Rays beat Rivera, Yankees, move into 1st (AP)

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AP: Gross singles in 11th, Rays beat Yankees
Published 5/14/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
AP: Gross singles in 11th, Rays beat Yankees It’s mid-May and Tampa Bay is in first place?!?!? Gabe Gross singled with no outs in the 11th inning to drive in the first run Mariano Rivera has allowed all season, giving Tampa Bay a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees and sending the Rays into first place in the AL East. Cliff Floyd began the 11th with a single and pinch-runner Jonny Gomes stole second before Gross delivered the winner up the middle on a 1-1 pitch. Rivera (0-1) had not allowed a run in 14 previous appearances.

Re-examining Wang, Part V
Published 5/14/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Jason) at It is about the money, stupid
Fifth in a series of reviewing Chien Ming Wang's performances. Click here for Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV. So how'd our favorite subject do last night? Pretty well, just looking at his stats. But I saw a few things that concerned me. We'll get to all of that... His line: 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 hits, 3 BB, 2 K, 101 PC, no-decision Wang gave up just one run over seven innings, pitching effectively and fairly efficiently. His pitch count was right in line with his season/career averages. However, what seemed obvious to ...