The Tampa Bay Devil Rays continue to roll, winning their sixth in a row last night, an 8-5 win over the Texas Rangers. Since the end of their 10 game losing streak, the Devil Rays are 15-6, the third best record in the majors from July 9th on. They'll send Casey Fossum against Joaquin Benoit tonight. Fossum and Benoit both moved from the bullpen to the rotation this season. Fossum's 4-7 record starting belies the fact he's pitched well, posting a 3.81 ERA. Benoit was untouchable as a reliever, but he's given up the long ball as a starter. He only allowed one home run in 26 relief innings, but the opposition has hit 4 in 15 2/3 innings as a starter.

The Cubs and Phillies play the rubber game of their series with Mark Prior facing Brett Myers. Myers recovered from his horrible June with a 4-1 mark in July. It's not clear if Myers was doing anything differently in the two months, but many more hits were falling in safely in June. The Cubs have won Prior's last four starts. Mark has struck out 28 in that time frame, but his walks are a bit high, 10 in 28 innings.

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