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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Alex Cobb likes pitching against top teams, such as the New York Yankees. Cobb took a three-hit shutout into the ninth inning and led the Tampa Bay Rays to an 8-3 win Sunday that extended CC Sabathias winless streak to five, one short of his career high. "These big games, I love to have them," Cobb said. "They really make me focus in a lot more." Cobb (6-2) lost his shutout bid when Brett Gardner homered leading off the ninth and he wound up allowing two runs and five hits in 8 1-3 innings with eight strikeouts. "The young man knows how to pitch," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Hes got one of the best changes, split -change, whatever you want to call it in the game." Cesar Ramos followed Cobb and walked his first two batters and allowed David Adams two-run double. Joel Peralta struck out Ichiro Suzuki and Jayson Nix. Nix reached on an infield single in the third, when replays showed he appeared to be out. He was New Yorks only runner until Robinson Cano grounded a single to centre leading off the seventh. Cobb allowed three hits over 8 1-3 innings in a 3-0 victory over Andy Pettitte on April 24. "He was wonderful," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "He was that good." Sabathia (4-4) dropped to 0-2 with a 4.85 ERA since he beat Toronto on April 27. He allowed seven runs and seven hits in seven innings and is 10-11 in 31 starts against the Rays, including a 3-10 mark since joining the Yankees. His overall ERA is 3.96. "Im hurting the team," Sabathia said. "Not being able to make pitches with two strikes, fastball command. I feel fine. Its just one of those things where I feel like the ball is coming out pretty good, but Im just not making pitches." Sabathias career-high streak for consecutive winless starts is six, from July 3-Aug. 1, 2002, and March 31-April 27, 2003, according to STATS. "Hes missing some pitches and hes not getting away with it," Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild said. "Every mistake he made, they hit it. Early in the season, he had the same velocity and pitched really well. He was just executing pitches better." Sean Rodriguez and James Loney hit two-run homers for the Rays. "You put up eight runs against the Yankees, definitely something good, but the W is all that matters," Rodriguez said. New York, which won the first two games of the series, came up short in the bid for its first sweep of three or more games at Tropicana Field since Sept. 13-15, 2005. Tampa Bay took a 2-0 lead in the second after Rodriguez was hit by a pitch, Adams made a high throw to second when he tried for a forceout on Yunel Escobars grounder to third and Escobar beat first baseman Lyle Overbays throw to second on Loneys grounder, a play in which Sabathia failed to cover first. Jose Lobaton hit a broken-bat RBI single to centre and Sam Fuld followed with a sacrifice fly. Rodriguez homered in the third for a 4-0 lead. His only other home run this year was April 24 off Pettitte. Escobar hit an RBI double in the sixth and scored on Loneys homer. Desmond Jennings added an eighth inning RBI double. NOTES: Sabathia is 3-7 in 16 starts at Tropicana Field, which is his lowest winning percentage in any current major league ballpark. ... The Yankees are at the New York Mets on Monday, which marks the start of closer Mariano Riveras final regular season Subway Series. "Weve played a lot of good games at our place and good games at their place," said Rivera, who says he is retiring after the season. ... Tampa Bay RHP Jake Odorizzi (0-0) will make his second start in place of injured Cy Young Award winner David Price (left triceps strain) Monday against Miami. Leonel Vangioni Jersey . And follow TSN.ca right through Deadline Day for all the updates. 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He won his gold medal with Todd Rogers in 2008, and the pair returned to the London Games, finishing ninth.But last August, already a year into the two-year qualification cycle, his partnership with two-time Olympian Sean Rosenthal had stalled -- in part because of Dalhaussers abdominal and calf injuries. So he went back to Lucena, his partner for a couple dozen events when they were first starting out.Im pretty fortunate to play with him, Lucena said after the 21-14, 12-21, 15-9 loss to Brazil left them in fifth place. Hes one of the best players in the world. I wanted to win this for him.Lucena and Dalhausser first teamed up in 2003, a time when they were traveling all night to play in domestic tournaments and sleeping on the beach outside the gates to save money. After they split in 2005, Lucena played with four different partners that year; Dalhausser went on to become a world and Olympic champion.But Dalhaussers injuries left him with little chance of making it back to the Olympics -- or so he thought.Nobody gave us a chance to qualify, he has repeated often.I gave us a chance, Lucena interrupted playfully, just hours after their Olympic elimination. I donnt know what hes talking about.dddddddddddd.The two played their way to No. 3 in the international standings and a spot on Copacabana Beach with a whirlwind of 13 tournaments in 12 months -- just one event more than the minimum. They cruised through Olympic pool play with a 3-0 record.And that was the problem.When Alison and Bruno lost in the preliminary round, they wound up second in their group. The blind draw lined them up with the Americans in the quarterfinals in a match that could have easily been the final.In the second quarterfinal match, the Dutch team of Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen advanced with a 25-23, 21-17 victory over countrymen Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Varenhorst.Fans waving Brazilian flags had to struggle to hold onto them in a stiff breeze that began just as play started Monday. The Brazil and Olympic flags on the poles ringing the top of the stadium came partially loose and fluttered wildly while the poles shook in the wind.Trash swirled around the arena.The Brazilians dominated the first set against the United States and then -- just as decisively -- struggled in the second. The Americans fell behind 12-6 in the third, and then the 6-foot-8 Alison and the crowd took over.With a block to force match point and then a spike off Dalhausser for the winner, the man known as the Mammoth moved within one win of a second straight Olympic medal.Brazil will play the Netherlands in one semifinal match, and Russia will play Italy in the other. The fifth-place finish for the Americans, combined with the 19th-place finish by Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson, ties with Athens for the worst finish by the U.S. men in an Olympics.I have learned so much from the Americans. They are good friends outside of the court, Alison said. Theres respect for them, and they must be celebrated. Wholesale Hoodies NFL Shirts Outlet Jerseys NFL Wholesale Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '