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The Tampa Bay Rays (54-72) travel to Houston to face the Astros (66-61). The Rays are looking to extend their winning streak to three games after they split their series with the Boston Red Sox 2-2. Left-handed pitcher Drew Smyly, who will take the mound for the Rays, will look …

The Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins are on two separate ends of the spectrum as they come down the stretch at the end of the season. The Rays can look at a win as a glimpse into potential for the future. Pieces that can be built upon or developed, …

With the Miami Marlins (65-60) fighting for the National League’s second wild card spot and the regular season coming to an end next month, they know they are getting to crunch time in the regular season. Miami lost last night at home against defending World Champion Kansas City (65-60) 1-0. Last …

The Tampa Bay Rays (52-70) have won six of their last seven games, and ride that momentum into a four-game home series against the Boston Red Sox (69-54). After sweeping the Padres, Tampa Bay won two of three against the AL West leading Texas Rangers. This series against the Red Sox will cap …

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Miami Marlins continue to struggle as the Major League Baseball calendar moves into August. The Chicago Cubs (65-41) beat the Miami Marlins (57-50) 3-2 on Tuesday night while the Rays lost to the Kansas City Royals by the same score. Jose Fernandez started on …

Monday night was a rough one for the Marlins and Rays after both teams were shutout by the Cubs and the Royals. It was an especially tough night for Rays fans in attendance at Tropicana Field. Royals pitcher Danny Duffy had a career outing as he threw eight innings of one-hit ball. Duffy …

Coming off of a sweep against the New York Yankees and a 8-7 record since the All-Star break, the Tampa Bay Rays (42-61) are facing the Kansas City Royals (49-55) to start a four-game series at home tonight. The season high four-game winning streak for the Rays will hopefully be enough of a …

The Miami Marlins are playing good baseball right now. Miami defeated Philadelphia yesterday 11-1, helped by an early Giancarlo Stanton home run that manager Don Mattingly says helped the team take a lead early. Marlins pitcher Adam Conley had an impressive game by pitching 6 2/3 innings without giving up a run. The Marlins won’t have …

Despite improvement on the mound, the Tampa Bay Rays are still struggling. After losing 3-2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers last night, the Rays will look to snap a four-game losing streak that started on the West Coast and at least split the series as they take on the Dodgers again …

The Miami Marlins hope to win the series against the Philadelphia Phillies today after getting a 5-0 last night. Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton helped his team break out of a scoring slump with two RBI’s, while Ichiro Suzuki singled in the eighth inning to move him to within three hits of the 3,000 career hit mark. Starting …