For the first time in nearly a month, the Tampa Bay Rays have clinched a series. Now they'll look for their first sweep of the season when they host the New York Mets in the series finale on Sunday.
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Rays win second straight behind strong pitching and timely patience at plate
Saturday night provided a good old-fashioned baseball game backed by strong starting pitching performances and some timely patience at the plate.
The Tampa Bay Rays entered Saturday three games under .500 on the year and finished the night only two games under. Zach Littell got the start for the Rays opposite Christian Scott, who made his Major League debut.
Littell,...
Yandy Diaz and Isaac Paredes each had two hits, including singles in Tampa Bay's tie-breaking two-run eighth inning, as the Rays defeated the visiting New York Mets 3-1 on Saturday.
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CITY CONNECT
COME ON, SKYRAY.
The Tampa Bay Rays will take on the New York Mets tonight in the middle game of their three-game series. The Rays won game one against the Mets 10-8 last night.
It has been a little while since we last told you about some awesome Tampa Bay Rays products from our good friends at FOCO. As you all know, the Tampa Bay Rays have just unveiled their brand new city connect jerseys for the 2024 season and FOCO has just released some awesome bobbleheads to commemorate the launch of the new uniforms.
The players included in this launch are Randy Arozarena and Brandon Lowe as well as the infamous mascot of the Rays, Raymond! All three figures are...
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Rays offense explodes behind Johnny DeLuca, Yandy Diaz and Randy Arozarena
I AM SO HYPED ITS CITY CONNECTS DAY LETS GOOOOO
Newly called up Johnny DeLuca and Alex Jackson both in the lineup today:
IT'S GLOW TIME. pic.twitter.com/4nWwH9OYdT
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— New York Mets (@Mets) May 3, 2024Mets scored first after two back to back singles by Jeff McNeil and Tyrone...
Harold Ramirez and Amed Rosario each went 3-for-5 for the Tampa Bay Rays, who scored five times in the third inning in a 10-8 win against the visiting New York Mets on Friday.
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And by heat, I mean runs and hits and quality baseball
HAIL THE SKYRAY
After a gloomy April, the Tampa Bay Rays are hoping to find their bloom in May. The new month didn't start out as they hoped it would, however, as they fell 7-1 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday ahead of an off day.
You decide who had the best month of April!
“Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This is the first edition of Silver Sunburst Awards in which readers will vote on who had the best month in the four typical categories.
The Rays finished the month of April with a record of...
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Raysfall to 14-18 after three game series at American Family Field
“Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the tenth series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the...
On Tuesday night in the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers, an ugly scene unfolded. In the eighth innings, a benches-clearing incident occurred as emotions had been riding high for a few innings, resulting in several suspensions and fines during the Brewers’ 8-2 victory.
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Rays leave Wisconsin with four runs in three days.
The Rays fell to the Brewers on Wednesday 7-0 to fall to 14-18 on the season, dropping the three game series after a game one win.
Former Rays shortstop Willy Adames shined in the game, with two home runs and four RBI. Brewers starter Colin Rea also had a nice outing, throwing six scoreless innings allowing just four hits.
Pat Murphy was notably absent from the Brewers dugout in this one, with...
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HAIL SKYRAY
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Carson Williams moves to the top of the prospect power rankings
Every Monday during the regular season, each minor league team has the day off. This serves as an excellent check point system to check in on how each team and individual prospect is performing. We are now five weeks into the 2024 campaign and some prospects have certainly continued their ascent up the organizational ladder while others are off to less than stellar...
Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Jose Siri and Milwaukee Brewer pitcher Abner Uribe spoke Tuesday night about what led to the altercation that sparked a…
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Benches clearing was about as close as this lopsided game got.
How do you follow all the Euphoria from Monday’s Rays’ City Connect uniform release and slump-busting win? How about a blowout loss that included some spectacular defensive plays, a whirlwind of emotions, bench-clearing, and some punches thrown?
No two baseball games are ever the same.
The game opened with a competitive tone without indication of what was coming. Freddy Peralta was locked...
Freddy Peralta allowed just one hit -- a solo homer -- before being ejected in the sixth inning to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a wild 8-2 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night in a game also marred by an eighth-inning fight.
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(Impossible)
Go Skyray! All hail Skyray!