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Wheeler Getting Job Done In 9th

Since closer Troy Percival began his latest stint on the disabled list Aug. 15, Rays manager Joe Maddon has insisted there is no designated fill-in closer. ...more

August 29, 2008

Rays Snag Classic Victory, 1-0 Over Blue Jays

Rays manager Joe Maddon called it "a classic kind of game." Surely the Rays' 1-0 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night had the makings and a September-October feel. ...more

August 28, 2008

Rays Gain Ground On Road Trip

When the Rays departed Tropicana Field nearly two weeks ago, Joe Maddon hoped his team would be able to break even on a 10-game trip to Seattle, Oakland and Texas. And that was before he knew he would lose three key players - Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria and Troy Percival - along the way. ...more

August 18, 2008

Percival Could Miss A Month

The news was about as good as could have been expected Friday regarding Troy Percival's right knee, but the closer still will miss at least the next two weeks, and possibly a month. ...more

August 16, 2008

Glover Designated For Assignment

The Rays made it clear they would have preferred to keep RHP Gary Glover around. They just didn't have anywhere to put him. ...more

July 29, 2008

Howell, Balfour Streak-Busters For Rays

Most of the time you wouldn't want to read lips too closely when Grant Balfour is on the mound. By his own admission, he can be guilty of "saying stuff I shouldn't say out there" but it's just his way of getting fully into the moment. Relief pitchers tend to be a little nutty anyway, and Balfour definitely fits the profile. ...more

July 19, 2008

Rays Return To Form

The Rays have been saying since their first half ended in lethargic fashion with a seventh consecutive loss Sunday that they just needed a break to refocus and they'd be right back to the kind of baseball that got them here. ...more

July 19, 2008

A Bump In The Road

Back in April, the Rays lost a couple of games in a row to the Mariners. In May, they absorbed back-to-back walk-off setbacks in St. Louis. Last month, they dropped two of three to an Astros team that hasn't done much to impress anyone all season. ...more

July 10, 2008

RAYS STATISTICS

Through Thursday

BATTERS	AVG	OBA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
Team Totals	.263	.341	2845	397	749	134	15	90	379	94
Navarro	.312	.366	215	23	67	14	0	4	33	0
Upton	.278	.392	299	54	83	18	2	6	41	25
Crawford	.277	.325	328	56	91	8	5	8	44	21
Longoria	.275	.348	269	43	74	21	1	15	50	5
Iwamura	.275	.346	331	47	91	13	2	5	24	5
Riggans	.274	.313	73	11	20	3	0	4	15	0
Hinske	.264	.352	216	34	57	15	1	13	44	7
Aybar	.259	.355	108	13	28	7	0	3	8	1
Bartlett	.256	.299	273	24	70	8	1	0	20	18
Floyd	.245	.344	106	14	26	4	0	6	15	1
Gross	.240	.336	129	14	31	6	1	6	20	0
Pena	.223	.335	229	30	51	9	1	11	38	0
Gomes	.202	.302	109	17	22	3	1	6	15	5

PITCHERS	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	SO
Team Totals	52	32	3.67	84	26	756.1	683	338	308	581
Balfour	2	0	1.08	12	2	16.2	6	2	2	25
Wheeler	2	3	1.82	39	3	39.2	23	9	8	26
Kazmir	7	3	2.63	12	0	72.0	53	23	21	75
Howell	6	0	2.96	31	2	51.2	36	20	17	47
Glover	1	2	3.45	26	0	31.1	32	12	12	21
Garza	7	4	3.47	15	0	90.2	77	40	35	58
Percival	1	0	3.54	29	19	28.0	16	12	11	30
Shields	6	5	3.70	17	0	109.1	105	53	45	88
Miller	0	0	3.74	36	0	21.2	19	9	9	16
Reyes	1	2	4.02	18	0	15.2	11	7	7	15
Jackson	4	6	4.33	16	0	95.2	95	46	46	60
Sonnanstine	9	3	4.60	17	0	101.2	122	58	52	67
Hammel	3	3	4.98	15	0	47.0	54	27	26	27