Tue, 08/31/2010 - 10:04 by Rakhi
St. Petersburg, Fla. -- Carlos Pena homered and Evan Longoria added a pair of hits Monday to help the Tampa Bay Rays defeat Toronto 6-2.
Pena drove in a run with a first-inning sacrifice fly and added a three-run blast in the third to give the Rays a 5-1 lead.
Longoria capped the scoring with an eighth-inning sac fly and Tampa Bay took the opener of a three-game series at Tropicana Field with their seventh win in nine contests.
They entered the game tied with the New York Yankees atop the American League East.
Wade Davis (11-9) gave up six hits and two runs over 7 2/3 innings, fanning three without a walk.
Blue Jays starter Brett Cecil (11-7) surrendered five hits and five runs (two earned) over seven innings.
|
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 11:32 by Prince damin
Anaheim, Calif. -- Evan Longoria and Matt Joyce homered for Tampa Bay Tuesday and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-3.
The win kept the Rays in a first-place tie with the New York Yankees in the American League East.
Wade Davis (10-9) picked up the win in his first start since Aug. 5, allowing two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings for his fifth consecutive decision.
John Jaso singled in two runs in a four-run second inning for the Rays.
Ervin Santana (13-9), allowed the first four batters in the second inning to reach base and Tampa Bay put four runs up in the inning. Santana allowed six runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings and had a three-start winning streak snapped.
|
Mon, 09/28/2009 - 11:43 by shalini.bahadur
Arlington, Texas, Sept. 27: Fernando Perez drove in the game-winning run Sunday with a suicide squeeze bunt, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 7-6 win over Texas.
The bunt knocked in Evan Longoria with one out in the top of the ninth. Ben Zobrist led Tampa Bay with two hits, both two-run singles, giving him four RBI.
Carl Crawford had three hits and one RBI, and Jason Bartlett had two hits for the Rays, who have split their last six games.
The winner was reliever Randy Choate (1-0).
Lance Cormier earned his second save.
|
Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:04 by shalini.bahadur
St. Petersburg, Fla., Sept. 19: Evan Longoria drove in three runs and scored three times Friday, pacing Tampa Bay to an 11-4 romp over Toronto.
Tampa Bay, which has fallen out of playoff contention with a late-season slump, won for just the third time in 16 games.
Longoria had an RBI single during a six-run third inning and hit a two-run homer in the eighth to finish the scoring.
Tampa Bay had 16 hits, four of them from Carl Crawford.
James Shields (10-11) got the win despite giving up four runs on nine hits in six innings. He struck out seven. It is the third straight season Shields has won at least 10 games.
|
Fri, 09/18/2009 - 10:58 by shalini.bahadur
Baltimore, Sept. 18: Wade Davis threw a complete-game shutout for his first major league victory Thursday, bringing Tampa Bay a 3-0 victory over Baltimore
The four-hit performance by Davis provided a bright spot in an otherwise dismal late-year slump that had seen the Rays lose 13 of 14 games.
Davis (1-0), who spent most of the season with Class AAA Durham, threw seven innings in his major league debut last week. He did not figure in the decision in that game, then gave up eight runs in just 2 2/3 innings in a loss to Boston.
|
Thu, 09/03/2009 - 10:02 by preet_20
St. Petersburg, Fla. Sept. 2: Pat Burrell singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth Wednesday and Evan Longoria soon added a two-run homer, launching Tampa Bay to an 8-5 win over Boston.
The Red Sox, whose four-game winning streak ended, saw their lead in the American League wild-card race trimmed to 2 1/2 games over Texas. Tampa Bay is five games back.
Facing a 5-4 deficit in the top of the eighth, Boston loaded the bases with one out and scored the tying run on a wild pitch by reliever J.P. Howell.
