LA Angels at TB Rays (May 09, 2008)
2008-05-09 06:36:00
PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW
(LA ANGELS-TAMPA BAY)
*Shields, Rays return home after long road trip*
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LA Angels (22-14) at Tampa Bay (18-16) 7:10 pm EDT
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) - James Shields seeks to bounce
back from his worst outing of the season on Friday as the Tampa
Bay Rays host the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Shields (3-2, 3.80 ERA) was blasted for seven runs and 10 hits
in 3 2/3 innings of a 12-4 loss to Boston on Saturday. Prior to
that outing, the Rays' ace tossed a two-hitter against Boston in
a 3-0 win on April 27.
Tampa Bay finished off a nine-game road trip at 4-5 with an 8-3,
13-inning victory over Toronto on Thursday. Dioner Navarro
capped a five-run 13th with his second career grand slam as the
Rays overcame Troy Percival's first blown save of the season.
Percival, who came out retirement this season, started the year
7-for-7 in save opportunities and hadn't allowed a run in 11
innings prior to the blowup.
It will be a reunion for the 38-year-old Percival, who is the
Angels' all-time saves leader and helped them to a World Series
title in 2002.
Anaheim, which had its four-game winning streak snapped in a 9-4
loss to Kansas City on Thursday, will send Jon Garland to the
hill. Garland (4-3, 5.08) allowed just one run and three hits
in eight innings of a 3-1 win over Baltimore on Saturday.
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