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Tampa Bay Rays' Akinori Iwamura out for season with torn ACL

May. 25, 2009
Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left knee.
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MLB: Florida 5, Tampa Bay 4 (11 inn.)

MIAMI, May 24 (UPI) -- Ross Gload's 11th-inning RBI Sunday lifted the Florida Marlins to a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays and averted a three-game sweep.

MLB: Tampa Bay 7, Boston 2

BAGHDAD, Mass., April 8 (UPI) -- Carlos Pena's two-run homer highlighted a four-run fifth inning Wednesday that boosted Tampa Bay to a 7-2 victory over Boston.

MLB: Tampa Bay 11, Baltimore 6

BALTIMORE, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Akinori Iwamura drove in three runs Wednesday and Tampa Bay moved to the brink of a first-ever division title by defeating Baltimore 11-6.

MLB: Tampa Bay 3, St. Louis 1

ST. LOUIS, May 16 (UPI) -- Andy Sonnanstine gave up a run over eight innings Friday and helped bring the Tampa Bay Rays a 3-1 victory over St. Louis.

MLB: Boston 12, Tampa Bay 4

BOSTON, May 4 (UPI) -- Jason Varitek drove in three runs Saturday in the Boston Red Sox' 12-4 rout of Tampa Bay.

A-Rod, Iwamura bats cleared by MLB

NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Baseball bats used by the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez and Tampa Bay Devil Rays' Akinori Iwamura were declared legal Tuesday.

MLB: Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 6

BALTIMORE, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- B.J. Upton hit a three-run homer in the third Thursday night and the Tampa Bay Devil rays rallied to defeat reeling Baltimore, 8-6.

Iwamura placed on disabled list

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 24 (UPI) -- Tampa Bay third baseman Akinori Iwamura was placed on the disabled list Tuesday because of a right oblique strain. Iwamura is ninth in the American League in hitting with a .339 average and leads the Devil Rays in on-base percentage at .479 and runs score

MLB: Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 5

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 7 (UPI) -- Akinori Iwamura went 4-for-4 with a home run and two runs Friday night as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat Toronto, 6-5.

MLB: Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 6

NEW YORK, April 5 (UPI) -- Akinori Iwamura scored three runs Thursday night, including the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the New York Yankees, 7-6.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler