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Edwin Jackson threw seven terrific innings and the offense hit three homers to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 11-3 win in Seattle on Sunday.  The win gave the Rays their 71st win of the season, a franchise record.  They are now 71-46 on the season.
Edwin Jackson went seven innings and gave up only […]

After splitting the first two games on the road in Seattle, the Rays had to rally to win the third game of the four game series.  The Rays trailed 5-0 in the second inning before coming all the way back to take the game.  The Rays are 70-46.
Matt Garza started the game on the mound […]

The Tampa Bay Rays split the first two games of their series in Seattle against the Mariners.  The Mariners won on a walk off homer on Thursday 2-1 and the Rays came back with a win on Friday 5-3.  The Rays remain in first place in the American League Central with a record of 69-46.
Andy […]

The Tampa Bay Rays ended their series with the Cleveland Indians in impressive fashion.  Heading into the bottom of the ninth inning the Rays found themselves down 7-4.  They came back strong with six innings in the bottom of the ninth to pick up a remarkable 10-7 victory.  The win moves the Rays to 68-45 […]

The Tampa Bay Rays pounded out 10 hits and 8 runs on Tuesday night to defeat the Cleveland Indians.  The club got a solid pitching performance out of starter Edwin Jackson.  The Rays won 8-4 to improve to 67-45 in first place in the competitive American League East.
Jackson started on the hill for Tampa and […]

The Tampa Bay Rays are nearly unbeatable at home.  They fell tonight at the friendly confines to the Cleveland Indians.  Cy Young front runner Cliff Lee held the Rays in check as the Indians won 5-2.  The Rays are now 66-45.
Matt Garza started for the Rays and took the loss.  Garza went five innings and […]

The Tampa Bay Rays ran into a buzz saw last night in AJ Burnett.  The Blue Jays hurler absolutely shut down the Rays offense and helped lead the Jays to a 3-1 over their AL East rival.  The Rays record is now 61-44.
James Shields started for the Rays and pitched pretty well, even though he […]

After splitting the first two games with the Royals the Rays split the last two games of the series as well.  They won on Saturday 5-3 but fell victim to the Royals pitching on Sunday 6-1.  The Rays are barely holding onto first place in the AL East and have a record of 61-43.
The Rays […]

The Rays responded from their latest loss to the Royals with an impressive win on Friday night.  Tampa Bay got a few run in the ninth inning and got a strong pitching performance from Edwin Jackson as they won 5-3.  They are now 60-42.
Edwin Jackson made one of his better starts of the season, even […]

The Tampa Bay Rays continued to struggle on Thursday night.  They lost to the hapless Kansas City Royals 4-2.  The Rays record has now fallen to 59-42.
Matt Garza started on the mound and really struggled.  He lasted only five innings and allowed 12 base runners (8 hits, 4 walks) and gave up all four runs.  […]

The Tampa Bay Rays split their last two home games with the Oakland Athletics.  Even though the A’s have traded off some main pieces they remain a very competitive team.  The Rays lost on Tuesday 8-1 but responded with a 4-3 win on Wednesday afternoon.  The Rays are now 59-41 through 100 games.
Andy Sonnanstine started […]

Scott Kazmir showed no ill signs after pitching in last weeks All Star game even though he wasn’t scheduled to.  Kazmir and the Rays pen held the A’s to only two hits as they won on Monday night, 4-0.  The Rays record is now 58-40.
Kazmir was the story for the Rays on Monday.  He lasted […]

After two straight wins, the Tampa Bay Rays lost in Toronto to the Blue Jays.  The Rays couldn’t keep the Jays off the board and struggled to get much going themselves.  The 9-4 loss drops Tampa Bay to 57-40.
Edwin Jackson started for Tampa Bay and took the loss. He lasted only 4.1 innings and gave […]

The Tampa Bay Rays are trying to put their recent seven game losing streak well behind them.  Two straight wins in Toronto will help them with that.  The Rays won their second straight game in Toronto on Saturday by the score of 6-4.  The Rays are now 57-39 this season.
Matt Garza started for the Rays […]

The Tampa Bay Rays broke their seven game losing streak by defeating the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.  The win put the Rays back in first place in the American League East after they lost the lead right before the All Star Break.  The 2-1 win moved the Rays to 56-39 on the season.
James […]

