BALTIMORE – Matt Joyce hit a big two-run double in a six-run ninth-inning rally, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 10-6 victory over the Orioles on Saturday, ending Baltimore’s franchise-record streak of 109 straight wins when leading after seven innings. Joyce also homered and finished 3 for 5 with five RBIs. It was the [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Middlebrooks helps Red Sox survive Rays with late 4-3 win
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Boston Red Sox’s Daniel Nava (29) celebrates with Dustin Pedroia after scoring on a three-run double by Will Middlebrooks off Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Fernando Rodney during a baseball game Thursday, May 16, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) (PhatzRadio / AP) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Will Middlebrooks had a three-run [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Nelson Cruz’s 3-run HR leads Rangers over A’s
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — OAKLAND, Calif. — Nelson Cruz hit a three-run homer, leading Alexi Ogando and the Texas Rangers over Oakland. Ogando (4-2) didn’t allow a hit until Eric Sogard’s leadoff double in the sixth inning. Lance Berkman hit a two-run single and Adrian Beltre added an RBI single a day after hitting a [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Moore remains unbeaten, Rays tie for major league lead in wins
May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Matt Moore pitched six solid innings to remain unbeaten and tie for the major league lead in wins, sending the surging Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Moore (7-0) yielded a three-run homer to David Ortiz in the [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Blue Jays win but lose pitcher J.A. Happ to scary injury
May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ was hit in the head by a line drive and taken off the field on a stretcher during Toronto’s 6-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. The Blue Jays said Happ was taken to Bayfront Medical Center, where he [...]
MLB: Happ latest pitcher hit in head by line drive
May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — J.A. Happ raised his glove in front of his face as quickly as he could, a futile attempt to shield himself from the line drive headed straight for his temple. It was too late. Thwack! The sickening sound of a sharply hit baseball striking the Toronto pitcher’s skull could be [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Arencibia’s 9th-inning HR lifts Toronto over Rays
May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — J.P. Arencibia hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Fernando Rodney and the Toronto Blue Jays completed their comeback from a seven-run deficit, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7 on Monday night. The last time Toronto rallied from at least seven runs down to [...]
MLB fines umpire, David Price after war of words / Red Sox manager John Farrell upset at allegations Clay Buchholz was putting substance on ball
May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher David Price yells in the dugout after exchanging words with home plate umpire Tom Hallion during the seventh inning Sunday.(Photo: Paul Beaty AP) Story Highlights Price claimed umpire Tom Hallion cursed at him Hallion called Price a “liar” after the game The Rays were playing at Kansas City on April [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Ichiro hits 2-run single in ninth as Yankees beat Rays 4-3
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Ichiro Suzuki hit a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Tuesday night. Robinson Cano ended AL Cy Young Award winner David Price’s night with a leadoff single in the ninth. Tampa Bay is winless in [...]
MLB – AL Roundup: Rays hit 3 HRs but 5-4 loss to Orioles add to skid / Interleague: Yankees 4, D’backs 2
April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — BALTIMORE — Matt Wieters homered, Nate McLouth scored twice, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the struggling Tampa Bay Rays despite allowing three home runs. The Orioles let a four-run cushion dwindle to 5-4 in the eighth, but held on for their fifth straight home win over the Rays, dating to last [...]
