Chicago White Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays Live Streaming
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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1:40 pm EDT Sun May 30, 2010
Part of what may be the best starting rotation in baseball, James Shields has looked very much like an ace this season for the Tampa Bay Rays. Jake Peavy is struggling to fill that role for the Chicago White Sox. Shields will try to pitch the Rays to a four-game series win over Peavy and the White Sox on Sunday at Tropicana Field. While Tampa Bay’s offense is among the most productive in the AL, it is the team’s young and deep rotation that is most responsible for the Rays having the best record in the majors. David Price, Matt Garza, Jeff Niemann, Wade Davis and Shields are a combined 27-11 with a 2.98 ERA, while Tampa Bay’s 3.08 staff ERA is by far the best in the AL. Shields has done more than carry his share of the load lately, posting a 2.65 ERA while pitching at least eight innings in three of his five May starts. He dropped to 2-2 during that span with a tough-luck 2-0 loss to Boston on Tuesday despite limiting the Red Sox to two runs and four hits in eight innings.
Shields ranks among the league leaders with 69 1-3 innings pitched and 71 strikeouts. He outpitched Peavy at Chicago on April 22, yielding two runs and six hits over seven innings of a 10-2 victory. Behind three RBIs from struggling slugger Carlos Pena, the Rays beat the White Sox 8-5 on Saturday night and improved to 2-4 on a seven-game homestand. B.J. Upton hit a solo homer and Evan Longoria had three hits for Tampa Bay, which had totaled 11 runs while losing four of its previous five games. Longoria is 8 for 16 in his last four contests, and 10 for 25 with four RBIs in six games against the White Sox this season. The news wasn’t all good for the Rays, who may be without shortstop Jason Bartlett on Sunday. Bartlett left in the fourth inning with a strained right hamstring.
