B.J. Upton News

All-Star Ben Zobrist hit a three-run homer and had an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning that gave Tampa Bay a 10-9 victory over Toronto on Wednesday night.

Ben Zobrist hit an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday as the Rays beat the Blue Jays, 10-9, on a walk-off hit for the second straight night.

They began the day with a meeting, manager Joe Maddon gathering his Rays to remind them they were better than they had shown and needed to tighten up some mental aspects of their game and provide the necessary daily effort .

I thing I love about pitch f/x is not only to analyze pitchers, but see how those pitchers pitched to individual batters.

In the Rays ' first 11 years, they didn't have anyone named player of the month.

Outfielder B. J. Upton #2 of the Tampa Bay Rays reacts to a called strike against the Boston Red Sox May 3, 2009 at Tropicana Field in St.

Rays bench coach Dave Martinez played with the speedy duo of Marquis Grissom and Delino DeShields when they wreaked havoc atop the Montreal Expos batting order in the early 1990s.

Chicago 11, at Cleveland 4 : The White Sox chased Indians ace Cliff Lee in the fourth inning of a game called in the seventh inning because of rain.

Back on Christmas Eve 2008, Dave Cameron said of all the non starting major league players that deserved a full-time job, Willy Aybar stood out from the rest of the pack.

Carl Crawford and Pat Burrell homered and Tampa Bays ruined Roy Halladay's return with its sixth straight victory, 4-1 over Toronto on Monday night.

B.J. Upton, Carl Crawford and Willy Aybar hit solo homers and the Tampa Bay Rays won their seventh straight game, 4-1 over the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Carl Crawford celebrates his two run home run with B.J. Upton behind Toronto Blue Jays catcher Rod Barajas .

B.J. Upton, who drove in the winning run Friday with a three-run double in the eighth inning, had 27 RBIs prior to Saturday night's game.

Tampa Bay Rays' B.J. Upton follows the flight of his eighth-inning, three-run double off Florida Marlins pitcher Brian Sanches during an interleague baseball game Friday, June 26, 2009, in St.

The Tampa Rays are positioned to take the American League East. They've been through their injuries.

The Boston Red Sox, with a resurgent David Ortiz, have opened some ground between themselves and most of the American League.

Tampa Bay Rays center fielder B.J. Upton has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending June 21.

The Phillies are coming back to the Trop starting Tuesday, but it doesn't seem the Rays or their fans are too excited about the World Series rematch.

Eds: APNewsNow. Rays 10, Mets 6. AP Photo NYM105, NYM104 By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer NEW YORK B.J. Upton homered and matched a career high with four RBIs, Carl Crawford drove in a pair of runs and the Tampa Bay Rays broke out of an offensive slumber with a 10-6 victory over the New York Mets on a soggy Sunday.

Throughout this season, Rays manager Joe Maddon has readily preached his necessary ingredients for constructing a potent baseball lineup: a combination of power and speed.