Howell then struck out Alex Gonzalez and Jacob Ellsbury to prevent further damage and the Rays regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning.
|
Fri, 08/21/2009 - 10:20 by preet_20
St. Petersburg, Fla. Aug. 20: Brian Roberts hit a grand slam in the sixth and Nolan Reimold had a three-run shot one inning later Thursday, lifting Baltimore to an 8-7 win over Tampa Bay.
Reimold's homer gave the Orioles an 8-4 cushion and they barely held onto the lead to salvage the final contest in the three-game series and avoid a sweep.
The Rays had a four-game winning streak snapped and fell four games behind Boston in the American League wild-card race. Baltimore had lost its previous five games.
Tampa Bay closed within one run with a three-run eighth -- two of the runs scoring on a broken-bat bloop to left by Carlos Pena.
|
Sat, 08/01/2009 - 10:41 by preet_20
St. Petersburg, Fla. July 31: A three-run homer by Carlos Pena in the first inning Friday ignited the Tampa Bay Rays to an 8-2 whipping of Kansas City.
The Royals, owners of the worst record in the American League and the second-worst mark in the majors, lost their third straight.
Pena's 26th homer of the season came after Sidney Ponson had given up singles to B.J. Upton and Carl Crawford. Ponson (1-7) allowed seven runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Tampa Bay took a 4-1 lead into the fifth and broke the game open in that inning with three runs.
|
Wed, 07/29/2009 - 11:39 by surajdogra
St. Petersburg, Fla. July 28: B.J. Upton and Carl Crawford each had two hits, an RBI, and a run scored Tuesday to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 6-2.
Scott Kazmir (5-6) gave up one run on five hits in seven-plus innings to earn the win for the Rays.
Evan Longoria had a solo homer, and Dioner Navarro and Jason Bartlett each had an RBI for Tampa Bay.
Losing pitcher CC Sabathia (10-7) allowed six runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Hideki Matsui had two RBI for the Yankees, who have won 10 of their last 12 games.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
|
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:02 by surajdogra
Chicago, July 21: Paul Konerko hit a three-run homer Monday and the Chicago White Sox survived a shaky ninth inning to defeat Tampa Bay 4-3.
Chicago's Gavin Floyd (8-6) struck out seven in as many innings while allowing three hits -- all solo home runs.
Scott Podsednik was 3- for-3 with a walk and two runs scored for the White Sox.
David Price (3-4) gave up four runs on eight hits and is winless in nine career road appearances on the road, including six starts.
Carl Crawford, Ben Zobrist and Evan Longoria all homered for the Rays, who suffered just their third loss in their last 10 games.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
|
Sat, 07/18/2009 - 09:53 by surajdogra
Kansas City, Mo. July 18: Evan Longoria capped a Tampa Bay rally with a two-run homer in the eighth Friday, lifting the Rays to an 8-7 decision over Kansas City.
The Royals took a 6-2 lead through three innings, but the Rays came back to win for the fifth time in seven games.
Tampa Bay got within one on Pat Burrell's two-run blast in the seventh and Longoria gave the Rays the lead in the eighth when he hit his 18th homer of the season.
Carl Crawford reached on a two-out single off Juan Cruz (3-3) and Longoria followed by hitting the first pitch from Cruz out to left.
That made a winner out of Joe Nelson (3-0), who worked the seventh inning. J.P. Howell earned his seventh save with a perfect ninth.
|
Sat, 05/30/2009 - 10:03 by preet_20
St. Petersburg, Fla. -- Evan Longoria put Tampa Bay ahead with a three-run homer in the sixth Friday and the Rays went on to halt a five-game losing streak by downing Minnesota 5-3.
The game was tied 1-1 when Longoria hit his 13th homer of the season off Scott Baker (2-6). Baker gave up four runs overall on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.
James Shields (4-4) worked seven innings for the win, giving up seven hits and two runs with five strikeouts. Randy Choate got the final out in the ninth to earn the first save of his career.
Carl Crawford added a solo homer for Tampa Bay and scored three times.
Longoria's home run came after B.J. Upton and Crawford had opened the inning with singles.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
|
