The Tampa Bay Rays have activated Ben Zobrist from the 15-day disabled list and designated Andy Cannizaro for assignment to make room for Zobrist on the roster.

Zobrist had pins taken out of his hand on Monday and played in four rehab games going 4-14.  He will take over the utility players role for the Rays.

Cannizaro was expected to only be with the big league team until Zobrist came back.  He only got one at bat and went hitless.

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The Tampa Bay Rays won their fifth straight game as they beat the New York Yankees 7-1 on Monday night.  What a way to open up a four game series against the Yankees!

Matt Garza tossed seven innings of shutout ball.  Garza only allowed five hits in the game as he struck out three batters and only walked one to pick up the win and improve his record to 2-1.

Gary Glover and Trever Miller both pitched a inning of relief after Garza left the game.  Glover gave up one run but Miller pitched a scoreless inning.

Dioner Navarro and Jason Bartlett both had two rbi in the game.  Akinori Iwamura, Jonny Gomes, and Eric Hinske all had one rbi each in the game.  Great production by the Rays at the plate donight as it just wasn’t one player doing all the damage.

The Rays are now six games over .500 with a 22-16 record.  Rays Blog

Carl Crawford hit a sac fly in the 13th inning to give the Tampa Bay Rays a one run lead in the game but hey were not done because Dioner Navarro hit a grandslam to put the Rays up five runs.  After blowing the lead in the ninth inning, the Rays came back to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3.

Navarro led the Rays with the four rbi from the grandslam.  Gabe Gross had two rbi while Carlos Pena and Crawford both had one rbi in the game.

Starting pitcher Edwin Jackson pitched eight great inning as he only gave up six hits and no runs.  He was in line to pick up the win until Troy Percival blew the save by allowing three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning.  J.P. Howell ended up picking up the win for the Rays.

Great win for the Rays after they blew the game and then came back.  That is what good teams will do!  Rays Blog

The Toronto Blue Jays held the Tampa Bay Rays to only four hits on Wednesday night as they beat the Rays by the score of 6-2.

Matt Garza took the loss for the Rays even though he pitched pretty good.  Garza tossed six 1/3 innings and only gave up six hits and one run.  It was the bullpen for the Rays that cost them the game as they gave up a combined five runs.

Scott Dohmann and Trever Miller both gave up two runs while Jason Hammel gave up one run.

At the plate for the Rays, B.J. Upton was the only player to have any RBI in the game.  Upton had a two run double in the ninth inning to score both of the Rays runs.

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The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 5-4 on Tuesday night.  It was a really good win for the Rays who picked up a win against a divsional opponent on the road.

Akinori Iwamura led the Rays at the plate with two RBI.  Carl Crawford, B.J. Upton, and Eric Hinske all had one RBI each in the game.  Hinske’s RBI came off of a solo home run in the sixth inning.

Andy Sonnanstine pitched six innings to pick up his fifth win of the season.  Sonnanstine is now 5-1 on the season as he has been throwing the ball very good so far this season.  Troy Percival pitched the ninth inning to pick up his seventh save of the season.

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The Tampa Bay Rays improved their record to 16-12 on the season after they beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 on Thursday afternoon.  The Rays limited the Orioles to only three hits in the game.

Matt Garza pitched six innings to pick up his first win of the season for the Rays.  Garza only gave up three hits and two runs.  Both the runs came off a home run by Adam Jones.  Dan Wheeler toss two scoreless innings in relief of Garza before Troy Percival came in and picked up the save which was his sixth of the season.  The save was also Percival’s 330th career save that ties him for 10th on the all-time list.

Carl Crawford went 2-4 and had one RBI for the Rays.  Carlos Pena and Jonny Gomes both had one RBI each as well.  Gomes’s RBI came off a solo home run in the fourth inning.

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