The Tampa Bay Rays are in risk of dropping out of first place for the first time in weeks after losing their sixth straight game.  The Rays lead over the second place Red Sox is now only a half game.  They lost on Friday 5-0 and on Saturday 8-4.  Both losses came to the Cleveland […]

The Rays traveled to Cleveland to take on the Indians and their 10 game losing streak, it did not go well.  The Rays fell to the Indians 13-2 as they had very little go right for them.  The loss drops the Rays to 55-36.
Andy Sonnanstine started for the Rays and got hit around pretty hard.  […]

After a very impressive run, the Tampa Bay Rays have lost three straight games.  The Rays lost a mini series to the Yankees as they were swept over two games.  The Rays lost 5-0 on Tuesday and 2-1 in 10 innings on Wednesday afternoon.  The Rays are now 55-35.
Scott Kazmir started on Tuesday and got […]

The Tampa Bays couldn’t finish a sweep of the Kansas City Royals but still had a very strong weekend.  They won on Sunday 9-2 but lost an afternoon game on Monday by a score of 7-4.  The Rays are now 55-33 this season.  They are still in first place in the American League Central.
James Shields […]

After an impressive sweep against the Boston Red Sox, the Tampa Bay Rays have kept up their hot play.  They took two games against the Royals this weekend with wins of 11-2 and 3-0.  The two wins moved the Rays to 54-32 on the season.
Edwin Jackson started on the hill on Friday night in the […]

The Tampa Bay Rays finished off a series sweep of the defending champion Boston Red Sox.  The ESPN game showed the Rays doing what they do best.  The Rays came from behind and got to the Red Sox bullpen to take a 7-6 victory.  The first place Rays are now 52-32 this season.
Scott Kazmir started […]

Matt Garza shut down the Boston Red Sox and led the first place Tampa Bay Rays to another win.  The Rays have won eight of their last ten games including two straight over the Red Sox.  The 3-1 win moves the Rays to 51-32 on the season.
Matt Garza was the story for the Rays tonight.  […]

In the first game of their big series with the Boston Red Sox, the Tampa Bay Rays came out on top with a 5-4 win.  The defending champion Red Sox were no match for the Rays tonight as the Rays got some great starting pitching from James Shields and some timely hitting.  The Rays are […]

After winning the opening game of their series with the Pittsburgh Pirates the Tampa Bay lost on Saturday night but finished off the series with a win on Sunday afternoon.  The Rays lost in 13 innings on Saturday night by a score of 4-3 and then won on Sunday afternoon by the same score.  The […]

The Tampa Bay Rays bats were going in full swing on Friday as they helped their team thump the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-5.  Scott Kazmir started for the Rays and got the win, he continues to look more and more like an All Star.  The win moves the Rays to 48-31.
Kazmir started on the mound and […]

The Tampa Bay Rays continued their winning ways as they won for the seventh time in their last nine games.  The Rays won on Wednesday over the Marlins 15-3 and won on Thursday afternoon by a score of 6-1.  The Rays are now 47-31 this season.
James Shields got the start on Wednesday and received plenty […]

Even with Scott Kazmir on the mound the Tampa Bay Rays were unable to pick up a win on Sunday afternoon.  Kazmir was solid but the offense really struggled to get much of anything going against the Astros pitching staff.  They lost 3-2 to drop to 44-31 on the season.
Kazmir started on the hill and […]

The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Houston Astros in dramatic fashion.  A Gabe Gross two run double in the bottom of the ninth led the Rays to a 4-3 win in Tampa Bay.  The win helps heal the wounds from last night’s loss and moves the Rays to 44-30.
Edwin Jackson got the start and was […]

The Tampa Bay Rays saw their modest winning streak come to a close at the hands of the reeling Houston Astros.  The Astros got strong pitching from Roy Oswalt and won 4-3 on Friday night in Tampa Bay.  The Rays fell to 43-30 on the year.
Matt Garza started on the hill for the Rays and […]

The Tampa Bay Rays turned in one of their most impressive series of the season as they finished off a sweep of the Chicago Cubs.  The Rays used a seven run seventh to beat the Cubs by a score of 8-3.  The Rays upped their record to 43-29 on the season.
James Shields made his first […]