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Rays’ hot-hitting Evan Longoria named AL Player of the Week

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He is 30 now, the age of a career’s rebirth. And Evan Longoria, born again, is making it count. Longoria led the Tampa Bay Rays to their third straight victory Sunday, homering twice in a victory over the Minnesota Twins. It continued a torrid week that led Longoria to win the AL Player of the Week Award. Over his last nine games, Longoria is hitting .457. Against Minnesota,, he homered in each of the four games — the first time…

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MLB players police unwritten rules for acceptable conduct

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Hall of Famer Joe Morgan knows that for more than a century, baseball players have policed themselves. Like it or not. Seven months after Jose Bautista‘s famous bat flip against Texas in the AL playoffs, he got hit by the Rangers and responded with a hard takeout slide that led to a brawl Sunday. “If you were willing to show the other team up and to do that, then you’ve got to be willing to take what goes with it,”…

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King Felix Hernandez tames the Rays hitters once again

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If Felix Hernandez is the King, then what regal nickname should be bestowed on shortstop Ketel Marte? While Hernandez was as regal as always, it was Marte who delivered the knockout shot against the Tampa Bay Rays in a 5-3 victory. The Seattle Mariners‘ Marte had four hits on the night, including the winning three-run homer in the sixth. Tampa Bay, as a team, had only four hits. Two of them were home runs by Corey Dickerson and Evan Longoria,…

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Rays improve to 15th in the Bleacher Report power rankings

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A sweep of the Angels and a move above .500 have elevated the Tampa Bay Rays into the 15th spot in the Bleacher Report Power Rankings. That isn’t as good as the Rays want to be — it’s out of the playoffs, for instance — but it’s an improvement of four spots from a week ago. Other American League East teams include the Baltimore Orioles (seventh) and Boston Red Sox (eighth). The Yankees are 21st and the Blue Jays 19th.…

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Tampa Bay looks to Vultures, rats to lead their victory over Angels

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For the Tampa Bay Rays, the Vulture has struck again. The Rays won Saturday night, which pretty much means that relief pitcher Erasmo Ramirez won again, 4-2 over the Los Angeles Angels. For Ramirez, it was his sixth win of the 14 games the Rays have won this season. The Rays have begun to refer to Ramirez as “the Vulture” because of his penchant for being on the mound during the innings the team happens to score. “He needs to…

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Rays, Chris Archer, put it together in win against the Angels

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It wasn’t the best night for the Tampa Bay Rays not to be televised. Playing in Los Angeles against the Angels, late in the evening following the Lightning’s playoff victory, the Rays were blacked out in their 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Chris Archer pitched six shutout innings to bring his record to 2-4. Corey Dickerson hit a three-run homer in the first. And Brad Miller, the light-hitting shortstop, went four-for-five to up his average to .216. The…

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Rays ranked only 19th after a month of baseball season

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The Tampa Bay Rays are going to need a few more digits on their foam fingers. Like, um, 18 more. According to Bleacher Report‘s power rankings, the Rays are the 19th-best team in baseball. The Rays, like always, are built around their pitching, which is fourth in the AL with a 3.37 ERA and a 1.074 WHIP and .221 opponent’s batting average. The Rays, who play under manager Kevin Cash, have been struggling to hit, however, with a .224 average. The…

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