Mark Didtler

Jonathan Aranda homered for the second consecutive game, helping Taj Bradley and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2.

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Ryan Pepiot could return to the rotation late this week after being hospitalized last month for a knee infection that is believed to the result of a spider bite during the All-Star break.

Curtis Mead had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Baltimore Orioles 2-1.

Ryan Pepiot allowed two hits in six scoreless innings, Jose Siri and Brandon Lowe homered, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the struggling AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians 2-0.

Evan Longoria pretty much knew after his 16th big-league season last year it was time to move on. Spending time without the daily grind of the season with his family cemented that.

Zach Eflin worked six scoreless innings, Jose Siri homered twice and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 on Friday night. The Rays’ Yandy Díaz singled in the third inning to extend his hitting streak to a team-record 20 games, surpassing Jason Bartlett’s mark set in 2009. Tampa Bay was the only team not to have a player with a 20-game hitting streak. With the win, Tampa Bay improved to 41-41. The Rays haven’t been over .500 since May 21. Washington slipped to 2-5 on a nine-game…

Taj Bradley tied a career high with 11 strikeouts over seven innings and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2. Bradley gave up two unearned runs and three hits. After starter Justin Steele pitched six scoreless innings for the Cubs, the Rays scored three times in the seventh off Mark Leiter Jr. Pinch-hitter Josh Lowe had an RBI single and pinch-hitter Ben Rortvedt drove in a run on a groundout before Yandy Díaz made it 3-2 with another RBI single. Tampa Bay took two of three i…

Grayson Rodriguez took a perfect game into the sixth inning, Adley Rutschman hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2.

Jose Siri made a tremendous catch in the top of the ninth inning and singled in the winning run in the bottom half in the Tampa Bay Rays’ 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.

New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole is happy with his progression from a right elbow injury after throwing two, 15-pitch innings in a simulated game. Cole faced minor league hitters on Derek Jeter Field in front of his family and a large gathering of rookie-level players at the Yankees’ player development complex in Tampa, Florida. Cole said he met all the set goal and threw strikes. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner is looking to face hitters again in about five days. Cole made one spring trai…