Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. An emphatic winner. The Rays clinched their first plus-.500 record in their 11-year history Friday night with an exclamation mark, showing off pitching and hitting in lambasting the Baltimore Orioles 14-3 at Tropicana Field. ...more

August 30, 2008

The Rays figure there's nothing wrong with All-Star C Dioner Navarro that some rest shouldn't cure. ...more

August 28, 2008

The microscope of a pennant race magnifies everything about the chase. ...more

August 21, 2008

The Rays ran out perhaps their least imposing lineup of the season Saturday night, and even against a Rangers pitching staff sporting the worst ERA in baseball by a wide margin, it was no contest. ...more

August 17, 2008

Wednesday marked a significant milestone in SS Jason Bartlett's longer-than-expected return from a bruised right index finger. ...more

August 14, 2008

Maybe Cliff Floyd just had a bad feeling about what was to come. Before Tuesday's game, the veteran mused about what the Rays needed to do to withstand the long-term loss of Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria. ...more

August 13, 2008

The Rays were fortunate to have an outfielder on hand in Rocco Baldelli to step in for the injured Carl Crawford on Sunday, but they know that won't be an everyday solution. ...more

August 11, 2008

A walk and a stolen base by Ben Zobrist set up a game winning sacrifice fly by Dioner Navarro in the 1tth inning to give the Tampa Bay Rays their 70th victory of the season, which ties the franchise record. ...more

August 10, 2008

SEATTLE— No champagne corks were popped, and no handshakes were exchanged beyond the usual post-victory lineup on the field. ...more

August 10, 2008

Joe Maddon expects the lesson to stick, but he had no interest in dwelling on his benching of B.J. Upton as the center fielder returned to the lineup Thursday. ...more

August 8, 2008