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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jason Hammel delivers against the Tampa Bay Rays in the inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 17, 2013, in Baltimore.

Top 4th: Rays 1, Red Sox 1 - David Ortiz roped a single to right field which bounced against the wall on a hop scoring Shane Victorino who had doubled.

Stephen Drew's grand slam capped an eight-run third inning which propelled Boston over Tampa Bay by a 9-2 count in the second edition of a three-game series from Tropicana Field.

As soon as Lackey started allowing Rays on the basepaths, however, everything fell apart.

His club has won five straight and is above .500 for the first time in more than a month.

The Rays found different ways to commemorate Mother's Day, with 1B James Loney doing his own tribute, using 2Pac's Dear Mama as his walk-up song.

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Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off Padres closer Huston Street, rallying the Tampa Bay Rays over San Diego 8-7 on Saturday night.

Players and managers may run the risk of being booted from the game, but fans can be as critical as they like of the officiating crew in a game - and sometimes, it is good to know ahead of time what you'll be dealt.

Cardinals 3, Rockies 0: Shelby Miller retired 27 in a row after giving up a leadoff single as St.

Alex Cobb struck out 13 in fewer than five innings and Ryan Roberts and Ben Zobrist drove in two runs apiece to help the Tampa Bay Rays rally for a 6-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.

Umpire Angel Hernandez and his colleagues have taken a lot of heat lately for blatantly getting calls wrong.

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Henry Blanco, right, shows he has control of the ball after tagging out Tampa Bay Rays' Evan Longoria at home plate during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 9, 2013, in St.

As long as there have been umpires in baseball, or officials in any sport for that matter, there have been controversial calls made by them.

There are a variety of factors to blame for the Rays being just 15-18 on the season.

Evan Longoria homered and drove in three runs during a three-hit night, and Kelly Johnson went 3-for-4 with a two-run blast to power the Tampa Bay Rays over the Toronto Blue Jays, 10-4, in the third installment of a four-game series at Tropicana Field.

Joe Maddon brushes home plate to show umpire Marty Foster where he believes Sean Rodriguez touched it while trying to score on a squeeze.

While it is still early in the season, the Rays' 14-17 record makes fans wonder when the team will begin to turn things around and reach .500. The Rays have continued to count on key offensive players, like Evan Longoria and Ben Zobrist , but their bats have not been able to win enough ball games after suffering several losses to opponents' ... (more)

If the Blue Jays hopes to build on their momentum from Monday's incredible 8-7, come-from-behind victory, Tuesday figures to be an important matchup as Toronto again faces the Rays, the team just ahead of them in fourth place in the American League East.

As 3B Evan Longoria passed 1B James Loney 's locker before Monday's game, he jokingly called him "Teddy Williams." Williams, the Red Sox's Hall of Fame leftfielder, was the last player to finish a season hitting .400 . Loney smiled at the historic reference, but he isn't getting ahead of himself, even though his teammates are in awe of his red-hot ... (more)