Starting pitching lets Rays down in Fenway sweep - St. Petersburg Times

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5/5: News & Notes
Published 5/5/2008 by Patrick L. Kennedy at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
... The focus of Marc Topkin's notebook this morning? The Rays' starting pitching was terrible this weekend in Boston, and that fact might have played a tiny role in the team's having been swept. More importantly, Topkin notes that CF B.J. Upton returned to the lineup in yesterday's game, but still wasn't able to swing freely. Upton, who strained his left shoulder in Thursday afternoon's game against the Baltimore Orioles, said he felt no pain in swinging, however. Upton should get a chance to fully heal with an off day tomorrow and ten succeeding games in domed stadiums, a ...

Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 5/5
Published 5/5/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... but it definitely came at the right time to give our bullpen a rest.” Hopefully the callup of Craig Hansen will help shore up the middle relief part of the bullpen since that’s been the one sore point of the Red Sox all season in bridging the gap from the starters to Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon. Big Papi isn’t concerned about his knee which took him out the lineup at the last minute yesterday. The Rays starting pitching let them down this weekend. Jon Lester has apparently attended the Josh ...