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Orioles win in extras, overtake Rays as best team in AL East

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays took hold of the American League East on the second day of the season. They remained in first place for 97 straight days until Thursday night.

Tribune News Service · Jul 21, 2023

Rays can’t find the big hits again, waste strong Taj Bradley start

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Rays keep waiting and waiting for the hitters they have to get back to producing runs as they did earlier in the season.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023

Rays win nightcap to sweep Royals in doubleheader

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The good news is the bottom line: The Rays resumed play after their rain-extended All-Star break with a doubleheader sweep of the Royals, winning the opener, 6-1, and the nightcap, 4-2.

Tribune News Service · Jul 16, 2023

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Rays open post-break play with win in Game 1 of doubleheader vs. Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At first look, the extended All-Star break didn’t have the effect the Rays hoped for of putting a charge back into their offense.

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2023

Rays come up short against Blue Jays, fall a game back

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays and Blue Jays engaged in another tense battle Saturday, this time swapping zeroes into the seventh inning.

Tribune News Service · Sep 25, 2022

Rays waste opportunities in 4-3 loss to Rangers

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays began the season’s final homestand on a sour note Friday night with a tension-filled 4-3 defeat against the Texas Rangers before an announced crowd of 14,127 at Tropicana Field.

Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022

Rays beat Yankees again, cut AL East lead to 4 games

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays can keep trying to avoid talking about the American League East race all they want.

Tribune News Service · Sep 4, 2022

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Rays do enough to beat Yankees in series opener

NEW YORK — When the Rays were last at Yankee Stadium for a mid-June series, they pitched very well, didn’t hit much and lost all three games.

Tribune News Service · Aug 16, 2022

Rays walk their way to ninth-inning rally, beat Tigers

DETROIT —The Rays and Tigers went back and forth for eight-plus scoreless innings Sunday waiting for someone to get a big hit.

Tribune News Service · Aug 7, 2022

Rays find their way to another win over Red Sox

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The breaks seemed to be going against the Rays on Tuesday night.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2022

Rays lose another walk-off to Reds, and Wander Franco to injury

CINCINNATI — Friday was bad, with the Rays losing for the first time in franchise history on a walk-off balk in the 10th inning.

Tribune News Service · Jul 10, 2022

Rays lose to Reds on walk-off balk in 10th inning

CINCINNATI — Shane McClanahan gave the Rays another strong start Friday, but they couldn’t take advantage and lost to the Reds, 2-1.

Tribune News Service · Jul 9, 2022

Wander Franco headed for weekend return to Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Wander Franco did well in the first two games of his minor-league rehab assignment and will join Triple-A Durham for three games in Jacksonville with the potential to rejoin the Rays this weekend.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

Rays scratch out just enough to beat Yankees

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays kept talking about needing something to somehow get some offense going.

Tribune News Service · May 28, 2022

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USA Today Sports Media Group · May 12, 2022

Tampa’s Francisco Mejia amazingly struck out on a pitch that hit him and MLB fans had jokes

This was easily the most hilarious/painful strike out of the season.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 17, 2022

Starter Vince Velasquez, White Sox can’t overcome rocky first inning in loss to Rays

Velasquez allowed four first-inning runs, the offense struggled to convert scoring chances and the Sox were unable to complete a three-game sweep.

Tribune News Service · Apr 9, 2022

Francisco Mejia leads way again as Rays improve to 2-0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Catcher Francisco Mejia came to the Rays last year and got adjusted to both his role as the backup to starter Mike Zunino as well as the Rays’ way of using bench players often and sometimes unpredictably.

Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022

Rays rally to beat Orioles, make opening day a party

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — All the traditional signs of opening day were in place at Tropicana Field on Friday afternoon. The bunting was hung, the seats were full, and optimism, even about a new stadium, was in the air.

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