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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 ...  

"You take 'em all," manager Joe Maddon said. "You talk about winning ugly, but in the end they're all kind of beautiful, actually." Having lost two straight and four of six, and looking bad in doing so, the Rays (26-18) now have a chance in ...  

Talk about an interesting strategy by Rays manager Joe Maddon. Carlos Pena, your prototypical cleanup hitter, will be leading off in Monday's night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Pena currently does sport a .353 OBP, but even that is not enough to ...  

The Toronto Blue Jays continued to struggle against the Tampa Bay Rays in 2012 by dropping a series 2-1 at Tropicana Field to start a late-May road swing.  

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 ...  

Slumping Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer during a five-run fourth and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-5 on Tuesday night. Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon moved Pena up from the middle of the lineup to the leadoff spot in an attempt to help ...  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Slumping Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer during a five-run fourth and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-5 on Tuesday night. Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon moved Pena up from the middle of the lineup to the leadoff spot ...  

The 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays were't a very good baseball team. They trotted out a starting rotation that included Casey Fossum, Tim Corcoran, and Jae Weong Seo. The bullpen was a who's who of turds. Tyler Walker led the team in saves, while Brian Meadows and Seth McClung were hot on his trail, while the meltdown of Chad Orvella was complete. The Devil Rays trotted out their share schleppy's, but there was some young talent that was...  

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 ...  

Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon moved Pena up from the middle of the lineup to the leadoff spot in an attempt to help him break out of an offensive funk. Pena, who snapped an 0 for 18 slide on his sixth homer of the season, entered Tuesday hitting just  

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 ...  

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.  

Boston won the "whose team sucks harder" contest yesterday, failing to plate against that offensive juggernaut what be the Miggy-Prince tandem. But the Yankees also gave up 8 to the Rays and sit just as winless while Joe Maddon looks like some sort of frickin' genius pushing his second baseman...  

The pen picked up the slack for Joe Maddon, however, holding the Jays to three hits and one run over eight innings. Wade Davis was also used for two innings, combining with Cesar Ramos to get it to the bullpen regulars for the final three innings.  

When I ran out on the field I was high-fiving everybody, yelling, `We had it all the way,''' manager Joe Maddon said with a slight grin. Shields earned his sixth win for the Rays, now 2-6 in their last eight games. Tampa Bay entered the series tied atop ...  

Hammel, O's aim for another defeat of Blue JaysFox NewsHammel, a 10th-round pick of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2002, debuted with the team in 2006 and made 73 appearances through 2008, including 28 starts. He was traded to Colorado at the outset of the 2009 season and spent three seasons with the Rockies, ...and more »  

"(Jennings) is not getting worse, he's just not getting better," Maddon said. ... Toronto optioned RH Joel Carreno to Double-A New Hampshire and recalled LH Evan Crawford from Triple-A Las Vegas. ... Blue Jays RH Sergio Santos (right shoulder) is throwing ...  

Lake Norman has the chance to capture its first state championship in lacrosse when it battles Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons in the N.C. High School Athletic Association boys’ final Friday at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary.  

He came out for the second and started to warm up, but exited after a conference with the team trainer and manager Joe Maddon. Five relievers combined to pitch the final eight innings with Cesar Ramos (1-0) getting his first career win after ...  

"It was funny," Matt Joyce said. "Joe was telling everybody, 'You're a two-hole hitter, you're a two-hole hitter.' " Tonight, he's planning to post a lineup card with a 2 in front of each name. "It was a nice look," Maddon said. "I liked it.'  

PolicyMicMiami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen In Hot Water For "I Love Fidel Castro" CommentPolicyMicThe outspoken former Major League Baseball shortstop, who played for the Baltimore Orioles (1998), Atlanta Braves (1998-1999), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000), and managed the Chicago White Sox from 2004 to 2011, is no stranger to controversy.and more »  

Rays Manager Joe Maddon credited Ron Porterfield, the team’s head athletic trainer, for his pitchers’ durability, but Hellickson said he assumed all teams had the same kind of programs. Cashman said the pressure of New York makes the comparison unfair.  

Rays manager Joe Maddon tweaked his batting order Wednesday. Shocker, right? The debut drew rave reviews as the Rays rolled to a 12-2 victory against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Led by Ben Zobrist, who returned to the No. 2 spot in an effort to set a ...  

Richard Durrett and the ESPNDallas.com team have the inside scoop on the Rangers, the American League and Major League Baseball. Hamilton, who leads the AL with nine home runs and 25 RBIs, left Sunday's win over Tampa Bay in the third inning ...  

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TORONTO -- Manager Joe Maddon had Ben Zobrist hit in the two-hole on Wednesday against the Blue Jays. Zobrist, who started in right field, entered the game batting .216, but had an on-base percentage of .370 with eight walks in 11 games. Maddon said he ...  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The previous regular-season game played at Tropicana Field before yesterday — Game 162 of last season — was the most memorable in Rays history. Heck, it was flat out one of the most memorable ever. Tampa rallied from 7-0 down ...  

New York PostRays manager wins first chess match over Girardi, YanksNew York PostWhen these teams — and these managers — collide, it is definitely chess, not checkers. And when you throw Bobby Valentine and Buck Showalter — two of the other AL East managers — in the mix? Chess can make baseball — Maddon's word — “beautiful.Joe Girardi and Joe Maddon play game of chess in bizarre Opening Day game ...New York Daily NewsRays send Yanks opening...  

The managers, the Rays' Joe Maddon and the Yankees' Joe Girardi ... His only other blown save against Tampa Bay came on Aug. 16, 2005, at Tropicana Field, when he walked Jonny Gomes with the bases loaded to give the Rays a 4-3 victory.  

Who's heading up, who's heading down and who's standing Nos. 1-30 in the first Power Poll of the season. Rays. Joe Maddon could not have hoped for a better opening weekend if someone had given him a bottle of wine from the Spring Valley Vineyard.  

Jeremy Hellickson tries to follow up a sensational rookie season this afternoon when he takes the ball for the Tampa Bay Rays in the finale of a three-game set against the New York Yankees at Tropicana Field. (Sports Network) - Jeremy Hellickson tries to ...  

Carlos Pena thrust his arms in the air, rounded first base and headed right into a wild celebration in the middle of the Tropicana Field infield. Pena defied long odds against CC Sabathia and did it again against Mariano Rivera, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays ...  

St. Petersburg, Fla. - The budget-minded Tampa Bay Rays welcome the challenge of competing against the big-spending New York Yankees. The American League East rivals open the season at Tropicana Field today, and both clubs say that's not a ...