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Tampa Bay’s Drew Smyly shuts down Red Sox to go 3-1 in spring

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Drew Smyly capped off a good spring training Wednesday, throwing four shutout innings as the Rays moved to 12-11. Smyly struck out seven, walked one and allowed no hits in running his record to 3-1 with the victory. Mikie Mahtook hit a two-run homer and Brad Miller hit a solo shot and a double as the Rays built a 4-0 lead. Enny Romero gave up three runs in the seventh. Romero gave up three of the four hits allowed by…

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Florida Spring Training hits grand slam in 2015

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Spring training baseball has been very, very good to Florida this year. Attendance numbers released today for the 33-day Florida Spring Training season saw an 8.1 percent increase in total attendance in 2015, with each of the 15 teams surpassing the 2014 season. Total attendance for the 2015 season was 1,587,463. “Florida’s tourism industry creates jobs and opportunities for millions of Florida families,” Gov. Rick Scott said in a statement. “Which is why we worked with the Legislature in 2013…

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