Jeremy Hellickson News

After 47 games in 53 days, the Red Sox are still in search of a winning record. Two outs away from reaching the milestone Sunday, they saw their hopes crushed when Sean Rodriguez' two-run home run in the ninth inning propelled the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-3 win in the series rubber game at Fenway Park.

Good morning. Here is a preview of the game: RED SOX Aviles SS Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Youkilis 1B Gonzalez RF Saltalamacchia C Middlebrooks 3B Nava LF Podsednik CF Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz RAYS TBA Pitching: RHP Jeremy Hellickson Game time: 1:35 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN, TBS / WEEI Rays vs.

Boston's Kelly Shoppach lays down a sacrifice to advance Daniel Nava to second base in the fifth inning.

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)

Drew Smyly doesn't have the same "awe" factor that his teammate Justin Verlander has when he takes the mound.

Again? Didn't they just finish playing these guys? At least this time the series is at Fenway, where rafters will not come into play.

Though Rays right-hander Alex Cobb spent just the first two years of his life in Boston before moving to Florida, his family returned most every summer for a vacation.

Tampa Bay Rays: Rich Thompson laughs off missed HBP call; Joe Maddon likes the Rays' funk; Rays own AL's best home record Tampa Bay Rays: Rich Thompson laughs off missed HBP call; Joe Maddon likes the Rays' funk; Rays own AL's best home record Up next: at Red Sox, 7:10 Friday, Sun Sports.

Back in the first week of April, the thought was that baseball's six best teams resided in the American League.

Toronto's Kyle Drabek overcame command issues to win for the first time on the road this season, guiding the Blue Jays to a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, closing within a game of their American League East rivals.

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.

But that is not hits divided by at-bats. That is double plays per opportunities for the Rays in the 8th inning.

On Moore: He has lost his past three starts, allowing 15 runs, 16 hits in 15 innings combined.

Yunel Escobar hit a solo home run and scored twice as the Toronto Blue Jays took a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a three-game set.

Welcome back to This Week in Sun Sports, kids. As always, we'll be looking at the oddities of the Rays broadcasts from this past week.

Joel Beall is Assistant Fantasy Editor for FOX Sports. Previously, his work has appeared in the New York Post and on WhatIfSports.com . MORE Norris is quietly stringing together a strong 2012 season, boasting a 4-1 record with a 3.58 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 50 strikeouts in 50.1 innings.

Jeff Niemann is likely to miss most of the rest of 2012 after breaking his fibula last week .

While sitting in the dugout during Saturday's game, INF Jeff Keppinger was struck in the right foot by a foul ball off the bat of Braves LF Martin Prado .

The Tampa Bay Rays have struggled since Jeremy Hellickson 's most recent solid performance helped cap a four-game winning streak.

Will Rhymes tags out Atlanta's Martin Prado, who was trying to stretch a single into a double in the sixth inning.