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Skubal has 9 strikeouts in 6 innings, Canha and Meadows homer as Tigers beat Rays 7-1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tarik Skubal struck out nine over six scoreless innings, Mark Canha and Parker Meadows homered, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1 on Monday night. The Tigers improved to 9-3 on the road this season. Skubal (3-0) scattered...
Rays place struggling closer Pete Fairbanks on injured list with nerve-related issues
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays placed struggling closer Pete Fairbanks on the 15-day injured list with nerve-related issues before Monday night's game against the Detroit Tigers. Fairbanks has experienced numbness in his fingers at times over the past few years, and...
The Mets' bullpen with a healthy Edwin Díaz has helped New York rebound from a rough start
Edwin Díaz's season-ending knee injury in March 2023 was probably the first sign the season wouldn't go as planned for the high-priced New York Mets. Now he's back, leading a bullpen that has helped the Mets recover nicely from a poor start. New York has won 12 of 16...
Luis Gil gets 1st big league win in 3 years, pitches Yankees over Rays 5-4
NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Gil struck out a career-high nine over 5 2/3 innings for his first major league win in three years, and the New York Yankees took advantage of Adam Civale’s control problems in a four-run fifth to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Sunday. Civale walked three...
Yankees pitcher Luis Gil gets 2nd big league win, 993 days after beating Orioles in debut
NEW YORK (AP) — On the 993rd day after Luis Gil won his major league debut, he got win No. 2. Now 25 and nearly two years after Tommy John surgery, the right-hander struck out a career-high nine over 5 2/3 innings Sunday in the New York Yankees' 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays....
Dave McCarty, 11-year MLB veteran and member of the 2004 Red Sox championship team, dies at 54
BOSTON (AP) — Dave McCarty, a member of the Boston Red Sox championship team in 2004 who played with seven MLB teams in an 11-year career, has died. He was 54. The Red Sox announced McCarty's death in a statement, saying the former first baseman and outfielder died Friday after...
Yankees' slugger Aaron Judge strikes out four times, hears boos on promotional bobblehead day
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees captain Aaron Judge was booed by New York fans on his bobblehead day after he struck out for the fourth time in Saturday's 2-0, 10-inning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. “I’ve heard worse and I’d probably be doing the same thing in their situation,”...
Caballero's tiebreaking double in the 10th lifts Rays past Yankees 2-0
NEW YORK (AP) — José Caballero hit a go-ahead double in the 10th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 2-0 on Saturday. Caballero opened the 10th by lining an 0-2 fastball from Caleb Ferguson (0-3) over center fielder Alex Verdugo to easily score automatic runner...
Juan Soto's 3-run homer in 5-run 7th inning lifts Yankees over Rays 5-3
NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto hit a three-run homer halfway up the right field second deck to cap a five-run seventh inning and the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Friday night. Soto stood at home plate and admired his 409-foot drive off Chris Devenski (0-1),...
Ryan Pepiot pitches 6 strong innings as Rays beat Angels 2-1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Pepiot allowed one run and three hits in six strong innings, Amed Rosario hit an RBI triple in Tampa Bay's two-run first and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Thursday to split their four-game series. Pepiot (2-2) struck out seven and...
