Athletics Pound Devil Rays 9-5
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Eric Chavez homered twice and Bobby Crosby went 3-for-5 with a home run to break out of a length slump as the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9-5 Friday night.
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Erubiel Durazo's three-run homer in the second inning helped the Oakland Athletics remain top of the American League (AL) West with a 9-4 win over the reeling Baltimore Orioles Thursday.
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Alex Rodriguez and Hideki Matsui each hit two-run doubles, and Jon Lieber struck out a season-high nine to lead the Yankees past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 11-2, last night in New York.
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Julio Lugo homered twice and Damon Hollins had his first four-hit game and drove in three runs to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the struggling Philadelphia Phillies 10-4 Friday night.
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Aaron Hill hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Sunday.
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Bobby Abreu homered and drove in a season-high five runs, helping Chien-Ming Wang overcome a shaky first inning to win his seventh straight decision with a 6-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Saturday night.
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The Boston Red Sox became the first team in the majors to clinch a playoff spot this season, rallying on ninth-inning home runs by Jason Varitek and Julio Lugo to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-6 Saturday.
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Matt Stairs scored the winning run after a bases-loaded walk and the Blue Jays scored six runs in the ninth inning last night in Toronto to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 12-11.
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Adam Jones led off the eighth inning with a pinch-hit solo homer and Yuniesky Betancourt singled home Charlton Jimerson with two outs in the ninth, giving the Seattle Mariners a 6-5 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.
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Gary Sheffield put on a power display for the hometown fans. Sheffield homered twice and drove in five runs, and Jeremy Bonderman won his fourth straight start as the Detroit Tigers cruised past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 14-2 on Tuesday night.
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Edwin Jackson beat his old team for his first win in almost two years, leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-4 on Sunday.
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The Tampa Bay Devil Rays stopped the second-longest losing streak in team history at 12 games, rallying past the Kansas City Royals 8-6 Saturday night behind Julio Lugo.
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The Yankees used a new batting order for the second straight game and scored plenty of runs against the Devil Rays, who have lost nine games in a row.
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Garret Anderson hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, Darin Erstad had a three-run homer and the Angels beat Oakland 5-3 on Saturday to move within two games of the division-leading Athletics again.
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Edwin Jackson won on the road for the first time since 2003 and B.J. Upton hit two homers to help the Tampa Bay Devil Rays rout the New York Yankees 14-4 on Friday night.
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The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are slowly changing the perception that they can&#039;t compete against elite teams. Ask Curt Schilling and the Boston Red Sox. Ty Wigginton homered for the third time in two games, connecting off Schilling to snap a seventh-inning tie and help the Devil Rays beat the AL East-leading Red Sox 9-6 on Tuesday.
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Melvin Mora drives in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and Ramon Hernandez follows with a three-run double as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 8-4.