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:MATTY WOODWORKMatt Carpenter has four homers in five games heading into St. Louis¡¯ series finale against Miami. Carpenter hit his 30th home run in a 3-2 win Monday Will Middlebrooks Jersey , becoming the first left-handed Cardinal to hit 30 home runs since Jim Edmonds hit 42 in 2004, according to ESPN Stats & Info. ¡°I couldn¡¯t imagine the stretch I¡¯m putting together,¡± Carpenter said. ¡°I would have never guessed that. It¡¯s uncharted territory for me.¡±FIRED UPMike Fiers makes his first start since the Athletics acquired him Detroit earlier this week. The right-hander will pitch at the Coliseum against a tough opponent in Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fiers is 7-6 with a 3.48 ERA this season and 2-2 with a 1.96 ERA over his last seven starts.¡°I wasn¡¯t really planning on going anywhere and just focused on what I had to do there. The time came and I was traded and now I¡¯m here trying to do my job every fifth day,¡± he said.BOSTON BAIL OUTThe Red Sox go for their sixth straight win a night after overcoming a blown save from closer Craig Kimbrel. The Blue Jays rallied in the ninth, getting a solo homer from Justin Smoak off Kimbrel to force extra innings, only to have Ken Giles allow a three-run homer to Mitch Moreland and a two-run shot to Jackie Bradley Jr. in the 10th. It was the second blown save in four appearances for Kimbrel, though he struck out the other three batters he faced Monday.Boston Francisco Rodriguez Jersey , which has the best record in the majors, turns to left-hander Brian Johnson (2-3, 3.74) to keep the streak going against Toronto¡¯s Mike Hauschild (1-0, 0.00).SCORING FOR YOThe last-place Rangers score a lot of runs when Yovani Gallardo is on the mound. Gallardo, 6-1 since rejoining Texas in mid-June for the first time since 2015, starts the series finale against Seattle. While Gallardo has a 4.76 ERA in seven starts since a no-decision in his season debut for the Rangers, they have averaged an MLB-best 11.57 runs per nine innings with the right-hander on the mound. No AL pitcher has more wins in that span. ST. PETERSBURG Jake Arrieta Jersey , Fla. (AP) ¡ª The Tampa Bay Rays haven¡¯t played this well at home since the only year they went to the World Series.Brandon Lowe hit a three-run homer in a five-run first inning and the Rays tied a team record with their 11th consecutive home win, beating the Baltimore Orioles 8-3 on Sunday.¡°We¡¯ve got some young guys that are starting to come into their own confidence-wise,¡± Rays manager Kevin Cash said.Tampa Bay also won 11 in a row at Tropicana Field during the 2008 AL pennant-winning season.The Rays have won 16 of 19 overall, and outscored the Orioles 32-10 in a three-game sweep. They started play eight games behind Oakland for the second AL wild card and have 20 games remaining.¡°It¡¯s a fun locker room, it¡¯s a dangerous team on the field,¡± Lowe said.Another bad first inning doomed the Orioles. Baltimore (41-102), which allowed four runs in the first of Saturday¡¯s 10-5 loss to the Rays Nick Williams Jersey , has been outscored 115-61 during the inning this season.After the Orioles failed to score despite drawing three walks from Ryne Stanek in the top of the first, the Rays took control in their half on C.J. Cron¡¯s RBI double, an RBI single by Willy Adames and Lowe¡¯s three-run shot off Josh Rogers (1-2).¡°We¡¯re wasting time,¡± Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph said. ¡°We¡¯re wasting opportunities to turn this thing around. In terms of the rebuild, these are valuable moments that you can start making adjustments and figuring out how to do things correctly. We keep making similar mistakes over and over and over, and it¡¯s just not going to cut it.¡±Lowe is 19 for 54 with 15 RBIs in his last 18 games after starting his major league career with 19 hitless at-bats.¡°It does take some time,¡± Cash said. ¡°Not everybody is going to come here and just pick up right where they were in the minor leagues. He¡¯s in a better spot now and it shows. The ball just jumps off his bats.¡±Yonny Chirinos (4-5) replaced Stanek with two on and one out in the first and kept Baltimore scoreless until Jace Peterson drove in a pair with a triple in a three-run seventh. The right-hander gave up three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings.Tampa Bay went ahead 6-0 in the second when Mallex Smith got his 31st stolen base by swiping home on a double steal. It was the first steal of home by the Rays since Desmond Jennings did it against the New York Yankees on July 3 Tommy Joseph Jersey , 2012.Rogers, acquired in the July 24 trade that sent reliever Zach Britton to the New York Yankees, allowed six runs and six hits over 1 1/3 innings in his third career start.Carlos Gomez made it 7-0 with a solo homer in the sixth. His lone homer over his previous 65 games came off a position player, Minnesota¡¯s Willians Astudillo, on July 14.EXTENDED BREAKRF Adam Jones was out of the lineup for the third consecutive game as Baltimore takes a look at recently acquired players and minor league call-ups. Jones, a free agent after this season, will likely start Tuesday night against Oakland following Monday¡¯s day off.TRAINER¡¯S ROOMOrioles: RHP Alex Cobb  http://www.philliesfanproshop.com/authentic-clay-buchholz-je rsey , scratched from his scheduled start Sunday due to a blister on his throwing hand, is set to pitch Tuesday.Rays: OF Tommy Pham, slowed by a groin strain, was the designated hitter and extended his hitting streak to a career-high tying 13 games on a second-inning single.NUMBERSThe Orioles have been swept 18 times in completed series of two or more games.UP NEXTOrioles: Cobb (5-15) will face Oakland RHP Mike Fiers (11-6) Tuesday night in the first of a three-game series in Baltimore. Cobb is 3-1 over his last seven starts, allowing two or fewer runs in six of them.Rays: Will face Cleveland ace Cory Kluber (18-7), who will be seeking a major league-leading 19th win. Reliever Diego Castillo (3-2) will start for the Rays.


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