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Kelly Johnson, Desmond Jennings power Rays past Jays
TORONTO (AP) -- Kelly Johnson and Desmond Jennings homered, Alex Cobb won for the first time in three starts and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Cobb (5-2) allowed one run and three hits in 6 1-3 innings for his first victory since winning at Colorado on May 5. The right-hander walked two and struck out two. Thirteen of his 19 outs came on groundballs...
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Rays 4, Blue Jays 3
Kelly Johnson and Desmond Jennings homered, Alex Cobb won for the first time in three starts and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Cobb (5-2) allowed one run and three hits in 6 1-3 innings for his first victory since winning at Colorado on May 5. The right-hander walked two and struck out two. Thirteen of his 19 outs came on groundballs.
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Rays 12, Orioles 10
Kelly Johnson hit a three-run homer and an RBI single, and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 12-10 victory over the slumping Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.
Johnson and Yunel Escobar had three hits apiece in Tampa Bay's highest scoring game of the season. Escobar also drove in three runs and Desmond Jennings added two hits and two RBIs.
The Orioles surrendered a season-high...
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Johnson takes in Rays' win from new position
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- Kelly Johnson had a new vantage point for the Tampa Bay Rays' 8-2 victory Wednesday over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Johnson started in left field for the Rays, his first game in the outfield since he was a rookie in 2005 with Atlanta. He didn't get to catch any flyballs, although he had to chase down a double by Pedro Alvarez that flew over his head...
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February 27, 2013
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Tampa Bay Rays reach agreement with IF Kelly Johnson
With Spring Training set to start in just a few weeks, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting the final touches on their roster for 2013. On Tuesday, the Rays reached an agreement with IF/2B Kelly Johnson. Johnson, 30, brings another bat, a left handed one, to the lineup and has posted a solid on-base percentage but struggles with strikeouts. In his last two seasons, Johnson has posted 37...
Rays' signing of Kelly Johnson adds to incredible depth
On Monday, the Tampa Bay Rays signed former Blue Jays second baseman Kelly Johnson to a one-year deal. The contract terms are currently unknown, but it's likely for no more than $3 million. Johnson's addition to the Rays roster will push Ben Zobrist to right field as the every day starter, but Zobrist will also get some playing time at second base, where he's tradtionally...
Kelly Johnson, Rays reach agreement
The Tampa Bay Rays have reached agreement with free-agent second baseman Kelly Johnson on a one-year contract, according to major league sources.
The move will enable the Rays to use Ben Zobrist in right field as well at second base, enabling them to hold off promoting top prospect Wil Myers.
Johnson, 30 also might see time in the outfield. He played 79 games in left field for...
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January 28, 2013
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Blue Jays 2B Kelly Johnson hit in head by bloop single (Video)
Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Kelly Johnson misplayed a blooper by New York Yankees batter Russell Margin during Friday night's MLB game at the Rogers Centre, resulting in a blooper of his own as the baseball bounced off his head for a single.
It happened in the top of the eighth inning with a Yankees runner on first and two outs. Johnson appeared to get himself into...
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Blue Jays 2B hit in head by pop up
Our not-so-top play of the night award goes to Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Kelly Johnson, who lost track of a pop up off the bat of Russell Martin and took the ball off his head.
Johnson looked like he was going to make an excellent running play on the bloop hit, but instead the ball hit Johnson in the forehead and bounced to left field
The Yankees went on to win the game...
Q&A: Kelly Johnson, sabermetrically savvy FA
Kelly Johnson may or may not be a Toronto Blue Jay next season, but wherever he ends up, he promises to have a better year with the bat — regardless of how many times he strikes out. The free-agent-to-be second baseman hit a respectable .270/.364/.417 after coming over from the Diamondbacks in a late-August trade — but his overall campaign was a huge disappointment. Fresh off...
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