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As more states begin to implement strategies to prepare their students for career and college readiness, it's critical for students to stay academically focused while school is not in session.

HIGHS 1)Evan Longoria's walk-off homerun at the Trop last SaturdayFeels like the "Rays' way" is back.

Pete Council The $869K in approved funding, however, is only a partial approval of the $1.5 million the proposal was originally seeking.

On the morning that would deliver to the Dodgers their greatest arm in two generations, Clayton Kershaw awoke with a thought.

Saturday's late-afternoon affair between the Rays and Orioles had a familiar feel: Team has lead, team blows lead, team loses game.

Kelly Johnson finished 3-for-5 with a three- run homer, four RBI and two runs scored as Tampa Bay withstood a late Baltimore charge and escaped with a 12-10 victory in the opener of a three- game set from Camden Yards.

There aren't any pictures from tonight's game up yet, but you wouldn't know if not for the dugout.

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.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- As the June amateur draft approaches, the Red Sox have what they hope will be a once-in-a-generation opportunity to change the course of the history of the franchise.

Major League Baseball's annual voting for its All-Star game is in full swing, and fans around the league are diligently grabbing ballots during home games and punching out their favorite player's name.

Matt Joyce hit the go-ahead two-run single in a five-run fourth inning, lifting Tampa Bay to a 5-3 win over Boston in the opener of a three-game series Luke Scott hit an RBI double and Jose Molina added a two-run base hit in the deciding frame for the Rays, who were coming off a weekend sweep of San Diego and won their sixth straight overall.

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

With their shortstop's price tag likely increasing by the day, the Brewers have pitched Jean Segura and agent Joe Klein a long-term deal that could take the 23-year-old through his arbitration years and into free agency.

Andy Dirks is a reasonable stopgap solution while Austin Jackson is on the disabled list, given how his neck covers most of center field.

Alexi Amarista homered and Will Venable extended his hitting streak to seven games.

It's time. It's time to put Manny Machado him the upper echelon of third basemen, time to enter him into the conversation of the Best Young Player in Baseball, time to at least consider the possibility that he may go on to have a better career than of any under-25 player in the game -- yes, better, perhaps, than Bryce Harper and Mike Trout .

MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH Manager Joe Maddon came close to blowing his top when the Rays nearly blew another big lead on Saturday night.

In 13-plus seasons of Beat the Streak play, only 35 individuals have reached the 40-game plateau.

Evan Longoria's two-run, walkoff homer lifted the Rays to an 8-7 win over the Padres on Saturday.

That question feels strange to type. It's not like Evan Longoria is catching anyone by surprise.