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If you were not taking Tampa Bay seriously this season, you may want to reconsider.  They are certainly a well built team that’s been years in the makings. The Tampa Bay Rays (68-45) beat the Cleveland Indians (49-64) 10-7 Wednesday night to remain 3 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East race. The Rays were down 7-4 entering the bottom half of the ninth inning when there massive rally began. Carlos Pena topped off the 6 run inning with his own 3 run walk off homerun off of Cleveland reliever Masa Kobayashi. Another homerun by Gabe Gross was hit in the inning, which tied the game at 7. The win pulls the Rays closer to the 70 win mark, something that they remarkably haven’t done in any of the last 10 seasons. Rays manager Joe Madden had this to say about the game: “Probably the most exciting win I’ve been involved with here.”  Masa Kobayashi (4-5) was charged with the loss, and Troy Percival (2-0) was given the win.

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The Cleveland Indians (47-61) will take on the Minnesota Twins (61-48) in an AL Central showdown. These are important games for the Twins, as they can try to gain wins to keep up with the AL Central leading Chicago White Sox. The Twins need to continue their winning ways as of late to stay in contention.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox:

- Paul Byrd (5-10, 4.93) will take the mound for Cleveland

- Kevin Slowey (7-7, 4.00) will start for Minnesota

- Byrd is 0-2 with a 7.04 ERA in three starts versus Minnesota in 2008

- Minnesota has won six out of its last seven games

- Minnesota is 38-20 at home

- Cleveland is 18-35 on the road

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On a night that lasted 5 hours and 33 minutes, we saw a game that had 526 total pitches, 42 base hits, 7 homeruns, and a combined total score of 26. The Detroit Tigers (54-52) eventually outscored the Cleveland Indians (46-59) in 13 to win the game, 14-12. Here is how the 13th inning went down: Carlos Guillen singled with one out in the 13th, and went to third on a Curtis Granderson single, his fifth hit. Guillen scored on Placido Polanco’s groundout. Granderson then scored the second run of the inning on a throwing error on a Matt Joyce infield single. There was also some history made in this game, albeit for the losing team. Cleveland’s catcher Kelly Shoppach tied a major league mark with five extra-base hits, including a game-tying homer in the ninth to send it into extra innings. Casey Fossum was given the win, with Juan Rincon taking the loss.

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Justin Morneau helped the Twins by hitting the go ahead run in as the Minnesota Twins (57-47) beat the Cleveland Indians (45-58) 4-2 on Sunday. Morneau stepped up to the plate with the game tied 2-2 in the top of the ninth. Rafael Perez threw a slider that Morneau got around on, and he hit a double that scored Alexi Castilla Morneau had this to say on the subject: He threw me the pitch I was looking for on 2-0, but I didn’t swing at it. He threw me the same pitch on 3-1. I pulled the trigger and took it the other way.” The win helped pull Minnesota within 2 and a half games of the first place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central. Joe Nathan was given the save, his 28th of the season.

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