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Former Rays infielder Reid Brignac, who was acquired by the Yankees from the Rockies last Saturday for cash considerations, admitted it felt "a little different" walking by the double doors leading to the Rays' clubhouse on Friday.

As remarkably well as 3B Evan Longoria has played thus far, he said early on his legs felt so tired he worried if he could make it through a full season.

Joe Maddon has become known throughout baseball as an innovator. His latest innovation: expanding instant replay in baseball.

While the Rays right-hander received 20 runs of support in his last two outings, Hellickson surrendered 14 earned runs in those games combined for one win.

Matt Moore picked up his eighth win of the season and Luke Scott hit a tie-breaking homer in the fifth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-game sweep with a 3-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles Sunday at Camden Yards.

Upon further review, Rays manager Joe Maddon said he had no problem with SS Yunel Escobar 's post-home run gesture Monday and took issue with anyone who did, as well as the Toronto fans for booing ex-Blue Jays players.

SS Yunel Escobar responded to constant booing in his return to Rogers Centre by hitting a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning that gave the Rays a late shot before they lost 7-5. But now Escobar, who played 21/2 seasons in Toronto, will have to answer to manager Joe Maddon because of his reaction afterward, a slow trot around the bases, ... (more)

Matt Joyce's two-run double was the go-ahead hit in a six-run ninth inning, as Tampa Bay rallied past Baltimore, 10-6, in the middle test of a three-game set from Camden Yards.

The Don Mattingly watch continues, while two top prospects are making their season debuts this week.

When the Rays and Blue Jays meet Monday at Rogers Centre, it will be a matchup of experience vs.

Coming into Sunday afternoon's series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards, Orioles pitchers had allowed 30 total runs in their past three games.

Panic time may soon be setting into Birdland, as the O's losing streak has now reached five games.

A fourth-straight loss, a made-up streak goes out the window, Nolan Reimold is hurt, again, and the cutest story about a 90-year-old Orioles fan who just started watching baseball with the Chris Davis, Winning Pitcher game.

Matt Joyce hit a go-ahead two-run double in a six-run ninth-inning rally, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 10-6 victory over the Orioles on Saturday, ending Baltimore's franchise-record streak of 109 straight wins when leading after seven innings.

If they are going to continue to be successful, if they are going to hang around toward the top of the American League East standings all year, the Orioles have to buck this recent trend of short, uneven starts from their rotation.

Home >> Boston Red Sox >> Sox Shock Rays in 9th with Middlebrooks bases clearing doublewin 4-3move to one behind Yanks With the bases loaded and two out in the 9th and the Sox trailing 3-1, Jon Middlebrooks took a 100 MPH heater from Fernando Rodney and then drove the next pitch, a changeup, into left field past Tampa leftfielder Matt Joyce for a ... (more)

THE CONTENTS: The Red Sox continue their nine-game road trip with their only visit of the season to Minneapolis for three more with the Twins.

Game over The Red Sox had one outstanding inning - an 8-run 3rd - and that propelled to an easy win over the Rays who lost David Price to triceps tightness in the third inning.

Cobb made history - not necessarily good history - in his last outing Friday, becoming the first major-league pitcher to strike out 13 in an appearance that lasted less than five innings and the first to strike out all four batters he faced in an inning and still allow a run.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- David Ortiz can remember trying to play first base at the Metrodome in Minnesota when he was breaking into the major leagues.