"I never surprise myself," Sosa said, shrugging off a question about the success he's had this season to put himself on the verge of joining Henry Aaron, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays as the only players with at least 600 homers. Victor Diaz and Mark Teixeira also homered off the Devil Rays starter, who allowed six runs and nine hits in five innings. Sosa's two-run, opposite-field shot off left-hander Casey Fossum (3-3) was his ninth homer of the year and extended his major league record for most ballparks homered in to 45. 597 in the fourth inning for the Rangers, who led 6-4 before Tampa Bay scored six runs in the fifth - the last three on Crawford's third triple of the season. Sammy Sosa moved closer to becoming the fifth player with 600 career homers, hitting No.
"It would be nice if we can do it because a lot of people were thinking we might not do well with the home away from home thing," Crawford said.
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(AP) - Tampa Bay delivered one key hit after another until Carl Crawford finished off the Texas Rangers.Ĭrawford tripled with the bases loaded and Delmon Young also drove in three runs Wednesday night to pace an 11-8 victory at Disney World, which is turning out to be a nice home away from home for the Devil Rays.Ī night after squandering numerous opportunities and stranding 14 runners in a 4-3, 10-inning win over the struggling Rangers, Tampa Bay got timely hitting throughout the lineup to position themselves for a sweep of the three-game series the Devil Rays moved to Disney to increase their exposure in the Orlando area. Quotable: "I never surprise myself." - Sosa.Figure this: Sosa's two-run, opposite-field shot was his ninth homer of the year and extended his major league record for most ballparks homered in to 45.597 in the fourth inning for the Rangers. Did you see that?: Sammy Sosa moved closer to becoming the fifth player with 600 career homers, hitting No.Turning point: The Rangers led 6-4 before the Devil Rays scored six runs in the fifth - the last three on Crawford's third triple of the season.Height=90 align=right alt="Carl Crawford"> Summary: Carl Crawford tripled with the bases loaded and Delmon Young also drove in three runs to lead the Devil Rays at Disney World.The Rays get the day off today, then head home to host the Blue Jays. Tampa Bay managed only seven runs in their last four games.
Used to slamming balls out of the ballpark, Texas instead won this one with small ball, scoring with three sacrifice flies and only two doubles against Rays starter Matt Garza. Tampa Bay was on National television for the third game of the series but again found it hard to get hits in Arlington, being held to three for the second time in the series by young right hander Scott Feldman. Andruw Jones finished with four RBI on the day, while Michael Young added three more to lead Texas to the 12-4 blow out. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay was again befuddled by a rookie pitcher who was Derek Holland. Holland went six strong innings allowing four runs off seven hits. Davd Price, coming off his best performance of the season, struggled with his control, walking five batters and giving up six runs in just an inning and a third of work. Game two was an utter nightmare for Tampa Bay.
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