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Rays come from behind to win again in Washington

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Rain delays don’t matter. Great nights by old teammates don’t matter. An early deficit doesn’t matter. The surprising roll of the Tampa Bay Rays continued Thursday night in Washington, when the Rays scored four runs in the sixth inning to win a comeback victory over the Washington Nationals to win their series. The Rays are now eight games over .500 and have won six out of their last seven games. How impressive is this streak? Impressive enough that a 17-minute…

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Former Ray Wil Myers to miss two months with wrist injury

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If you were waiting to decide a winner in the Rays’ off-season, the early verdict may be in. On Wednesday, as Steven Souza Jr. of the Tampa Bay Rays was going three-for-four with a home run, the San Diego Padres announced that that former Ray Wil Myers will undergo surgery on his left wrist. “This kid is special. This will be a big blow,” Padres interim manager Pat Murphy said before Wednesday’s game against the Athletics. “Everybody will have to step…

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Rays rebound to blank the Nationals in Washington

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Different night. Different place. Different result. For the Tampa Bay Rays, everything changed Wednesday night. A night after their most embarrassing loss of the season, the Rays came back to shut down the Washington Nationals, 5-0, on a two-hit shutout. The previous night, Washington had scored 16 runs on 23 hits, and there were times when it never seemed as if the Rays would get the Nationals out. This time, the difference in the teams was stark. The Rays pieced…

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Infielders take to the mound as Rays are clobbered

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Some race in the American League East, isn’t it? The first-place Tampa Bay Rays lost 16-4 on Tuesday night. The second place New York Yankees lost 12-2. For both teams, it was a struggle on the mound. How bad was it. It was so bad that the Washington National’s Wilson Ramos hit a home run off first baseman Jake Elmore. Then he hit a home run off second baseman Nick Franklin. It is easy to guess he wanted a crack at…

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Rays’ surprising Erasmo Ramirez wins another game

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He was supposed be a stop-gap. Nothing more. Instead, Erasmo Ramirez is becoming one of the mainstays of the Tampa Bay Rays’ pitching staff. Ramirez shut out the Washington Nationals as the Rays rolled to a  6-1 victory for its fourth straight win Monday night at Tropicana Field. Ramirez, now 6-2 on the season, scattered five hits and left the bases loaded in the first and fifth innings. The Rays are now seven games above .500 and lead the Yankees…

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Are the Kansas City Royals really filled with All-Stars?

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When the stars come out, the constellation they will make will probably resemble…Kansas City? Forget, for a moment, that going into Monday night’s game, the Tampa Bay Rays have actually won more games than the Royals. Yet, if you look at the leaders for the American League all-stars, what you’re going to see is a whole lot of Kansas City. Currently, the Royals lead the voting in eight different positions, including second baseman Omar Infante, who is hitting a robust…

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Rays’ Asdrubal Cabrera finally has a bat to match his glove

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Turns out, the Tampa Bay Rays had the Chicago White Sox right where they wanted them on Sunday afternoon. On the mound, Chris Sale was, well, sailing. He was shutting out the Rays, who had only one hit. He had struck out 11. He was in command. And the Rays? All they could offer was light-hitting shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera and his .203 average. What was there to fear? Well, there was this. Cabrera hit the ball out off the yard,…

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