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Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine called it "boys being boys" after the benches and bullpens cleared during Friday night's series opener vs.

The Tampa Bay Rays used three home runs to overpower Boston left-hander Jon Lester , knocking him from the game after four innings on their way to a 7-4 win over the Red Sox.

Just when it seemed some of the injured Tampa Bay Rays were close to returning, manager Joe Maddon said OF Brandon Guyer needs surgery on his left shoulder that will keep him out the rest of the season.

The Rays' Jeff Keppinger, being tagged out at the plate during a game against the Yankees this month, has a broken big toe on his right foot.

The Blue Jays snapped a four-game losing streak to the Rays and will look to win their first series against Tampa Bay since August 2010 with a win Tuesday.

Prior to last Wednesday's Rays-Red Sox game, Rich Thompson was as close to a modern day Moonlight Graham A as they come.

The Rays offense struggled this week scoring three runs or less in four of the weeks seven games including being shut out on Sunday yet still finished the week with a winning record of 4-3. The Rays finish the week in 2nd place in the AL East with a record of 25-17 which is still good for the 3rd best record in the AL.

Every team has to deal with injuries over the course of the season - it is simply an inescapable truth when playing 162 games in a season.

Clay Thompson wanted to visit the touch tank in center field, leave his sweet seat in the Tampa Bay Rays family section at Tropicana Field, turn his back on Thursday's game and pet a cownose ray.

Seeing someone collapse is a frightening scene. What makes it worse is when there is no obvious reason for the athlete to pass out, even for the briefest of moments.

He had just gone through one of the scariest moments in the Rays' seemingly endless string of injuries, passing out on the field after being hit on the right forearm with a pitch, and came out of it with only a bruise.

The Tampa Bay Rays have acquired outfielder Rich Thompson from the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league outfielder Kyle Hudson.

When Montrose native Rich Thompson was sent back to the minor leagues after a brief stay with the Kansas City Royals in April 2004, he couldn't have imagined it would have taken this long to get another shot.

RHP Wade Davis was the odd man out when the Rays settled on a rotation during the final week of spring training.

The seemingly inevitable has happened, and it's frustrating for multiple reasons that it took this long.

News: While Matt Kemp awaits the results of the MRI on his injured left hamstring, the Dodgers' starting center fielder continues to hold out hope a DL stint isn't in his future.

Despite his routine misadventures in the field -- Nunez led the team with 20 errors last season despite being a part-time player -- the manager has insisted on giving the 24-year-old Nunez plenty of chances.

Thursday night's rubber game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays pitted top-shelf starters CC Sabathia and David Price.

David Price and CC Sabathia will hook up once again tonight during the finale of this three-game series between the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

LF Desmond Jennings won't be playing as fluidly or as quickly as he did before, but the Rays and Jennings are confident he will be playing again in a few days with a brace on his sprained left knee.