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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 [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago Cubs for a second straight day.  The game was televised on ESPN, something the Rays will have to get used to as they just keep winning and winning.  They topped the Cubs last night in Tampa 5-4.  The Rays are now 42-29.
Andy Sonnanstine started for the Rays and [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays invited the best team in baseball into Tropicana Field and sent them out with a loss.  The Rays beat the league leading Cubs 3-2 on Tuesday night.  The Rays are now 41-29.
Scott Kazmir started for the Rays but wasn’t able to get through the fifth inning.  He needed 110 pitches to [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Florida Marlins on Saturday, but failed to sweep the series with their interstate rival as they lost on Sunday.  They won on Saturday by a score of 4-1 but lost on Sunday 9-3.  The Rays current record is 40-29.
Matt Garza got the start on Saturday and was very effective.  [...]

In the battle of Florida, the first one that amounts to anything, the Tampa Bay Rays came out on top.  This is the first time the two teams have met when they both have had winning records.  The Rays won 7-3 and upped their record to 39-28.
The Rays got a decent performance out of starter [...]

Jered Weaver brought his “A” game last night as helped lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.  The six runs scored by the Angels was the most they’ve scored in a game in about three weeks (seriously).  The loss drops the Rays to 38-27.
James Shields started for the [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays bats really sparked to life against the AL West leading Angels on Monday night.  The Rays weren’t phased by nine game winner Joe Saunders as they hit homer after homer on their way to a 13-4 win.  The win bumps them up to 39-26 on the season.
Edwin Jackson started on the [...]

Sunday was not an ideal situation for the Tampa Bay Rays.  In the midst of their best season ever the pitcher (Matt Garza) and the catcher (Dioner Navarro) got into a fight and the team lost to the Texas Rangers 6-3.  The fight unfortunately got most of the attention for the Rays, who fell to [...]

This one went down to the wire.  After a blow out win on Friday, the Tampa Bay Rays had to work a little bit harder to win on Saturday.  The Rays held on for a 5-4 win against the Texas Rangers and improved to 37-25 on the season.
Andy Sonnanstine started for the Rays but did [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays brought their big bats and big swings to Texas on Friday night.  The Rays put up 12 runs on the Rangers pitching staff and Scott Kazmir led the way on the mound for the Rays as they won 12-4.  The win gets the Rays back on the winning track and ups [...]

For the second consecutive game the Boston Red Sox reminded the Tampa Bay Rays that they are still the team to beat in the American League East.  The Red Sox, behind ace pitcher Josh Beckett, topped the Rays 5-1.
Edwin Jackson started on the mound for the Nationals and was hit with his fifth loss of [...]