Baseball's recent change in regulations on breaking up double plays took all of three days to swing the outcome of a game, giving Logan Forsythe and the Tampa Bay Rays a disputed 3-2 victory over Toronto that left Blue Jays manager John Gibbons (...)
There seemed little doubt that a Team Penske driver would win the IndyCar season-opening race even after Will Power was sidelined Sunday with a concussion.
Juan Pablo Montoya won on the streets of St. Petersburg for the second consecutive year to (...)
Carlos Pena hit an early grand slam off CC Sabathia, then completed a ninth-inning comeback with an RBI single off Mariano Rivera that lifted the Tampa Bay Rays to a season-opening 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees Friday.
Rivera (0-1) had been (...)
Carlos Pena hit an early grand slam off CC Sabathia, then completed a ninth-inning comeback with an RBI single off Mariano Rivera that lifted the Tampa Bay Rays to a season-opening 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees Friday.
Rivera (0-1) had been (...)
Rakeem Cato threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns and Tyler Warner kicked a pair of field goals, helping Marshall beat Florida International 20-10 in college football's Beef ‘O'Brady's Bowl Tuesday.
Cato threw TD passes of 31 and 35 yards to Aaron (...)
Authorities said late Friday they had located country singer Mindy McCready's 5-year-old son in Arkansas and taken him into custody after McCready took him from his Florida home.
Florida Department of Children and Families spokeswoman Terri (...)
Adrian Beltre smashed three solo home runs to power Texas past Tampa Bay 4-3 Tuesday, advancing the Rangers to the American League finals of the Major League Baseball playoffs.
The reigning league champion Rangers, who beat Tampa Bay three games to (...)
The Tampa Bay Rays erased a seven-run deficit to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 in 12 innings and clinch the American League wild card playoff berth Wednesday as Boston fell at Baltimore.
The Rays' triumph, on Evan Longoria's home run in the 12th, (...)
Desmond Jennings homered on the first pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 5-4 Wednesday.
Jennings won the game with his ninth homer of the season, sending a pitch from Mark Lowe (2-3) (...)
Justin Verlander became the first 19-game winner in the majors, Alex Avila hit his 15th homer and the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 Monday night.
Verlander (19-5) won his seventh consecutive start, giving up one run (...)
Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury and Josh Reddick homered and the Boston Red Sox rallied from an early three-run deficit against all-star James Shields to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-5 Saturday.
John Lackey (7-8) struck out seven while allowing four (...)
Reid Brignac homered on a full count pitch leading off the bottom of the 11th inning Monday to send the Tampa Bay Rays into first place in the American League East with a 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees.
Brignac connected off Sergio Mitre (...)
Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria snapped an eighth-inning tie with an RBI single, leading the Rays to a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wednesday.
Ben Zobrist began the winning rally by drawing a one-out walk from Shawn Camp (...)
The Boston Red Sox tightened up the race for the American League East and wild-card by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Friday.
Boston starter Jon Lester (14-8) rebounded from the worst outing of his career to pitch seven strong innings, limiting the (...)
Evan Longoria hit a solo homer and drove in four runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 8-6 Wednesday, completing a sweep of the three-game series between potential American League playoff opponents.
Longoria also had a pair of RBI (...)
Matt Garza pitched seven scoreless innings for his first win since last month, guiding the Tampa Bay Rays to a 10-1 rout of the Texas Rangers in the American League Tuesday.
Garza (12-7), who threw Tampa Bay's first ever no-hitter on July 26, had (...)
Sean Rodriguez and B.J. Upton hit three-run homers as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 Tuesday.
The Rays won for the 10th time in 11 games and victory allowed them to move into first place in the American League East.
Rodriguez (...)
James Shields worked into the eighth inning to outpitch CC Sabathia, prolong Alex Rodriguez's quest for his 600th homer and help Tampa Bay beat the New York Yankees 3-0 Sunday.
Carl Crawford and Kelly Shoppach drove in runs for the Rays, who took (...)
Wade Davis shrugged off a rocky start to pitch seven innings and Matt Joyce hit a three-run homer Friday night to lead the surging Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees 3-2.
Tampa Bay forced Alex Rodriguez to wait at least one more day to join (...)
Tampa Bay starting pitcher Jeff Niemann was in control over six innings, guiding the Rays to a 7-4 win over the Detroit Tigers in the American League Wednesday.
Niemann (9-3) allowed eight hits in six innings, and Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer (...)
James Shields pitched 6 2-3 strong innings to guide the Tampa Bay Rays to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers in the American League Tuesday.
Shields (9-9) allowed just one walk and had seven strikeouts as the Rays closed within two games of AL (...)
Matt Garza pitched the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history and the fifth in the major leagues this season, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0 Monday.
Garza faced the minimum 27 batters, allowing only a second-inning walk, for a team that's often (...)
Tampa Bay's bullpen shut down the Boston Red Sox for the second day in a row as the Rays won 3-2 in the American League Tuesday.
Tampa Bay starter Jeff Niemann (7-2) pitched six strong innings, giving up only one unearned run, to notch his first (...)
Tampa Bay rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 Monday in a clash of American League East rivals.
Tampa's John Jaso drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the sixth that made it 5-5 and ended the night for Boston (...)
Edwin Jackson overcame a wild start to throw the fourth no-hitter in the season of the pitcher, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Friday.
Jackson (5-6) threw a whopping 149 pitches – a major league high – and (...)