The Tampa Bay Rays, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League East Division. The Rays were founded as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998.
TORONTO — Going into Monday's game, the Rays knew runs would be hard to come by with Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay on the mound. Right-hander Jeff Niemann would have to pitch one of the best games of his young career and hope that whatever offense Tampa Bay could get off Halladay would be enough. [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — Now for the American League. The Rays finished off their 2009 Interleague schedule with style Sunday by defeating the Marlins, 5-2, at Tropicana Field to sweep the series from their intrastate rivals and complete a six-game homestand with a 5-1 mark. "I'm glad we only play this club six times, because they [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — For weeks, fans in Tampa Bay had been anticipating the reinstatement of pitcher Scott Kazmir off the disabled list and back into the rotation he once anchored. The anticipation seemed lined with ambiguity — nobody knew what Kazmir would look like when he returned. There was curiosity at how he might rekindle [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — DiMaggio, Jason Bartlett is not. On Friday night, his club-record hitting streak ended at 19 games, well short of the Yankee Clipper's record 56. But while Bartlett didn't extend his hitting streak, he did extend the eighth inning to keep the door open for the winning rally in a 7-3 Rays win [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — Fair or not, a lot has been written and said about the 2009 Rays not measuring up to the '08 version. But make no mistake about it, this year's team shares a quality familiar to last year's American League championship squad: It doesn't quit. On Thursday night, that perseverance led the way [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — The sentence hit Matt Garza like a punch, jarring back his senses after he'd momentarily lost his bearings. It was the fourth inning, with the Rays ahead by two, and Garza's spotless evening was swiftly falling apart. He'd walked the bases loaded and fallen back into a recurring lapse: fluttering in the [...]
Now it is out there, for the entire world to see: Jason Bay's clutch at-bats. Pablo Sandoval's free-swinging mayhem. Kevin Slowey painting the strike zone. Adam Lind's doubles. Chad Billingsley ahead in the count. Prince Fielder's patience and power. Erick Aybar's magnificence at shortstop. Live Major League Baseball games in the palm of your hand, [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — Evan Longoria's left hamstring barked again Wednesday night, and the Rays exercised caution by removing him from the game after the seventh inning. Earlier in June, Longoria experienced tightness in his left hamstring, prompting the Rays to not start their All-Star third baseman for six games. He has played in 14 consecutive [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — Father Time marched on Tuesday night, and all the Rays could do was scratch their heads and wonder how 46-year-old junkballing lefty Jamie Moyer could upstage a 23-year-old fireballing lefty in David Price and make it look so simple. "You're looking at Jamie, who's been around, throwing 80 mph, carving us up," [...]
Now it is out there, for the entire world to see: Jason Bay's clutch at-bats. Pablo Sandoval's free-swinging mayhem. Kevin Slowey painting the strike zone. Adam Lind's doubles. Chad Billingsley ahead in the count. Prince Fielder's patience and power. Erick Aybar's magnificence at shortstop. Live Major League Baseball games in the palm of your hand, [...]