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.
BOSTON — The Rays are built on pitching and defense, with the former being the biggest component of the team’s success over the past three seasons. “Our pitching has carried us all year, if you ask me,” B.J. Upton said. “They set expectations for themselves in Spring Training, and so far, they’ve lived up to [...]
BOSTON — Don't count the Red Sox out just yet. That seemed to be their message Wednesday night as they erased a four-run deficit to take an 11-5 win over the Rays at Fenway Park with 37,756 watching. By losing, the Rays fell to 2 1/2 games behind the American League East-leading Yankees, who defeated [...]
BOSTON — The Rays got exactly what they needed Tuesday night: A laugher. After falling behind by two runs, the Rays began scoring and didn't quit until they had sufficiently punished Red Sox pitchers in a 14-5 blowout win at Fenway Park. By winning, the Rays snapped a three-game losing streak while picking up a [...]
Peers vote Crawford fastest player in Majors Struggling Niemann to make next start Ekstrom earns promotion from Triple-A BOSTON — Jeremy Hellickson has been named Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year for 2010. While at Triple-A Durham, the right-hander led the International League with a 2.45 ERA. "Like I've been saying from Day [...]
James Shields is this year's Rays nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevy. Shields will be recognized before the Sept. 13 game against the Yankees at Tropicana Field. "I think it's a pretty prestigious thing to be nominated for an award named for [Clemente]; he did a lot of things for the community," [...]
BOSTON — Normally lopsided games are quickly forgotten inside the losing clubhouse, but the Rays' 12-5 loss to the Red Sox on Monday night at Fenway Park might not be so easily dispatched given the nature of what transpired. Starting pitching has been the straw that's stirred the drink for Tampa Bay. Now there are [...]
Rays focused on Yanks, not Red Sox Maddon gives Pena a break on Sunday Hellickson felt comfortable in relief appearance Maddon was on hand for Ripken's milestone BALTIMORE — The Rays had just lost a tough 8-7 game to the surging Orioles in the middle of a pennant race on Sunday, yet there was one [...]
BALTIMORE — Rays manager Joe Maddon likes to point out the positives. He sat on the desk in his office following Sunday's game with the Orioles, smiling and listing the good things that caught his attention. The Rays banged out four homers, including one from Rocco Baldelli on his first at-bat this season. They also [...]
Rays focused on Yanks, not Red Sox Maddon gives Pena a break on Sunday Hellickson felt comfortable in relief appearance BALTIMORE — Sunday was the 15th anniversary of when Cal Ripken Jr. tied Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played (2,130). The former Oriole threw out the first pitch in Sunday's game, and talking about [...]
Rays focused on Yanks, not Red Sox Maddon gives Pena a break on Sunday Maddon was on hand for Ripken's milestone BALTIMORE — Jeremy Hellickson made his first Major League appearance in relief in Saturday's 8-4 loss to the Orioles, giving up two runs and six hits in 1 2/3 innings, but he said he [...]