— Josh Fleming pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning, Kevin Kiermaier led a strong effort from the bottom of Tampa Bay's batting order and the Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 Monday night.
— The last-place New York Yankees lost their fifth straight game as Yoshi Tsutsugo hit a tiebreaking double off Gerrit Cole in the seventh inning that lifted the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-2 win Sunday and a three-game sweep.
— Manuel Margot hit a tiebreaking two-run homer, Tyler Glasnow overcame cramps and poor control to pitch five innings of one-run ball and the Tampa Bay Rays held off the struggling New York Yankees 6-3 Saturday.
The Tampa Bay Rays activated Gold Glove center fielder Kevin Kiermaier from the 10-day injured list prior to a game Saturday at Yankee Stadium.
— Brandon Lowe hit a two-run double in the first inning off opener Nick Nelson, and the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays kept up their domination of the New York Yankees with a 8-2 win Friday night that set off frustrated fans who caused a brief interruption.
Yankees announce that Michael King has been recalled from the Alternate Site, and that righthander Nick Nelson will start tonight's game vs. the Rays.
— Adolis Garcia's first major league homer, a two-run shot in the 10th inning, gave the Texas Rangers a 6-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night.
— Nate Lowe hit a solo homer and Texas rookie Kohei Arihara got his first major league victory, pitching into the sixth inning Wednesday night as the Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1.
— Nick Solak and Charlie Culberson drove in three runs apiece, Kyle Gibson pitched seven strong innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-3 Tuesday night to end a season-high four-game losing streak.
— Tyler Glasnow struck out a career-high 14 in 7 2/3 innings and Willy Adames homered in the seventh to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the sputtering Texas Rangers 1-0 on Monday night.
— Rougned Odor snapped a 10th-inning tie with his first hit as a Yankee, Gio Urshela homered and drove in three runs, and New York rallied Sunday to avoid a weekend sweep with an 8-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Rays right-hander Chris Archer has been placed on the 10-day injured list after exiting Saturday's start against the Yankees with right lateral forearm tightness.
Aaron Boone on whether the Yankees are a better team than the Rays: "We'll see. They're one of the teams that we got to compete with in this division. They're obviously a good team and the defending American league champions. We have expectations of being that and more this year, so they're one of the teams we have to go through. And I'll take our chances. But we got a long way to go between here and then. So I think it's silly to answer that question right now. We got to go out and prove it."
Since September 2, 2019, the Yankees have lost five straight series against the Rays (six including the postseason). Yankees are 2-12 against the Rays over that stretch, with a -27 run differential.
The Rays announced they have placed Chris Archer on the 10-day injured list (right lateral forearm tightness) and recalled Brent Honeywell Jr., who will start tomorrow's game against Jordan Montgomery and the Yankees. Rays are hopeful that Archer will only miss one start.
— Austin Meadows and Randy Arozarena homered off Domingo Germán, helping the Tampa Bay Rays extend their mastery over the New York Yankees with a 4-0 victory on Saturday.
The Rays announce that Chris Archer was taken out of the game due to right lateral forearm tightness and will be further evaluated.
Aaron Boone on Aaron Judge starting in RF today: "Speaking to him this morning, he felt ready to go."
— Rich Hill pitched six strong innings, Austin Meadows led a hit parade against Corey Kluber and New York's bullpen, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 10-5 Friday to snap a four-game skid.
Who says you can't learn anything from small sample sizes? It's time to make some bold predictions based on what we've seen so far.
— Randy Arozarena got twisted around in deep right field on J.D. Martinez’s two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning, sending the Boston Red Sox past the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 on Tuesday night.
— Christian Vázquez homered, Xander Bogaerts had three hits and J.D. Martinez went for extra bases for the seventh game in a row on Wednesday to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 and complete a three-game sweep.
