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OAKLAND, Calif. AP -- Three days after shaking up the back of their bullpen by trading away closer Alex Colome, the Tampa Bay Rays finally got their first shutout of the season.On a day when starter Chris Archer pitched six strong innings, five relievers were equally as effective and held things together to extend the Rays adidas campus beige winning streak to three games.Mallex Smith hit an RBI single with two outs in the 13th inning, Jonny Venters go af1 t his first save in seven years to cap a seven-hit shutout and Tampa Bay outlasted the Oakland Athletics 1-0 on Monday. The pitchers were outs adidas yeezy tanding. We won the game because of them, just buying us time, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Sometimes you have to win 1-0, sometimes you have to win 2-1. Maybe we haven t won those close ones as much as we d like but today we did. We had to play flawless and we came out on top. Ryne Stanek 1-0 retired five batters to win and Venters struck out Matt Olson with the tying run on base to preserve the seven-hitter and earn his first save since 2011The Rays have won four of five.Chris Hatcher 3-2 retired the first two Tampa Bay hitters in the 13th before Johnny Field reached on an infield single to shortstop. Jesus Sucre followed with a single to move Fields to second before Smith blooped a 2-0 pitch to right-center.The A s and Rays wasted multiple scoring opportunities before Smith knocked in the only run of the game. We weren t really getting on base much in the extras, Smith said. I just tried to not
CBS News For the first time, Hispanic students are the largest minority group on college campus stanley cups es across the country -- making up 16.5 percent of American college students, a Pew study found.The number of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics enrolled in four-year colleges exceeded 2 million in 2011, further evidence of how the country s largest minority group is not only growing but outpacing other minority groups. The study also found that a record 23. stanley cup 9 percent of all pre-K to 12th grade public school students in 2011 were stanley flask Hispanic, an indication that the group s ranks in higher education will likely continue to grow. Pew Research Center Watch: Presidential candidates court Latino vote And although graduation rates among Hispanics continue to lag behind those of non-Hispanic white students, the Pew study found the number of Latinos graduating with bachelors or associates degrees increased seven-fold the past four decades. In 2010, 140,000 Latinos received bachelors degrees and 112,000 received associates degrees -- both record highs, according to data published by the U.S. Department of Education.The Pew analysis, which is based on newly available U.S. Census Bureau data, noted the record high Latino populations on college campuses is a significant milestone because for the first time Hispanic representation among the nation s traditional college-student popula Ybwk Senators Doubt Saudis Sincerity
OAKLAND, Calif. AP -- Three days after shaking up the back of their bullpen by trading away closer Alex Colome, the Tampa Bay Rays finally got their first shutout of the season.On a day when starter Chris Archer pitched six strong innings, five relievers were equally as effective and held things together to extend the Rays adidas campus beige winning streak to three games.Mallex Smith hit an RBI single with two outs in the 13th inning, Jonny Venters go af1 t his first save in seven years to cap a seven-hit shutout and Tampa Bay outlasted the Oakland Athletics 1-0 on Monday. The pitchers were outs adidas yeezy tanding. We won the game because of them, just buying us time, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Sometimes you have to win 1-0, sometimes you have to win 2-1. Maybe we haven t won those close ones as much as we d like but today we did. We had to play flawless and we came out on top. Ryne Stanek 1-0 retired five batters to win and Venters struck out Matt Olson with the tying run on base to preserve the seven-hitter and earn his first save since 2011The Rays have won four of five.Chris Hatcher 3-2 retired the first two Tampa Bay hitters in the 13th before Johnny Field reached on an infield single to shortstop. Jesus Sucre followed with a single to move Fields to second before Smith blooped a 2-0 pitch to right-center.The A s and Rays wasted multiple scoring opportunities before Smith knocked in the only run of the game. We weren t really getting on base much in the extras, Smith said. I just tried to not
