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Alex Cobb won his first start of the season, Matt Joyce hit a grand slam and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Saturday.

Tristan H. Cockcroft compares his mid-May hitter ranks with the staff consensus, and is higher on guys like Austin Jackson and Cameron Maybin but lower on Bryce Harper and Jacoby Ellsbury.

David Robertson had a rough night on Wednesday -- but the rest of the Yankees' bullpen was stellar. Boone Logan relieved starter David Phelps with the bases loaded in the fifth inning, and got Matt Joyce to strike out swinging. Cory Wade came o...

Matt Joyce hit a three-run homer off fill-in closer David Robertson in the ninth inning, falling down on a twisted ankle as he finished his swing, and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the New York Yankees 4-1 on Wednesday night.

Matt Joyce had two of Tampa Bay's three hits, including a solo homer and RBI triple, to help the surging Tampa Bay Rays beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 for their ninth victory in 10 games on Tuesday night.

Facing baseball's top team in their ballpark Friday night, the Tampa Bay Rays brought home run power at the plate and strikeouts on the mound to put away the Texas Rangers, 8-4. This marked the sixth consecutive win for the Rays, who have seemingly r...

Pitching, defense and three-run home runs? It's a formula that has worked going back to the days of Earl Weaver and beyond. An inning into Saturday's game, the Rays had all of that going for them: Designated hitter Luke Scott had already hammered a b...

For the third straight game, the Rays have jumped out ahead of the Yankees in the first inning, scoring a run off Phil Hughes on a double scorched past Alex Rodriguez by Evan Longoria, and a sinking liner to right by Matt Joyce that turned into an R...

If my math is correct, the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees still have 17 games against each other. The Rays and Boston Red Sox have 18 games against each other. The Red Sox and Yankees have 18 games against each other. And all three teams have 18...

Check out where players on the Tampa Bay Rays ranked among ESPN's top 500 players of 2012.

In 2011, the Tampa Bay Rays won 91 games, with that 91st win serving as one of the more memorable in baseball history. They scored 707 runs and allowed 614, which projects to ... 91 wins. So they hit that win-loss record on the head. What can we p...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Rangers can clinch the ALDS with a win today at Tropicana Field. Two youngsters take the mound in Matt Harrison, 26, and Jeremy Hellickson, 24. Here are the lineups: RANGERS 2B Ian Kinsler SS Elvis Andrus CF Josh Ham...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Matt Joyce was impressed with the 50,000-plus at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Games 1 and 2 of the ALDS. And he believes the towel-waving fans helped the Texas Rangers score five runs in a big ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Johnny Damon took C.J. Wilson deep and nine-hole hitter Matt Joyce managed to squib a two-out grounder into right field as the Rays have jumped out to an early, 3-0 lead with Rangers coming to bat in the bottom of the second. A...

Matt Joyce and Ben Zobrist homered Tuesday night, helping the surging Tampa Bay Rays continue their improbable chase for the AL wild card with a 5-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

Here are tonight's lineups: RAYS Desmond Jennings LF B.J. Upton CF Evan Longoria 3B Matt Joyce RF Johnny Damon DH Ben Zobrist 2B Casey Kotchman 1B John Jaso C Reid Brignac SS Matt Moore LHP YANKEES Derek Jeter SS Eduardo Nunez 2...