Kyle Hendricks allowed one run over five innings in his second 2023 start and Mike Tauchman’s tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth made the Tampa Bay Rays pay for some shoddy defense, sending the host Chicago Cubs to a 2–1 victory on Tuesday night. Hendricks returned from a shoulder injury last Thursday, allowing five runs—three…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—In a tense and tight matchup of division leaders, Freddie Freeman and the Los Angeles Dodgers came out on top. Freeman extended his hitting streak to 16 games, Max Muncy and Miguel Vargas homered, and the NL West-leading Dodgers beat the MLB-best Tampa Bay Rays 6–5 on Saturday, May 27. Freeman finished 2…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The Houston Astros clinched their fifth AL West title in six years, getting a leadoff home run from Jose Altuve in a 4–0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. “It’s been a great start to the season,” third baseman Alex Bregman said. “This is a first step in the right…

Manuel Margot had four hits to lead the host Tampa Bay Rays to an 8–3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla., and complete a four-game sweep. The Rays extended their winning streak to six in a row. The Angels have lost six straight. The Rays had just seven…

The Tampa Bay Rays scored two runs in the bottom of the 11th inning, rallying for a 4–3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 24, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Taylor Ward’s RBI double in the top of the 11th gave the Angels a 3–2 lead, but Harold Ramirez tied the game with an…

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida—Christian Bethancourt had two run-scoring hits in the same inning and later moved from behind the plate to the mound to pitch a scoreless ninth as the surging Tampa Bay Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 11–1 on Tuesday night. The Rays own the top AL wild-card spot. They have won four straight…

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida—Randy Arozarena hit a tie-breaking home run in the fifth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 2–1 on Monday night, August 22.. Jeffrey Springs pitched effectively into the sixth inning for the Rays, who have won eight of 10 and moved a half-game ahead of Toronto and Seattle…

DETROIT—Yu Chang and Yandy Diaz drew bases-loaded walks in a seven-run ninth inning, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 7–0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. With the game scoreless in the ninth, Isaac Parades hit a one-out single off Tigers closer Gregory Soto (2–6), then took third on a two-out double by…

Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale was hit on his throwing hand by a line drive in the first inning and exited Sunday’s start against the host New York Yankees with what was later termed a broken pinky finger. Per the Red Sox, Sale’s official injury is a “left fifth finger fracture” but the team…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday vetoed funds for a future Tampa Bay Rays spring training center and warned private companies to stay away from “political activism.” A funding request of $35 million for a project named “Sports Training and Youth Tournament Complex” was vetoed by the Sunshine State. The project—which was proposed by Florida…