MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Evan Longoria homered for the fourth consecutive game, connecting twice, and the Tampa Bay Rays earned a 7-5 win against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Logan Morrison also homered twice and Longoria added an RBI single in the ninth for Tampa Bay, which entered with the third-most homers in the major leagues and hit a total of…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Tampa Bay Rays placed outfielder Brandon Guyer on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday with a left hamstring strain, and recalled infielder Nick Franklin from Triple-A Durham. Guyer started 29 of the past 33 games for Tampa Bay, and was hitting .271 with six home runs and 14 RBIs. Guyer said he felt the injury in…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Evan Longoria homered for the third straight game, and Matt Andriese worked five innings in a rain-shortened start to pick up his fourth win as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Saturday. Longoria’s fifth-inning home run was one of four for the Rays on the cloudy day, and the second of three allowed…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Eduardo Nunez led off the game for Minnesota with an inside-the-park home run, Max Kepler picked up his first two major league RBIs and four Twins relievers combined for five scoreless innings in a 6-4 win over the reeling Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night. Byung Ho Park went a career-best 3 for 3 for the Twins,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Danny Duffy pitched six effective innings and rookie Whit Merrifield had two hits and scored a run as the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 on Wednesday night to complete a 6-0 homestand. The last time the Royals had a homestand of 6-0 or better was June 2-8, 1988, when they went…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Tampa Bay Rays activated Brad Boxberger, who led the American League with 41 saves last season, from the disabled list before Monday night’s game with the Kansas City Royals. Boxberger, 28, underwent surgery on March 17 to repair the adductor brevis muscle, which was performed by Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia. He missed the…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Jose Fernandez struck out 12 in seven innings Thursday and won his sixth straight start for the Miami Marlins, a 9-1 decision over the Tampa Bay Rays. Fernandez (7-2) struck out eight of the last 10 batters he faced and struck out every hitter in the Rays lineup at least once. The 23-year-old right-hander from…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Cole Gillespie had a late tiebreaking RBI single, Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs and the Miami Marlins beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Wednesday night. Miami took a 4-3 lead in the eighth when J.T. Realmuto singled, went to second on Chris Johnson’s sacrifice bunt and scored on Gillespie’s single off 30-year old…
MIAMI (AP) – Ichiro Suzuki had four hits, including a single in Miami’s two-run eighth inning, and the Marlins rallied past the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 Monday night. The 42-year-old Suzuki has 10 hits in the past three games to raise his average to .417 and increase his career hit total to 2,960. Struggling Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton put the…
MIAMI (AP) – Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier is expected to be sidelined eight to 10 weeks with a broken left hand. The team announced before Monday’s game at Miami that Kiermaier will undergo surgery Tuesday in St. Petersburg to repair two fractures in his left hand. Kiermaier, who was hurt diving for a flyball Saturday against the Detroit…
