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Major League Roundup: Boston to Pitch Beckett in Game 2 and Lester in Game 3

Oct. 9, 2008
Daisuke Matsuzaka and James Shields will be the starters when the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays play on Friday night.
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MLB: Philadelphia 3, Tampa Bay 2

MLB: Philadelphia 3, Tampa Bay 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Chase Utley's two-run shot in the first put Philadelphia ahead for good Wednesday and the Phillies edged Tampa Bay 3-2 to open the World Series.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The World Series, first played 105 years ago, will open Wednesday in the home park of a team that before this season had never won more games than it had lost.
MLB: Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1

MLB: Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Tampa Bay's Matt Garza and four relievers held Boston to three hits and the Rays beat the Red Sox 3-1 Sunday to win the ALCS and move on to the World Series.
Rays turn to pitcher Kazmir for Game 5

Rays turn to pitcher Kazmir for Game 5

BOSTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Left-handed pitcher Scott Kazmir gets the start Thursday for the Tampa Bay Rays, who are one win over the Boston Red Sox away from their first World Series.
MLB: Tampa Bay 9, Boston 8 (11 innings)

MLB: Tampa Bay 9, Boston 8 (11 innings)

TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- B.J. Upton's 11th-inning sacrifice fly drove in the winning run Saturday night and Tampa beat Boston 9-8 to tie the American League Championship Series 1-1.

MLB: Boston 2, Tampa Bay 0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Clutch pitching from Daisuke Matsuzaka and Justin Masterson Friday brought the Boston Red Sox a 2-0 win over Tampa Bay in Game 1 of the AL Championship Series.
Matsuzaka gets Red Sox start in ALCS

Matsuzaka gets Red Sox start in ALCS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Boston will go with starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka against Tampa's James Shields in Friday's first game of the American League Championship series.
MLB: Boston 3, LA Angels 2

MLB: Boston 3, LA Angels 2

BOSTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Jed Lowrie's game-winning RBI single in the ninth Monday enabled the Boston Red Sox to advance to the AL Championship Series with a 3-2 win over the LA Angels.
MLB: Tampa Bay 6, Chicago White Sox 2

MLB: Tampa Bay 6, Chicago White Sox 2

CHICAGO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- B.J. Upton hit two solo homers Monday to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-2 win over the Chicago White Sox and their first berth in an AL Championship Series.

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MLB: Detroit 6, Tampa Bay 4

DETROIT, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Gary Sheffield's two homers lifted Detroit to a 6-4 win over Tampa Bay Friday that only temporarily prevented the Rays from winning their first division title.

MLB: Boston 6, Cleveland 1

BOSTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Jon Lester and three relievers combined on a two-hitter Thursday and the Boston Red Sox kept their slim division title hopes alive by downing Cleveland 6-1.

MLB: Boston 5, Cleveland 4

BOSTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Mark Kotsay doubled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning Wednesday and Boston went on to edge Cleveland 5-4.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch