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Rays drop series finale in Oakland; Steve Souza, Jr. injured

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Sonny Gray struck out six pitching into the seventh in what might have been his final home start in Oakland if the club tries to deal him before the trade deadline, and the Athletics rallied in the fifth inning to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2 on Wednesday. Matt Joyce hit a towering homer to the right-field seats in the eighth for Oakland. Rajai Davis doubled home Oakland’s first run in the fifth then Joyce followed with a tying sacrifice fly before Davis scurried home…

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Florida leads the country in All-Star participants

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With the Major League Baseball All-Star Game coming to Florida for the first time, a large number of the All-Stars will be returning to their home state. During Tuesday night’s game at Marlins Park in Miami, 9 Floridians, including one of the starting pitchers, will be joining the game’s best. Left hander Chris Sale of the Boston Red Sox and the starting pitcher for the American League, is a native of Lakeland and a graduate of Lakeland High School. He…

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Rays, A’s split rare doubleheader

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The game was already long and there would be another one. Evan Longoria wanted to get it over. “We didn’t need more extra innings in a game like today,” Longoria said after his RBI single in the 10th inning lifted the Tampa Bay Rays over the Oakland Athletics 6-5 Saturday. “It’s been quite a while since I’ve gotten a walk-off hit. It felt good.” The Rays’ fourth straight win came in the opener of the majors’ first regularly scheduled doubleheader…

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Former FSU star Luke Weaver rockets to major leagues

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Luke Weaver was understandably pleased when the St. Louis Cardinals made him their first round selection in the 2014 draft. After all, the Florida State pitching star was going to one of the top franchises in all of Major League Baseball. It was something he had dared to imagine. When he signed his first professional contract in St. Louis two years ago, Weaver’s father, Mark, recalled Luke’s answer when asked which team he would like to play for when you…

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Will Brad Boxberger finally get his big chance in Cincinnati?

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If Brad Boxberger is called upon to make a relief appearance during tomorrow night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Cincinnati, he will achieve a number of goals. First and foremost, every young professional player dreams of playing in a World Series and the All-Star Game. In addition to those goals, Boxberger imagined himself taking the mound at Great American Ballpark as a Cincinnati Red. The Fullerton, Calif., native and former USC Trojan was a first-round pick of the Reds…

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