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James Shields threw eight innings on Tuesday, and Willy Aybar's two-out, two-run single in the eighth pushed the Rays past the Angels, 4-2. 
Adam Dunn hit his first homer with the D-backs, as Arizona downed the Padres, 7-6, on Tuesday night. The D-backs also batted around in the first inning, scoring four runs in support of Doug Davis, who allowed two runs in six strong innings. 
As another season winds down with the front-running Angels in first place by a wide margin, it's becoming clear, as evidenced by up-and-coming squads like the Rays, that the Halos are one of baseball's model franchises. 
The status of the Tampa Bay Rays has vaulted all the way from obscure to elite in a matter of months. But this story has the potential to become even more noteworthy because the Rays' road to the top is becoming increasingly difficult. 
CC Sabathia may be pitching the Milwaukee Brewers into the postseason, but he is also working himself into one of the richest pitching contracts in history. 
