The Rays will play at least two AL Championship Series games at Tropicana Field, and both have sold out. ...more

October 7, 2008

Star Of The Game: B.J. Upton Upton, who labored with a shoulder injury and had only nine home runs in the regular season, saved the brightest moments of his career for Monday. The Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-2 in the clinching Game 4 of the American League Division Series. Upton's solo home runs in the first and third innings provided a 2-0 lead and the Rays never looked back. "He White Sox starter Gavin Floyd left two fastballs over the plate," Upton said. "I got them up in the air and, well, this is the Windy City for a reason." Upton was 5-for-17 in the ALDS, but he heated up at the end. There was a triple to the center-field wall in Game 2. Then came Upton's four at-bat flurry, bridging the final two games - homer, single, homer, homer. ...more

October 7, 2008

Give Matt Garza high marks for honesty. On a day when the Rays needed his best, he didn't come close to providing. He knew it, too. ...more

October 6, 2008

The home run bashing White Sox beat the Rays in uncharacteristic fashion Sunday, scoring their runs in a 5-3 victory with speed, audacity and timely hitting. ...more

October 6, 2008

The White Sox averted a sweep of their ALDS series with the Rays, turning a three-run fourth inning into a 5-3 win. ...more

October 5, 2008

So far, the American League Division Series between the Rays and Chicago White Sox has been strictly men and boys. And now the White Sox are the ones asking, "Hey, can we go outside and play now?" ...more

October 5, 2008

After a frustrating couple of days on the sidelines allowing the vision in his left eye to return to normal, Carlos Pena on Saturday pronounced himself ready to play in Game 3. ...more

October 5, 2008

If the Rays are going to sweep the White Sox today at U.S. Cellular Field, they're going to have to go through the pitcher who got that team into the postseason. ...more

October 5, 2008

They pick up the starters, and then they pick up each other. "It's the same thing that's been going on all year long," pitching coach Jim Hickey said after the Rays' bullpen delivered a second consecutive dose of postseason excellence. ...more

October 4, 2008

The Chicago White Sox had an early opportunity to blow things open Friday night. Instead, they find themselves in a deep hole. ...more

October 4, 2008