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Series Preview: Tampa Bay Devil Rays By Alex Ernst Date: Jul 4, 2003 Soxnet.net http://whitesox.theinsiders.com/2/119449.html The White Sox are coming off their toughest, and most successful stretch of the season and are now about to enter their easiest stretch as 19 of their next 21 games will be against teams with sub-.425 winning percentages, it all starting with a three-game set against Tampa Bay. Opponent: Tampa Bay Devil Rays Record: 28-55, .337, Fifth Place (AL East) Place: Tropicana Field Time & TV: Game 1: 4:15 p.m. (FSN); Game 2: 5:15 p.m. (WGN); Game 3: 12:15 p.m. (FSN) 2002 Record vs Sox: 3-4 2003 Record vs Sox: 0-0 THE LATEST The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are seemingly making a case to reclaim their crown as the worst team in the American League. They have only won 9 of their last 36 games and are already 27 games under .500. Twenty-one year old phenom Rocco Baldelli leads the Rays with a .310 average while Aubrey Huff has 16 home runs and 49 RBIs. Tampa has featured 20 different pitchers to this point of the year, putting together an ERA of 5.06. The Devil Rays also have on of the leagues better relievers in Al Levine. He has a 2-5 record with a 1.71 ERA in 42 innings. WHO'S HOT (Last 7 days) Rocco Baldelli, CF: .333, 2 2B, 1 3B, 5 SB --Baldelli is one of the few Devil Rays that is playing even remotely well at this point in the season. He can be counted on to try to make things happen when he gets on base as he likes to steal. WHO'S NOT (Last 7 days) Jason Tyner, RF: . 111, 1 hits in 9 at-bats, 1 BB, 0 R --Tyner has been nothing but a huge disappointment for Tampa Bay as he has only played in 33 games all year and has spent a lot of time with the Durham Bulls. PITCHING PROBABLES Game #1: Bartolo Colon (6-7, 4.20, 87 K) vs. Victor Zambrano (5-4, 4.04, 52 K) --Zambrano has had a very strange season. He leads the AL with 52 walks, but he has the fourth lowest batting average allowed at .219. He throws a fastball, slider and changeup. Base runners often succeed stealing bases on him. Game #2: Esteban Loaiza (11-3, 2.18, 94 K) vs. Jorge Sosa (1-6, 5.06, 21 K) --Sosa has incredible control problems and probably wouldn’t be a starter on any other squad in the majors. He has two more walks than strikeouts and batters are hitting .302 off of him. Game #3: Mark Buehrle (6-10, 4.36, 63 K) vs. Jason Standridge (0-3, 3.99, 16 K) --Standridge will be making only his sixth start of the season for the Devil Rays. He started, relieved and closed games for the Devil Rays Triple-A affiliate, the Durham Bulls. However, Standridge has been dependable in his starts so far as he has not given up four or more runs in any start. KEY TO THE SERIES Keep the Sox steamroller running. The White Sox need to realize that just because they are a better team on paper, they still need to play fundamental baseball to win. If the Sox don’t go all-out, Tampa Bay will be a tough team to beat as many teams have found out.

CHI WHITE SOX AT TAMPA BAY -- LINEUPS CHI WHITE SOX TAMPA BAY AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Roberto Alomar 2B .200 0 0 Carl Crawford LF .260 1 24 Jose Valentin SS .239 12 35 Rocco Baldelli CF .310 5 39 Frank Thomas DH .287 20 46 Aubrey Huff RF .304 16 49 Magglio Ordonez RF .283 14 47 Ben Grieve DH .227 4 15 Carl Everett CF .270 18 51 Travis Lee 1B .255 6 25 Carlos Lee LF .266 13 49 Damian Rolls 3B .262 3 15 Brian Daubach 1B .250 4 14 Marlon Anderson 2B .267 4 43 Joe Crede 3B .226 7 33 Javier Valentin C .250 1 11 Miguel Olivo C .227 5 16 Julio Lugo SS .235 2 13 Bartolo Colon RHP (6-7, 4.20) Victor Zambrano RHP (5-4, 4.04)

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1) Who will win the series (CHW/TB) (2 points)? CHW 2) Will Paul Konerko have an extra base hit (Y/N) (2 points)? N 3) How many errors will the Sox make (4 points)? 2 4) Who will lead the Sox in batting average (min. 4 ABs) (4 points)? Lee 5) How many double plays will the Sox turn (5 points)? 5 6) How many times will Carlos Lee get on base (5 points)? 5 7) Which Sox reliever will have the most strikeouts (4 points)? Koch 8) Who will throw the most pitches, Colon, Loaiza, or Garland (2 points)? Colon 9) Who will have an RBI, Carl Everett, Roberto Alomar, or both (2 points)? Ev 10) Will Rocco Baldelli hit safely in all three games (Y/N) (2 points)? N TIEBREAKER: How many total bases will the Sox have in the series? 60

Detroit beating KC. Cleveland beating Minnesota.

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Wow. I seem to be good at this game. Who would win if the contest ended today? And would the winner get anything? Maybe a ham?

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I've got a job now. And the Sox are winning. Remind me tomorrow and I'll try to whip up something.

It's really great to see everyone running out, jumping around, just going out there and having fun. These are the new Sox.

Don't forget Paul f***ING Konerko!

How soon should we expect it?

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