Rays beat Yankees, move into wild-card tie (The Canadian Press)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Rays moved into a tie with the Boston Red Sox for the wild-card lead, beating the New York Yankees 5-2 on Monday night behind another strong performance by James Shields.

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Rays beat Yankees, move into wild-card tie (The Canadian Press)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Rays moved into a tie with the Boston Red Sox for the wild-card lead, beating the New York Yankees 5-2 on Monday night behind another strong performance by James Shields.

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James Shields deserves to be considered for AL Cy Young Award: A fan’s take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Most experts agree that there are three primary candidates for the 2011 American League Cy Young Award: CC Sabathia (19-7, 2.97 ERA, 211 K, 1.17 WHIP, .249 BAA, 3 CG, 1 SHO) from the New York Yankees; Jered Weaver (16.-7, 2.49 ERA, 176 K, 1.03 WHIP, .214 BAA, 4 CG, 2 SHO) from...

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One bad inning dooms Feldman, Rangers (PA SportsTicker)

Scott Feldman had one bad inning and James Shields took it from there.

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Rays 6, Red Sox 2 (second game, write-thru) (Yahoo! Sports)

The Tampa Bay Rays pitched well enough to sweep a doubleheader Tuesday. The Boston Red Sox had enough reasons to lose both games. As it turned out, the teams split the day-night twinbill, with the Rays getting back-to-back three hitters from James Shields and Jeff Niemann but...

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Red Sox 3, Rays 1 (adds quotes) (Yahoo! Sports)

There's a reason Jacoby Ellsbury is among those being mentioned for the American League Most Valuable Player Award. The red-hot Red Sox centerfielder hit a long three-run home run in the third inning and Jon Lester out-pitched fellow All-Star James Shields to lead Boston to a...

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Red Sox 3, Rays 1 (first lede) (Yahoo! Sports)

Jacoby Ellsbury blasted a long three-run homer and Jon Lester out-pitched fellow All-Star James Shields to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in the first game of Tuesday's split double-header. Tampa's Jeff Niemann was set to face Erik Bedard in...

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Rays-Yankees rained out, no makeup date set (AP)

James Shields has pitched against the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox an equal number of times during his career, so the Tampa Bay starter was hardly ruffled by a late switch in who he'll face next. The game between the Rays and Yankees scheduled for Sunday was postponed because of rain, pushing back Shields' outing.

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Rays manager Maddon says Shields is staying put (Yahoo! Sports)

Tampa Bay Rays right-hander James Shields has said repeatedly that he doesn't want to be traded. And after his latest gem, working into the eighth inning as the Rays beat the New York Yankees 2-1 Thursday, manager Joe Maddon said Shields doesn't have anything to worry...

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Shields outduels Sabathia, Rays beat Yankees (AP)

Joe Maddon perused the box score and wondered aloud how the latest stellar pitching performance by James Shields only improved the Tampa Bay All-Star's record to one game over .500. "How's that possible?" Maddon asked after the 29-year-old right-hander won for the first time in nearly a month, outpitching CC Sabathia and beating the New York Yankees 2-1 on Thursday night.

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