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Garza Admits Throwing At Teixeira
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"If Tampa losses three straight to the Yankees you might not only remove one bidder from the process, you might have a team suddenly making their pitching even more available, notably (Scott) Kazmir," an American League executive told The New York Post. Heading into Tuesday night's game, the Yankees held a 7 1/2 game lead over the Rays in the AL East. New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Rays Notch Franchise-Record Comeback
"That was a great game for us," Rays first baseman Carlos Pena said. "It's an incredible boost to our confidence." The Blue Jays led 9-1 in the seventh inning before the Rays scored 4 runs in the seventh and 2 runs in both the eighth and ninth. Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Rays Jul 2009 Archive
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Matt Garza acknowledged it was more than coincidence than he hit Mark Teixeira the inning after Yankees starter Joba Chamberlain threw a pitch at the head of Evan Longoria, and noted the Yankees threw inside to Longoria and hit him Monday too.
?I just kind of got tired of people brushing him back,?? Garza said. ?It?s about time someone made a statement. They did it on Monday night and we didn?t do anything, they didn?t do it too much (Tuesday) and (Chamberlain) did it again tonight.
?I hate to be that guy, but someone had to take a stand and say, ?You know, we?re tired of it.? You can go after our best guy, well, we?ll make some noise too, and that?s what happened.??
The Yankees defeated the Rays on Monday night, and there is a belief around baseball that Tampa Bay could become sellers if New York completes a sweep.
Jason Bartlett hit an RBI double in the 12th inning to cap Tampa Bay's franchise-record comeback over Toronto on Saturday.