After losing three of their last four games prior to Friday night, the Tampa Bay Rays were able to get back into the win column with a 7-6 victory over the Texas Rangers. With the lead in the American League East still tight, every game still counts for the Rays.
As we turn the page to September, we must take a moment to acknowledge the performance of these AL East leading Rays, and to do so we asked in this week’s poll who the top performer was in August.
ARLINGTON, Texas (Sep 5) — The Texas Rangers dropped the third game in their four-game set with the Tampa Bay Rays, 6–3, in extra innings Saturday in front of a crowd of 31,657.
How many of the MLB players to hit three home runs in a single game multiple times in the same season can you name in five minutes?
Jonathan Aranda blasted a three-run homer in the 10th inning to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-3 win against the Texas Rangers on Saturday evening in Arlington, Texas.
The MLB Draft doesn’t get the same attention as the NFL Draft…or the NBA Draft…or even the NHL Draft. There’s the element of a stay in a farm system, the general lack of immediate impact for MLB draft picks, and the fact that it’s tougher for one MLB player to turn a franchise’s fortunes around.
The Tampa Bay Rays placed left-hander Garrett Cleavinger on the 15-day injured list due to left forearm tightness. Cleavinger has made 51 relief appearances for the Rays this season with a 4.79 ERA and 1.427 WHIP.
The Tampa Bay Rays have not had great luck when it comes to the health of their pitching staff. There have been hurlers on and off the injured list all season, with the Rays having their projected staff together for zero games this season.
The Rays announced three roster moves, including the news that left-hander Garrett Cleavinger has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to left forearm
Yandy Díaz and Chandler Simpson are closing in on a rare piece of Tampa Bay Rays history as the club pushes through the final weeks of the regular season.
Tampa Bay Rays closer Bryan Baker exited Friday night’s 7-6 win over the Texas Rangers after appearing to suffer an injury during the ninth inning at Globe Life Field.
As the Tampa Bay Rays continue to march on in September toward the playoffs, the team has to be thrilled with how things have gone of late. For nearly the entire season, the Rays have proven to be the team to beat in the American League.
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Death, taxes, and the Rays having a horrible time in Globe Life Field. It’s been 4 years since the Rays last win in Arlington, Texas. On this night, they turned to a former Ranger to break the long losing streak.
Jonathan Aranda doubled, homered, drove in two runs and scored two for the Tampa Bay Rays in a 7-6 win against the Texas Rangers on Friday night in the second game of their four-game series in Arlington, Texas.
Tampa Bay Rays ace Shane McClanahan was placed on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness ahead of the Rays' game against the host Texas Rangers on Friday in Arlington.
The Tampa Bay Rays have scuffled of late, losing three of their previous four games. An injury to one of their top starting pitchers could not have come at a worse time.
The Rays announced that left-hander Shane McClanahan has been placed on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Right-hander Alex Cook has been recalled as the corresponding move.
The Tampa Bay Rays have not been known for exorbitant payrolls throughout their history. That could change relatively soon.
The Tampa Bay Rays have made an unusual front-office change in the middle of their push for the American League East title, parting ways with two members of their international scouting department.
The Tampa Bay Rays sit 83-56 and hold a 3.5-game lead on the New York Yankees with 23 games left. Fourteen of those games are on the road. First place still belongs to Tampa Bay after Wednesday’s 10-4 home loss to the Mets.
The SNY broadcast booth had quite the conversation during Wednesday night’s game between the New York Mets and Tampa Bay Rays. With the Mets leading 3-0 in the bottom of the second inning, Ron Darling brought up how Tampa Bay’s MLB franchise was initially named the Devil Rays before they became the Rays.
It's no secret how consistent Juan Soto has been throughout his career. Soto even made history on Wednesday.
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Griffin Jax is set to return to the Tampa Bay Rays’ rotation Wednesday, giving the American League East leaders a major boost as they face the New York Mets.
His newfound dominance has been precisely what the team had hoped for when it acquired him ahead of the MLB trade deadline.
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Freddy Peralta gave up a leadoff home run to shortstop Francisco Lindor of the New York Mets, Peralta's former team, in
Vientos hadn't played for the big-league Mets since July 9 due to a fractured right hand.
Peralta addressed whether or not the pressure of pitching for a New York club impacted him throughout his short-lived Mets tenure.
With his second home run in three days, Pete Alonso put his consistency on display in the Baltimore Orioles' win on Friday night.
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