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Will Rhymes hit his first major league homer and Alex Avila drove in three runs and made a spectacular defensive play to lead the Detroit Tigers past the Kansas City Royals 7-5 Monday night.Detroit trailed 5-4 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, then took the lead on Rhymes' two-run homer off Zack Greinke. The play originally was ruled an RBI triple, but video replays showed the ball hit the bottom of a safety railing above the right-field fence. Umpires reviewed the play and reversed the call.Avila finished the scoring with a solo homer in the eighth, an inning after the catcher flipped over a railing and landed headfirst in the Royals' dugout while catching Brayan Pena's foul pop. He almost duplicated the catch with two outs in the ninth, but couldn't hang on.Yuniesky Betancourt matched a career high with four hits for Kansas City, including a three-run homer.Brad Thomas (6-2) earned the win with 1 2-3 innings of shutout relief. Tigers starter Rick Porcello gave up five runs a...
Luke Scott can't do anything but keep swinging.His hitless streak, now approaching a major league record, has overwhelmed him."It has caused me a lot of sleepless ni...
Josh Tomlin pitched seven stellar innings and Shin-Soo Choo, Michael Brantley and Travis Hafner homered, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Ba...
Sean Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Boston closer Alfredo Aceves, and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday ...
The Boston Red Sox lost in the same way they won a night earlier.Tampa Bay's Sean Rodriguez hit a two-run home run off Red Sox closer Alfredo Aceves in the ninth inn...
Sean Rodriguez hit a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to send Tampa Bay past Boston, 4-3, in the rubber match of a three-game series from Fenway Park....
Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria will be activated from the disabled list in time for Tuesday's series-opener against the Toronto Blue Jays.Longoria, 26, s...
Ben Zobrist ripped a go-ahead RBI single as part of a three-run top of the ninth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to edge the Cleveland Indians, 7-6, in the fin...
Matt Joyce's eighth-inning homer was the deciding run, and B.J. Upton threw out Omar Vizquel at the plate to end the game, as the Tampa Bay Rays escaped with a 5-4 v...
Omar Vizquel was going full speed, but a collision with catcher Jose Molina brought a swift halt to his forward momentum.Matt Joyce homered and had three RBIs, Ryan ...
Matt Joyce homered and had three RBIs, Ryan Roberts also connected and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Saturday.For the second straight day, the...
Josh Tomlin was doomed by a bad first inning.Matt Moore won despite control issues, Carlos Pena homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2 on Tues...
Tampa Bay failed to give AL All-Star David Price any run support.After Price pitched eight shutout innings, Taylor Teagarden broke out of a long slide with an RBI do...
Will Rhymes hit a two-run triple in a four-run 11th inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 9-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.Rhymes' triple to ...
Justin Verlander pitched eight strong innings, rookie Will Rhymes had four hits and the Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with an ...
The Detroit Tigers did not tender a contract offer to second baseman Will Rhymes for the 2012 season.Rhymes split last year between the Tigers and Triple-A Toledo. I...
Johnny Damon drove in three runs, Alex Avila and Will Rhymes had two RBIs apiece and the Detroit Tigers beat the Los Angeles Angels 9-4 on Sunday.Rick Porcello (5-10...
The injuries to Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen added to a disastrous week for the Detroit Tigers.Ordonez fractured his right ankle sliding into home plate in the...
Jason Heyward worked on his bunting. Jordan Zimmermann tried out a new pitch. And Bryce Harper just kept doing what he's been doing all spring.Harper homered for Was...
Matt Moore spun seven scoreless innings of one-hit ball Friday as the Rays pounded the Marlins, 11-0, in the opener of a three-game set at Tropicana Field.Moore (4-5...