Tampa Bay Rays vs. (1-0) Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
7:05pm Boston, Mass.

Pitching Matchup

Matt Garza (0-0) vs. Jon Lester (0-0)

Lester dominates, Sox's win 3-1

Just like Beckett, Lester threw an excellent game.

Box Score

Tampa Bay 1, Boston 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E TAM (0-2) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 1 BOS (2-0) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 3 8 0	7:00 PM April 8, 2009 Fenway Park Boston, Mass.
WIN: J. Lester LOSS: M. Garza SAVE: J. Papelbon

Tampa Bay Rays Hitters AB R H BI AVG Upton CF 4 0 1 0 .222 Crawford LF 4 0 1 0 .143 Longoria 3B 3 1 1 0 .286 Pena 1B 3 0 0 0 .000 Burrell DH 3 0 0 0 .143 Zobrist SS 4 0 3 1 .625 Kapler RF 4 0 0 0 .000 Navarro C 4 0 0 0 .000 Aybar 2B 3 0 1 0 .667 Gross PH 1 0 0 0 .200 TAM TOTALS 33 1 7 1 BATTING RBI: B. Zobrist (2) HBP: C. Pena, P. Burrell BASERUNNING FIELDING E: B. Zobrist (1) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA M. Garza L, 0-1 5.2 7 3 3 4.76 G. Balfour 1.1 1 0 0 0.00 J. Howell 1.0 0 0 0 0.00 TAM TOTALS PITCHING Strikeouts: M. Garza (5), G. Balfour (2)

Boston Red Sox Hitters AB R H BI AVG Ellsbury CF 4 0 1 0 .375 Pedroia 2B 4 0 1 0 .250 Bay LF 4 1 1 1 .125 Ortiz DH 3 0 1 0 .571 Youkilis 1B 3 0 0 0 .286 Lowell 3B 4 1 2 0 .429 Drew RF 2 0 0 0 .333 Lugo SS 4 0 0 0 .000 Varitek C 3 1 2 2 .333 BOS TOTALS 31 3 8 3 BATTING 2B: D. Ortiz (2) HR: J. Bay (1), J. Varitek (1) RBI: J. Bay (1), J. Varitek 2 (2) HBP: K. Youkilis GIDP: J. Drew, J. Lugo BASERUNNING FIELDING Pitchers IP H R ER ERA J. Lester W, 1-0 7.0 5 1 1 1.29 H. Okajima H, 1 1.0 1 0 0 4.50 J. Papelbon SV, 1 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 BOS TOTALS PITCHING Strikeouts: J. Lester (4), J. Papelbon (1)

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Scoring Summary

Bottom 5th

Varitek homered to right. (1-0)
Bay homered to left. (2-0)

Top 6th

Zobrist singled to left, Longoria scored. (2-1)

Bottom 6th

Varitek singled to center, Lowell scored. (3-1)

AL EAST STANDINGS
Boston 2-0
Toronto 2-1
New York 1-1
Baltimore 1-1
Tampa Bay 0-2

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(0-2) Tampa Bay Rays vs. (2-0) Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
7:05pm Boston, Mass.

Pitching Matchup

Andy Sonnanstine (0-0) vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-0)

Rays win in 14 innings, avoid sweep

Reid Brignac knocked in the winning run on his first at bat of the season

Box Score

Tampa Bay 6, Boston 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E BOS (1-2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 14 0 TAM (2-1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 18 2	7:00 PM April 9, 2009 Fenway Park Boston, Mass.
WIN: R. Choate LOSS: D. Bard SAVE:

Tampa Bay Rays Hitters AB R H BI AVG Upton CF 6 1 0 0 .133 Crawford LF 6 2 2 1 .230 Longoria 3B 7 1 2 3 .285 Pena C 5 0 1 0 .083 Burrell DH 6 0 3 0 .307 Brignac DH 1 0 1 1 1.000 Zobrist SS 6 0 1 0 .428 Gross RF 6 1 2 0 .272 Navarro C 6 1 1 1 .076 Aybar 2B 4 0 1 0 .500 BOS TOTALS BATTING 3B: D. Navarro (1) HR: E. Longoria (1) RBI: C. Crawford (2), Longoria 3 (3), Brignac (1), Navarro (1) HBP: C. Crawford, C. Pena, W. Aybar GIDP: B. Upton 2, E. Longoria, D. Navarro BASERUNNING FIELDING Pitchers IP H R ER ERA Sonnastine 4.0 9 4 4 9.00 Cormier 2.0 1 0 0 3.85 Howell 1.1 0 0 0 0.00 Nelson 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 Abreu 1.2 4 1 1 5.40 Choate W, 1-0 1.1 1 0 0 0.00 BOS TOTALS PITCHING Strikeouts: Sonnastine (3), Cormier (2), Howell, 1), Nelson (3), Abreu (2)

Boston Red Sox Hitters AB R H BI AVG Ellsbury CF 7 0 2 1 .333 Pedroia 2B 6 0 2 1 .285 Bay LF 7 0 2 0 .200 Ortiz DH 6 0 2 0 .461 Youkilis 1B 7 0 0 0 .142 Lowell 3B 6 2 3 1 .461 Green 3B 1 0 0 0 .000 Lugo SS 6 1 3 2 .214 Varitek C 3 0 2 0 .444 Kotsay PH 1 0 1 0 1.000 Kottaras C 1 0 0 0 .000 TAM TOTALS BATTING 2B: J. Ellsbury (1), J. Bay (1) 3B: J. Lugo (1) HR: M. Lowell (2) RBI: J. Ellsbury (2), D. Pedroia (1), M. Lowell (3), J. Lugo 2 (2) SAC: G. Kottaras GIDP: J. Bay, K. Youkilis BASERUNNING FIELDING E: D. Pedroia (1), J. Lugo (1) Pitchers IP H R ER ERA Matsuzaka 5.0 6 4 3 5.40 Okajima 1.0 1 0 0 3.00 Delcarmen 1.2 2 0 0 0.00 Ramirez 2.2 1 0 0 0.00 Saito 2.1 2 1 1 3.85 Bard L, 0-1 1.1 2 1 1 6.75 TAM TOTALS PITCHING Strikeouts: Matsuzaka (2), Delcarmen (2), Ramirez (2), Saito (1)

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