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CHICAGO -- Left-hander Drew Smyly will try to extend his unbeaten streak to 12 starts when the Tampa Bay Rays go on the road to open a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox on Monday night. Air Max 270 React 2020 .Smyly, 27, owns the Rays longest streak without a loss since right-hander Alex Cobb had an 11-start stretch in 2014. Smyly (7-11, 4.86 ERA) is 5-0 with a 3.60 ERA in 11 starts since July 23. During that span, he has walked 19 and struck out 51 in 65 innings.Individual achievements are the most relevant storylines remaining as the Rays (65-90) and White Sox (74-81) prepare for a long offseason with no hope of reaching the playoffs.The White Sox won back-to-back games over the Indians on Saturday and Sunday in Cleveland after losing their previous six games in a row.Chicago has enjoyed success at home this season. Manager Robin Venturas club is 41-33 at home and just 33-48 on the road.Ventura said he has no problem with his players chasing statistical milestones as the season neared its end. Todd Frazier has 39 home runs and 96 RBI. Jose Abreu is hitting .297 with 97 RBI, putting him well within reach of finishing the season with a .300-plus average and 100-plus RBI.We know where were at, Ventura said. But theres still guys going out there that have a lot of pride. ... You have some things to play for. There are still important, I dont know if they are milestones, but there are numbers guys want to get to.They are going out and doing it in a professional way. Its not greedy. Its just going out and playing hard, and at the end of the year, you hope your numbers are where they are at.White Sox right-hander James Shields will try to avoid another meltdown in a season that has been filled with them. The 34-year-old is 5-18 with a 5.98 ERA overall this season, and he is 0-6 with a 9.46 ERA in his past 10 starts. Since joining Chicago in a June trade with the San Diego Padres, he is 3-11 with a 7.11 ERA in 20 starts.Shields will face the team that gave him his first opportunity in the big leagues. He went 87-73 with a 3.89 ERA in seven seasons with the Rays from 2006 through 2012.Against the Rays, Shields is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in two career starts. He has walked two and struck out 17.The Rays slipped to a season-worst 25 games under .500 after a 3-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon. Rays hitters struck out a franchise-record 23 times.Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier left the Sunday game due to a bruised left hand. His status is uncertain for the series opener.Got some treatment on it and hopefully (I will) be ready to go tomorrow, Kiermaier told MLB.com on Sunday. Hopefully the inflammation and swelling goes down and Im good to go.Smyly is 0-0 with a 4.73 ERA in 11 career appearances (four starts) against the White Sox. He has not faced Chicago since 2014. Air Max 270 React Winter Pas Cher . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. Air Max 270 Ultramarine Solar Red . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. Victor Moses converted a 20th-minute penalty after an Ethiopian handball, and Victor Obinna made certain of Nigerias place in Brazil with his powerful free kick in the 82nd at UJ Esuene Stadium. http:///...270-react-beige.html . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up.Henrik Tallinder is heading back to the Buffalo Sabres for a second tour of duty. The Sabres acquired the defenceman from the New Jersey Devils on Sunday in exchange for forward Riley Boychuk. "We are excited to have Henrik back in the mix on our blue line," said Sabres general manager Darcy Regier in a statement. "His experience will be invaluable not only in adding more stability to our back end, but also in the development of some of our younger defencemen." Tallinder, 34, began his career with the Sabres after being selected by Buffalo in the second round of the 1997 Draft. He plaayed seven seasons there before signing as an unrestricted free agent with New Jersey in July, 2010. Air Max 270 React Just Do It Pas Cher. The veteran of 11 NHL seasons has 26 goals and 134 points in 614 games. Last season he had four points in 25 games and missed the last 11 games of the regular season with a lower-body injury. Boychuk, 22, was a seventh-round pick of the Sabres in 2010 and has yet to play an NHL game. Last season he had eight goals and nine assists for the Fort Worth Brahmas of the Central Hockey League. In 2011-12 the Abbotsford, B.C. native skated in 26 games for the AHLs Rochester Americans. ' ' '
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