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7:10 pm EDT Fri Jul 9, 2010

The Rays try to equal a season high with their seventh straight victory while looking to continue their home success over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night. After going 11-14 in June, Tampa Bay has won seven of eight to open July. The Rays’ surge began by handling a pair of probable postseason contenders, as they took three of four against Minnesota and then swept Boston. Tampa Bay won 5-2 over the last-place Indians on Thursday. Crawford hit a pair of two-run homers as Tampa Bay won its sixth straight at home over Cleveland, which has lost three in a row and five of seven. The Rays won seven in a row April 12-19. Voted to start in next week’s All-Star game, Crawford has helped fuel the Rays’ recent success, batting .405 with three home runs and 10 RBIs in eight games. Crawford is 4 for 9 in two games against Cleveland this season and 3 for 9 versus scheduled starter Fausto Carmona. Despite a .500 record, Carmona is the Indians’ lone All-Star representative. The right-hander has turned things around after he followed a 19-win effort in 2007 with a combined 13-19 record the past two seasons.

Carmona, who allowed three runs in seven innings of a 3-1 loss to Oakland on Sunday, is 2-1 with a 6.17 ERA in five starts against the Rays. He gave up two runs and struck out seven in 6 2-3 innings of a 4-3, 11-inning loss at Tampa on May 17. James Shields will try again for his first victory over the Indians after going 0-3 with a 3.73 ERA in five starts. He allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings of a 7-4 win at Minnesota on Sunday. Michael Brantley and Andy Marte each homered Thursday for the Indians, who have scored six runs during their three-game skid. After going 0 for 4 in the series opener, Cleveland’s Jhonny Peralta is 5 for 36 in his last nine games. However, the third baseman is 6 for 13 with three homers against Shields.