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After taking care of business in the ALDS the Tampa Bay Rays are now doing the same thing in the ALCS.  The Chicago White Sox proved to be not match in against the Rays in the opening round of the playoffs and the Boston Red Sox are not fairing much better in the ALCS.
The Rays [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays magic season will continue today as they look to sweep the Chicago White Sox out of the ALDS.
The Rays won game one 6-4 behind James Shields and game two 6-2 behind Scott Kazmir.  Kazmir struggled early in game two, but hung in there and helped get his club the win.
Evan Longoria [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays are the only team in the playoffs who do not know who they are going to play.  Tampa Bay will take on the AL Central champ in the ALDS, with game one being on the Rays home field.
The Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers today, which now forces the White [...]

For the second consecutive day the Tampa Bay Rays lost to the Detroit Tigers.  However, it looks like the Boston Red Sox will lose tonight which would make the Ray the American League East Champions.  The Rays 6-4 loss on Friday drops the Rays to 96-64.
Andy Sonnanstine started for the Rays and got hit hard [...]

The Rays topped the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night to step closer to the American League East title.  The Rays won 5-2 to move their record to 94-62.
James Shields started for the Rays and pitched well enough to earn his 14th win of the season.  Shields threw seven innings and gave up only two earned [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays are headed to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.  The Rays topped the Minnesota Twins on Saturday 7-2 to widen their AL East lead to 2.5 games.
Scott Kazmir started on the mound for the Rays and won his 12th game of the season.  Kazmir threw six shut out [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays were on their way to another win as they took an 8-6 lead into the ninth inning against the Minnesota Twins.  However, the bullpen couldn’t hold the lead and the Rays lost 11-8.
James Shields started for the Rays and was less than spectacular.  Shields went 6.1 innings and gave up five [...]

A night after getting blown out in their own building, the Tampa Bay Rays bounced back with  2-1 win on Tuesday night.  They now have a one game lead over the Red Sox in the AL East.
Andy Sonnanstine started for the Rays and matched Josh Beckett pitch for pitch.  Sonnanstine threw six innings and gave [...]

The Rays welcome the Boston Red Sox to town last night and got absolutely crushed, 13-5.  The Rays now are tied with the Red Sox for first place in the AL East.  The runner up will almost surely get the Wild Card.
Scott Kazmir started for the Rays and he got hit really hard.  Kazmir lasted [...]

Jonathan Papelbon is one of the most dominant closers in baseball and the Tampa Bay Rays got to him on his home field on Tuesday night.  The Rays scored two runs in the ninth inning to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4.  The win widens the Rays lead to 1.5 games over the Red Sox [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays powerful offense was shut down today by David Purcey and the Toronto Blue Jays.  Purcey threw eight shutout innings as the Jays topped the Rays 1-0 on Sunday afternoon.  The Rays record is now 85-56.
Matt Garza had the bad luck of going up against Purcey this afternoon.  Garza pitched really well [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays lost a heart breaker on Saturday afternoon in Toronto as they took on the Blue Jays.  The Rays scored a run in the top of the 13th inning but gave up four in the bottom half of the inning as they lost 7-4.  The Rays record is now 85-55.
James Shields started [...]

Edwin Jackson and the Tampa Bay Rays were no match for the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.  The Yankees topped the Rays 8-4 in Tampa Bay and the Rays record dropped to 84-53.
Jackson really struggled on the mound for the Rays.  Jackson lasted only 3.1 innings and got roughed up for ten hits and [...]

The Tampa Rays pitching has been terrific all season but last night they needed the offense to bail them out.  The Rays staff gave up nine runs but managed to hang on and beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-9 on Saturday.  Their record is now 83-51.
Andy Sonnanstine made the start on the mound and got hit [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays feasted on Baltimore Orioles pitching on Friday night as they cruised to their 82nd win of the season.  The Rays got seven runs in the fourth inning as they won 14-3.  Their record is now 82-51 on the season.
Scott Kazmir started on the mound for the Rays.  Kazmir needed to go [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays topped the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday in an old fashioned pitchers duel.  Matt Garza and the Rays came out on top as they won in Florida by a score of 1-0.  The Rays upped their record to 80-51.
Matt Garza got that start for Tampa Bay and picked up his 11th [...]

The surging Toronto Blue Jays got in the way in Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.  Roy Halladay out-pitched James Shields to help lead the Jays to a 6-2 win.  The loss drops the Rays to 79-51 this season.
Shields got the start for the Rays and took his eighth loss of the year.  Shields managed to [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays had rough Sunday in Chicago against the White Sox.  The White Sox won the game after trailing in the bottom of the ninth inning.  The Sox were also on the right side of a controversial call that helped lead them to a 6-5 victory.  The loss drops the Rays to 79-50.
Andy [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays completed their latest comeback win on Saturday against the Chicago White Sox.  The Rays scored four runs in the top of the 8th to help finish their 5-3 win.  The win moves the Rays closer to a playoff spot and upped their record to 79-49.
Scott Kazmir started for Tampa Bay and [...]

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 [...]