Ben Zobrist

Boston relief pitcher Franklin Morales drilled Luke Scott in the leg. To which Scott took exception, and it didn't take long for the dugouts to empty, the bullpens to unfill, the heart rates to explode. Afterward, Rays manager Joe Maddon took to ...  

Benches cleared in the top of the ninth inning of last night’s Rays-Red Sox game after Franklin Morales hit Luke Scott in the leg ... just directing the ball at his leg.” Maddon doesn’t expect any carryover when the two teams meet up ...  

It was back to elementary school on Tuesday for Ben Zobrist of the Tampa Bay Rays ... a 10-year-old who enjoys pitching and playing third base on his Little League team. Ryan also plays soccer, likes to read and is active in Cub Scouts.  

But manager Joe Maddon lifted Shields after a one-out double by Jose Bautista, and Edwin Encarnacion knocked reliever Joel Peralta's fourth pitch over the left-centerfield wall to make it 4-2. They looked like they had a chance to win it in the ...  

ST. PETERSBURG/CINCINNATI -- Tampa Bay's Carlos Pena broke out of a form slump to hit a three-run homer during a five-run fourth inning which set up the Rays' 8-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon moved Pena up from ...  

Carlos Peña broke a slump with a monster home run, but the Tampa Bay Rays committed two more errors, including the first ever by Ben Zobrist as a right fielder.Matt Moore was outstanding for four innings, then fell apart in the fifth.What appeared to be a laugher of a game needed Fernando Rodney's help in the ninth inning.But, a win is a win and the Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-5, on Tuesday in front of 12,307 at Tropicana Field to snap...  

The Rays have Sean Rodriguez on the ballot at shortstop and Ben Zobrist at second base, along with: Carlos Pena at 1B, Evan Longoria at 3B, Jose Molina at catcher, Luke Scott at DH, and Desmond Jennings, B.J. Upton and Matt Joyce in the outfield.  

ST. PETERSBURG -- Rays manager Joe Maddon isn't afraid to shake up the lineup, and he did so again Tuesday. His latest move was to bat first baseman Carlos Pena in the leadoff spot and move Ben Zobrist to the fourth spot. Pena said he's open to ...  

There aren't many players in baseball like Ben Zobrist. Sure, lots of players will hit roughly the same number of homers and drive in roughly the same number of runs and steal roughly the same number of bases, but few, if any, will do it with the defensive prowess of Zobrist. He's a gold glove caliber second basemen and an above average right fielder. He's also started at least one game at every position besides pitcher and catcher...  

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. Struggling Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Carlos Pena said when he saw the lineup card with his name at leadoff: “I thought it was a joke at first.” But there’s a reason Joe Maddon is AL manager of the year. In Pena’s third at ...  

Toronto Blue Jays' Colby Rasmus (L-R), Brett Lawrie and Jose Bautista celebrate a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays during a MLB American League baseball game in St. Petersburg, Florida May 21, 2012. REUTERS/Steve Nesius ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. - Tropicana ...  

FILE - Toronto Blue Jays' Carlos Delgado hits a three-run home run to center during first-inning AL action against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Toronto, in this Sept. 25, 2003 file photo. Blue Jays' Frank Catalanotto and Vernon Wells scored on the hit.  

The Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 9-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in an entertaining encounter between the American League East's top two teams on Sunday. Ben Zobrist and Elliot Johnson hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth to put Tampa Bay out of ...  

TORONTO — Cesar Ramos got his first career win after replacing the injured Jeff Niemann, and Ben Zobrist homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Monday night. Luke Scott and Sean Rodriguez each had two RBIs for the Rays, who have ...  

BALTIMORE — And to think manager Joe Maddon said after Friday's game that the Rays were making too many mistakes. Saturday they went out and performed sheer folly, committing a team-record-tying five errors — including three in one inning ...