B.J. Upton News

Payback must have felt good for the Rays on Sunday, as they scored 2 in the 9th inning to win the game and the series with the Red Sox.

The Tampa Bay Rays played The Texas Rangers on October 4, 2011. The Rays ended their AL wild-card streak, losing 4-3. View Gallery The Tampa Bay Rays play the Texas Rangers for Game 2 in Texas! Final score: 6-8 View Gallery Jarrod Saltalamacchia's walk off home run overshadowed a tremendous pitcher's duel between David Price and Josh Beckett as the ... (more)

Boston's Jarrod Saltalamacchia caught Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk's ceremonial first pitch honoring a memorable Fenway Park moment.

Jury-rigging some music: B.J. Upton fiddles with the boom box - attached to an extension cord from the dugout - he brought out for batting practice.

As painful as it has been to watch at times, Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg feels pretty good - "outstanding" actually - about his team.

Chipper Jones ' left calf injury hasn't gotten any better over the past couple of days, so the Braves have decided to place him on the disabled list.

B.J. Upton of the Rays eluded the tag of Adrian Gonzalez to return safely to first in the seventh inning.

Last night, he was nowhere near great, and the Red Sox, despite some late bad blood with the visiting Rays, could not overcome any adversity.

The Red Sox failed to move above .500 for the fourth time this season. It's the latest into a season they haven't gone over .500 since 1996 when they didn't do it until late August.

What is the opposite of a "pitchers' duel?" Is it something peaceful, like a "pitchers' genial conversation?" Or is it something intense but harmless, like a "pitchers' staring competition?" No, staring competitions show real skill a person can be a dominant starer.

Middle of 1st: Rays 0, Red Sox 0 : Lester needs just eight pitches to dispatch the Rays.

You tried to excuse early-season slumps. You cited nagging injuries, protection issues in lineups and that mutant-looking solar eclipse.

The right-hander looks to build off his third career shutout this evening when the Toronto Blue Jays begin a three-game series against the hosting Texas Rangers.

Are the Braves the highest-scoring team in the National League? No, they aren't, and the Cardinals would appreciate you if you'd stop saying that.

Yankees 8, Royals 3 : Alex Rodriguez would like the New York sporting press to write more career obituaries for him.

Cleveland 4, Detroit 2: Jason Kipnis had three hits and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - B.J. Upton hit an RBI double in the 11th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Wednesday.

B.J. Upton, who hit .300 with 24 homers in 2007, says he can be that kind of hitter again: "I don't see any reason why not." In what might be the last season of B.J. Upton, the controversial one, you can finally see the ability that the Rays have been talking about for years.

The Astrodome was once the envy of other cities and sparked the imaginations of baseball lovers, concert-goers and some of the country's most creative minds.

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Drew Sutton slides into home plate for a run against the Toronto Blue Jays May 22, 2012 at Tropicana Field in St.