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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Matt Moore insisted it didnt give him any extra satisfaction to outpitch David Price.I might be different than a lot of guys. I really dont think about it as Moore vs. Price, the Tampa Bay Rays left-hander said after stringing together seven spotless innings to beat the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner and Boston Red Sox 4-0 on Wednesday.I think of it as myself vs. the Red Sox, that matchup, Moore added. But it was a little bit different getting to square up against one of your buddies.Moore (4-5) allowed three singles, walked two and struck out five to outperform Price (8-5), the former Rays ace who fell to 1/3 in five career starts against his old team.That is great. I think everybody in this building has admiration for David Price and what he means to the organization, Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.Any time you compete against him is special. ... Matt Moore was a young pitcher when he was here, Cash added. They follow him, listen to him, and to go toe-to-toe with that guy has to be special for Matt. And he was outstanding.Brandon Guyer homered and drove in two runs in his return from a three-week stint on the disabled list. Tampa Bay took two of three from the Red Sox on the heels of an 11-game losing streak.Guyer, who missed 23 games with a left hamstring strain, led off the second inning with his seventh homer. He doubled down the left-field line to make it 4-1 in the third.Moore, meanwhile, held the Red Sox hitless until Christian Vazquez singled leading off the sixth. Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts followed with hits to load the bases with one out, but David Ortiz popped up and Hanley Ramirez hit a routine fly that ended the threat.Moore was very good. ... We have the big opportunity with David and Hanley in the middle of the order, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. You figure thats the time we cash in. But that wasnt the case.Price was beaten by the Rays for the second time this season, yielding four runs and nine hits over 6 1/3 innings. The left-hander, who walked one and struck out 10, also lost to Tampa Bay 12-8 at Fenway Park on April 21.I need to pitch better. Its nothing else, its not bad luck -- its me. Ive got to get better, Price said, adding that the way hes pitched this season has been unacceptable.Im just putting us behind the 8-ball in a lot of games. Im not setting the tone the way that I need to, he said. Its crushing me right now, but Ill get there.Boston was shut out for the third time this season. The Rays, who ended a streak of 13 consecutive games in which the pitching staff gave up five or more runs, also blanked the Red Sox 3-0 in 10 innings on April 19.Moore allowed three runners through five innings, with Dustin Pedroia reaching on an error in the first and Jackie Bradley Jr. and Bryce Brentz drawing walks in the fifth.The closest the Red Sox came to getting a hit before Vazquez singled was Ramirezs fifth-inning fly that center fielder Desmond Jennings caught at the wall.Rays reliever Erasmo Ramirez allowed an eighth-inning single to Pedroia, and Xavier Cedeno gave up a leadoff single to Ortiz in the ninth before finishing the five-hitter.I hope, obviously, that winning a series after losing 11 in a row is going to mean something for us, Moore said. I dont know if you can say for sure whats going to happen, but I know it feels good heading into a new series.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: 1B Hanley Ramirez felt some discomfort on his right side after swinging and missing in the sixth inning. He was removed for as a precaution in the eighth and is day to day. ... Farrell said discussions about the status of INF Brock Holt (concussion) and C Ryan Hanigan (strained neck) will take place on Thursdays off day. Theyre getting close, Farrell said.Rays: RF Oswaldo Arcia (illness) was a late scratch. . With Guyer being reinstated from the disabled list, OF Jaff Decker was designated for assignment. ... RF Steven Souza Jr. (strained left hip) will hit Thursday against RHPs Alex Cobb and Chase Whitley, who are both recovering from Tommy John surgery.STARTING TIMEThe Red Sox have not announced who will take LHP Eduardo Rodriguezs spot in the rotation, but Farrell said the replacement will pitch Sunday against the Angels. 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The 20-year-old Pelicans big man glanced up and smiled widely at the well-wishers -- a fitting end to a day he wont soon forget. Davis responded to his selection earlier in the day as a Western Conference All-Star with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 98-91 on Friday night. Doug Kotar Womens Jersey . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. Phil Simms Youth Jersey . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins will meet Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field in the final game of their four-game series. Based on what has happened in the first three games, the fact that there is one more game left in the series is good news for Minnesota and bad news for Cleveland.Minnesota has reached double figures in runs in each of the first three games and put a frightful pounding on Clevelands vaunted starting rotation.In the first three games, Minnesota has outscored the Indians 35-16 and outhit Cleveland 48-27.Weve gotten it going offensively. Youve got to enjoy these things whenever they come along, Twins manager Paul Molitor said.Indians manager Terry Francona said, Theyve done it to us three days in a row. Theyve had their way with us and its not a fluke. Theyve beat us around.In the past three games, Indians starting pitchers Danny Salazar, Carlos Carrasco and Trevor Bauer combined for a 22.68 ERA, as they allowed 21 earned runs and 23 hits in 8 1/3 innings.As if getting blown out in three consecutive games wasnt bad enough, the Indians, if they dont turn it around soon, are in danger of falling out of first place in the American League Central for the first time in two months.Cleveland, which has been alone in first place since June 4, has lost seven of its last 11 games, and that has coincided with an eight-game winning streak by second-place Detroit. The Indians led the division by as many as 7 1/2 games on July 20, but their lead over the Tigers is now down to two games.Youve got to play through the tough times because they are inevitable. They happen to everyone, Francona saidd.dddddddddddd But I confident well bounce back.To do so, the Indians will have to rely on rookie right-hander Mike Clevinger, who will be recalled from Triple-A Columbus and start Thursday. Clevinger is taking Danny Salazars spot in the rotation. Salazar was placed on the disabled list Tuesday with an inflammed right elbow.Clevinger was 11-1 with a 3.00 ERA at Columbus. He was up with the Indians earlier this season and appeared in four games, three of them starts. In those four appearances, he was 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA. He is considered one of the top pitching prospects in the organization, and the Indians could use a boost. Clevelands starting pitcher has lasted fewer than four innings in all three games of the Minnesota series.After Wednesdays game, the Indians optioned pitchers Shawn Armstrong and Cody Anderson to Columbus. They will recall two pitchers on Thursday, one of whom will be Clevinger.The Twins have quietly become one of the hotter teams in the American League. Theyve won four games in a row, six of their last seven games, and in their last 25 games they are 16-9.In Thursdays game, the Twins will start left-hander Hector Santiago, who will be making his Twins debut, after being acquired earlier in the week in a trade with the Angels. As a member of the Angels, Santiago faced Cleveland on June 10 and gave up six runs and seven hits in 1 1/3 innings.In 22 starts overall this year, Santiago is 10-4 with a 4.25 ERA. In seven career starts against the Indians, he is 2-2 with a 5.94 ERA. ' ' '