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Rays place RHP Craig Kimbrel (wrist) on 15-day IL
The Tampa Bay Rays placed reliever Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list Sunday due to a right wrist strain.,The move is retroactive to Thursday, his 38th birthday.,Kimbrel's lone appearance with Tampa Bay came against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, during which he struck out a pair of batters...
Playing for big inning has paid off in Angels-Rays series
Big innings have defined the first two games of the three-game series between the Los Angeles Angels and Tampa Bay Rays, and perhaps one more may be in order in Sunday afternoon's finale in St. Petersburg, Fla.,In the opener on Friday, the Rays crafted a seven-run seventh inning and topped the visit...
Wade Meckler's slam helps Angels throttle Rays
Rookie Wade Meckler slugged his first career grand slam in the first inning, and the Los Angeles Angels evened their series with Tampa Bay by pummeling the Rays 14-3 on Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Meckler went 2-for-4 with two runs and a stolen base and staked his club to a 4-0 lead b...
Rays reinstate RHP Cole Sulser (back) from 15-day IL
The Tampa Bay Rays reinstated Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list on Saturday and optioned fellow right-hander Hunter Bigge to Triple-A Durham.,Sulser had been sidelined with a low back strain.,He is 1-0 with two saves and a 3.68 ERA in 18 appearances (one start) this season.,Sulser, 36, is 11-...
Rays strive to continue offensive momentum vs. Angels
With their four-game losing streak over, the American League East-leading Tampa Bay Rays will use the heart of their rotation Saturday afternoon when they face the Los Angeles Angels in St. Petersburg, Fla. ,The Rays moved to 20-5 at home by rallying from a 2-1 fifth-inning deficit to win 8-5 over t...
Nick Martinez, big seventh inning rally Rays past Angels
Tampa Bay's Nick Martinez continued his amazing start with seven quality innings, and the Rays rallied with seven runs in the seventh inning to stop a season-long four-game losing streak in an 8-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Martinez (5-1) extended his str...
Rays hope homecoming, Nick Martinez help snap skid vs. trending Angels
The Los Angeles Angels and Tampa Bay Rays open a three-game series Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the two American League clubs are trending in the opposite direction of the positions they occupy in the standings.,Holding down last place in an AL West where every team is under .500, Los A...
Blaze Alexander, Orioles finish sweep of Rays in dominant fashion
Gunnar Henderson hit the first of his two home runs in Baltimore's five-run first inning as the Orioles beat the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 11-2 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep against the team with the best record in the American League.,Rookie Trey Gibson took a shutout into the six...
Orioles look to sweep Rays to start long stretch vs. division teams
The Baltimore Orioles are just 5-10 against competition in the American League East, but a win Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays could be the launching pad for a division turnaround.,Toward that goal, they will go for a series sweep of the visiting Rays, who swept the Orioles last week in S...
Shane Baz fires 7 sharp innings as Orioles down Rays again
Shane Baz pitched seven splendid innings against his former team, Samuel Basallo drilled a three-run home run and the Baltimore Orioles made the most of their seven hits in a 6-1 victory against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.,Baz (2-5) allowed one run on seven hits while striking out nine a...
Orioles gaining confidence in chase of AL East-leading Rays
The Baltimore Orioles see the Tampa Bay Rays at the top of the American League East standings and know there's work to do, but there's confidence brewing for the Orioles.,They'll go into Tuesday night's meeting with the visiting Rays on a big-time high.,"It feels like the AL is kind of a toss-up rig...
Wander Franco ‘criminally responsible’ but given judicial pardon
Tampa Bay Rays star shortstop Wander Franco was found criminally responsible of the sexual abuse of a minor but was granted a judicial pardon and won't face prison time.,A judge in the Dominican Republic ruled Monday that Franco was both a defendant and a victim in his case, for which he was origina...
O's beat Rays in 13 on another Colton Cowser walk-off HR
Colton Cowser's two-run home run in the 13th inning was his second walk-off home run in as many days as the Baltimore Orioles overcame the Tampa Bay Rays for a 9-7 victory to begin a three-game series Monday afternoon.,Cedric Mullins hit a go-ahead single in the top of the 13th against his former te...
Orioles seeking redemption against first-place Rays
The Baltimore Orioles will look for better results this time against the Tampa Bay Rays when the teams begin a three-game series Monday afternoon in Baltimore.,The Rays swept three games from the visiting Orioles last week, winning the trio by a combined score of 25-10.,Since then, Baltimore won two...
Aaron Judge hits walk-off homer as Yankees beat Rays
Aaron Judge hit a game-ending two-run homer with no outs in the ninth inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Tampa Bays on Sunday afternoon.,The Yankees stopped a three-game losing streak and won for the fifth time in 15 games following a 16-3 run. New York also beat...
Rays OF Jonny DeLuca (hamstring) placed on 10-day IL
The Tampa Bay Rays placed outfielder Jonny DeLuca on the 10-day injured list Sunday due to a right hamstring strain.,The move is retroactive to Saturday.,DeLuca felt a tug at his hamstring while legging out an infield single in the seventh inning of Tampa Bay's 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees ...
After postponement, slumping Yankees try to salvage short series vs. Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays are comfortable waiting to the late innings to pull off comebacks and certainly at ease in those situations against the New York Yankees.,The only thing that stopped the Rays so far was heavy rain postponing Saturday's game and the Yankees will attempt to beat the AL East rivals w...
Rays-Yankees game ppd., doubleheader slated for Sept. 22
Saturday's game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Yankees was postponed due to the forecast of heavy rain in the New York area.,The game will be made up as part of a split-admission doubleheader Sept. 22 when the Yankees start their final homestand of the regular season.,Right-hander Drew Rasmussen was...
Rays hope Yankees, rain don't slow their momentum
The Tampa Bay Rays are comfortable waiting for the late innings to pull off comebacks, and they certainly are at ease in those situations against the New York Yankees.,After pulling off another late rally in the series opener, the Rays attempt to widen their American League East lead Saturday aftern...
Rays spoil Gerrit Cole's Yankees return
Gerrit Cole pitched six strong innings during his return from reconstructive elbow surgery, but the Tampa Bay Rays scored four times in the eighth inning by capitalizing on shaky infield defense and closed out a 4-2 victory over the host New York Yankees on Friday night.,The Rays scored four times i...