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Rays’ Chris Archer, Good Sports, donate equipment to Little League

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Off the mound, he’s undefeated. Tampa Bay Rays’ pitcher Chris Archer continues to be one of sports’ good guys. Archer teamed with national nonprofit Good Sports Thursday to provide the Northwst Little League in Tampa with $11,000 worth of new baseball equipment for the season. The donation includes, bats, catchers’ equipment, batting helmets and training equipment for baseball and softball teams. The donation is part of a partnership between the Rays and Good Sports in support of local youth in…

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Corey Dickerson drives in the winning run in Rays’ comeback victory

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For Corey Dickerson, a single was enough. Dickerson, who hit his 12th homer of the year and his second triple earlier in the game, delivered a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning to knock in the winning run in a come-from-behind victory over the Seattle Mariners Wednesday night. Dickerson, who has extra base hits on 60 percent of his hits this year, drove in Logan Morrison with the winning run. โ€œYou know, I really just tried to…

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Rays to dedicate Friday’s Pride Night to victims of Pulse shooting

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The Tampa Bay Rays will dedicate Friday’s annual Pride Night to the victims of the Orlando slayings. All open seats to Friday’s game against the Giants will be available for $5, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefitting the Pulse Victims’ fund, which is set up for the families of the victims. Tickets can be purchased online with ticket and order fees being waived. Every person in attendance will receive a โ€œwe are Orlando” t-shirt. Proceeds from the 50-50 raffle…

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Emily Austen’s apology doesn’t quite cover her transgressions

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The plan for the Tampa Bay Rays evidently is for former sideline reporter Emily Austen to go away quietly. Of course, if that had been the plan all along, Austen might still be employed. Austin was fired last week after making several thick-headed statements while appearing on Barstool Sports disparaging Jews, Asians and Hispanics. She was immediately removed from the broadcast team, which hasn’t had much to say about her absense. This week, Austen reponded with a tweet: โ€œI made…

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Rays’ Matt Moore pitches gem, but Matt Andriese sent to bullpen

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Matt Moore kept his place in the Tampa Bay Rays’ pitching rotation. Matt Andriese did not. Moore threw his best game of the season, shutting down the Houston Astros on two hits in a 5-0 victory. He overcame a 37-pitch second inning and settled down behind a sharp curveball, giving up only a pair of singles to Jose Altuve. He struck out 10, tying for his season high. It was his first scoreless start since September of 2015. Moore has…

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Astros hand Tampa Bay’s Chris Archer his eighth loss of the season

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Chris Archer was good. But not good enough. Steve Pearce had three hits. But the rest of the team had only three. The Tampa Bay Rays made a run at the end. But they fell short. And so it went for the Rays Saturday night. They fell, 4-3, to the Houston Astros in a game that wasn’t quite good enough. Tampa Bay fell to four games under .500 with the loss. “He was outstanding,” Rays’ manager Kevin Cash said. “He…

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Rays’ Alex Colome stays perfect with his 18th save of the season

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The bases were loaded. A good hitter was at the plate. A one-run lead seemed kind of shaky. Yep. Alex Colome had the Houston Astros just where he wanted them. Colome pitched his way out of trouble again Friday night, getting his 18th straight save as the Rays stopped Houston, 4-3. The Rays are now 28-31 and within reach of .500 again. Colome struck out Colby Rasmus, then he coaxed a ground ball out of Evan Gattis. Shortstop Brad Miller…

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