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Aybar, Riggans go yard as Rays win team record 71st game, go up 4½ in East

Sunday, August 10, 2008

SEATTLE (AP) -- Add another achievement to the Tampa Bay Rays' remarkable season: the return of outfielder Rocco Baldelli. Oh, and that franchise-record 71st victory was pretty significant too. Willy Aybar homered twice, including a three-run shot, Shawn Riggans added a three-run homer of his own, and Baldelli returned after missing more than a year in the Rays' 11-3 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Tampa Bay bettered its previous best record of 70-92 in 2004. The Rays improved to 71 ...

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