A battle for second place in the American League West begins tonight at Oakland's McAfee Coliseum, where the Athletics take on the hard-hitting Texas Rangers in the first of three consecutive clashes.The A's and Rangers are...
Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports: Rays 4, Athletics 3 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—James Shields allowed three runs pitching into the ninth inning, and Jonny Gomes and Ben Zobrist hit back-to-back homers to lead the Rays. Shields (9-6)...
By Seth Livingstone, USA TODAY Braden Looper of the Cardinals gave up only one run in five innings. Milwaukee's CC Sabathia improved to 4-0 for his new team, pitching a three-hitter for his third straight complete game as the...
The Tampa Bay Rays will attempt to maintain their hold on first place in the American League East when the up-and-coming club begins a four-game series with the Kansas City Royals tonight at Kauffman Stadium.Tampa Bay starts up...
The trade Milwaukee made for CC Sabathia just keeps looking better and better. The big lefty won his fourth straight start with Milwaukee, allowing just three hits in his third straight complete game to lead Milwaukee over the...
Armando Galarraga carried a perfect game into the seventh inning, Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep. Galarraga retired the first...
ST. PETERSBURG -- "We have to pitch the same way on the road as we do at home," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. The Rays have a 2.93 ERA at Tropicana Field, the best home ERA in the major leagues. Shields is 7-1 with a 2.06 ERA...
Wednesday was one of Ben Zobrist's more memorable days in the big leagues. He was 2-for-3 with the go-ahead home run and an RBI single, driving home the final two runs in the Tampa Bay Rays' 4-3 win against the Oakland A's at...
By MARC LANCASTER The Tampa Tribune Published: July 23, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG - Life has been good for Jonny Gomes the past few days. With the Rays set to wrap up a stretch of four consecutive games against a left-handed starter...
ST. PETERSBURG -- A big reason Tampa Bay has been able to tear up the basepaths has been the emergence of B.J. Upton, who has a team-leading 30 steals and has continued to extend his career-high mark. The 23-year-old Upton has...