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Old faces come home to lead Pirates to big victory over the Rays

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Familiar faces came home to haunt the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday afternoon. Former teammates Matt Joyce and Sean Rodriguez homered, and the Pittsburgh Pirates won 13-8. The Pirates took a 10-0 lead in the first two innings, scoring eight times off of starter Jake Odorizzi. “I just didn’t have any stuff, plain and simple,” said Odorizzi, who makes his regular-season debut on Tuesday against the Blue Jays at Tropicana Field. “Fastball wasn’t good. Curve same way. Split, same way. So…

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Yankees go long to come back against Rays’ Chris Archer

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For two-thirds of the game, the Tampa Bay Rays appeared to be on their way to a significant victory over the New York Yankees. And then the ball was on the other side of the fence, and the Rays were on their way to another defeat. The Yankees came from behind to beat the Rays, 6-4, behind home runs by Brian McCann (his 25th of the year) and Alex Rodriguez (his 28th). Chris Archer had a 3-0 lead for the…

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Yankees do maximum damage with minimum hits vs. Rays

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He allowed three hits. All of them left the park. He allowed five baserunners. All of them made home. In other words, it was a frustrating night for Tampa Bay Bays pitcher Jake Odorizzi, who was mostly good in his start against the New York Yankees. But the Yankees did the most damage possible with a little bit of offense, hitting three home runs on their only hits against Odorizzi, blows by Alex Rodriguez, Brian McCann and Greg Bird. Two…

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