Star Of The Game: Matt Garza The Rays needed an inspired performance in Sunday night's Game 7 of the American League Championship Series at Tropicana Field. That's exactly what they received from right-hander Matt Garza, who pitched the game of his life in a 3-1 victory against the Boston Red Sox, sending Tampa Bay to its first World Series. Garza, the ALCS Most Valuable Player, allowed just two hits in seven innings on 118 pitches - he started the eighth, but was immediately removed when shortstop Jason Bartlett booted Alex Cora's routine grounder. He struck out nine and walked three, finishing 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA in the ALCS. ...more

October 20, 2008

We could come up with a catchy name, like the Midnight Ride of Fernando Perez. ...more

October 13, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Dan Wheeler may not be a true closer, but he may have saved the Rays' season Saturday night. ...more

October 12, 2008

It was Dr. David Ortiz, that noted Boston psychologist and Red Sox wall banger, who made the first diagnosis. ...more

October 12, 2008

Rays LHP Scott Kazmir will face fellow Houston-area native RHP Josh Beckett for the first time this year in tonight's Game 2. ...more

October 11, 2008

As the fourth hitter came to the plate in the first inning Friday night for the White Sox, Scott Kazmir looked around the infield at Tropicana Field and, yeah, it was pretty bad. There were runners at every base. He didn't yet have an out. ...more

October 4, 2008

The way their bullpen has performed through the first two games in the playoffs, the Rays would have felt confident taking a one-run lead into the ninth inning Friday night. ...more

October 4, 2008

Troy Percival made the best argument he could under the circumstances, but his two scoreless appearances in Detroit last weekend were too little, too late. ...more

October 2, 2008

The Rays' brain trust got one last look Sunday at some pitchers whose postseason roles are yet to be determined. ...more

September 29, 2008

This is no time to mess around. Rays reliever Troy Percival knows that - he has to know that as the playoffs approach. ...more

September 25, 2008