A game filled with strong pitching ended on one bad pitch.

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David Price made some mistakes and the Los Angeles Angels made him pay. Mark Trumbo homered and drove in four runs and the Angels beat the Tampa Bay 8-5 on Friday night, snapping the Rays' five-game winning streak. Price (3-3), coming off three consecutive wins, gave up five runs and a career-high 12 hits in 4 1-3 innings.

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Mark Trumbo homered and drove in four runs, Ervin Santana won for the first time this season and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-5 on Friday night. Trumbo, who entered with one hit in 20 at-bats over his previous seven games, had two hits, including a two-run homer. The Angels have won nine of 13 road games this year.

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The Tampa Bay Rays are hoping that after a disappointing 2010 season, Ben Zobrist regains his 2009 All-Star form, when he hit 27 homers and drove in 91 runs. He's off to a good start, especially after an amazing day Thursday in which over two games he had seven hits, including…

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But first, because all Ben Zobrist highlight reels must begin this way, The Stew brings you video of his wife — recording artist Julianna Zobrist — singing the Star-Spangled Banner. "And the home … of the … braaaaave!" OK, on … Continue reading →

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The Tampa Bay Rays open a three-game series at home against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 3 and the word is that…

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Tampa Bay Rays star third baseman Evan Longoria did some hitting on Wednesday and then left the team in Minneapolis to start a rehabilitation assignment with Double-A Montgomery. Manager Joe Maddon says the plan is for Longoria to play four games in five days and rejoin the Rays at home on Tuesday. Longoria has been on the disabled list since April 3 with a strained left oblique muscle.

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The Tampa Bay Rays were not pleased with the plan to make up Tuesday's rained-out game in Minnesota as the nightcap of a day-night doubleheader Thursday. Their preference would have been to schedule a doubleheader when they return to play the Twins from July 4-6, and they had…

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The Minnesota Twins went through a seemingly charmed first season in outdoor Target Field last year, with the kind of weather luck that is unheard of in these parts. They may be paying for it in season No. 2. The Twins postponed their game with the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday due to heavy rain in the Twin Cities.

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Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig expects the playoffs to expand in 2012. Since the league's inception through 1994 the winners of the East and West divisions of the American and National League battled it out to determine who would win the league pennant and…

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