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Josh Lowe hit a three-run homer and a walk-off single that capped a two-run ninth inning, lifting Tampa Bay over the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Saturday after the Rays wasted a five-run lead. Rays prospect Junior Caminero made his big league debut at 20 years, 80 days and went 1 for 4 with a walk. Lowe then sliced an opposite-field single down the left-field line off Jordan Romano (5-6), who blew a save for the fourth time in 40 chances.

George Springer hit an inside-the-park, three-run homer, made a diving catch and threw out a runner, helping the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-5 on Sunday to take two of three in a series of potential playoff opponents. “He kind of just took the game over for about 25 minutes,” Toronto manager John Schneider said. “George this time of year is a good guy to have on your team.”

The Toronto Blue Jays got a big win, while the Tampa Bay Rays lost more than a game. Chris Bassitt became the American League's second 15-game winner and the Blue Jays beat the Rays 6-2 on Friday night in a matchup of teams holding the top two AL wild-card positions. Bassitt (15-8) allowed two runs and six hits while striking out eight in 6 2/3 innings.

The Tampa Bay Rays’ announced plan to build a new $1.3 billion stadium in St. Petersburg hasn’t struck out Pat Williams’ dream of bringing baseball to Orlando.

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Brandon Drury homered twice with five RBIs and the Los Angeles Angels stopped a six-game skid by beating the AL wild card-leading Tampa Bay Rays 8-3 on Wednesday night. Tampa Bay remained 2 1/2 games behind first-place Baltimore in the AL East. “We were watching the game earlier,” Rays catcher Christian Bethancourt said of the Orioles' 2-1 loss at Houston.

Tampa Bay, which holds the top AL wild card, started the day 2 1/2 games behind AL East-leading Baltimore, which holds the tiebreaker. The Orioles were scheduled to play at Cleveland Thursday night. “We know that the Orioles are above us,” Margot said through a translator.

ST. PETERSBURG — It was a pointed musical choice: Minutes before the official announcement of a deal for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium, Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)” played over a speaker system at Tropicana Field. The message, like that of the whole to-do, was that, after years of waiting and debating, a plan for a new stadium is finally here. Officially, it’s not yet ...

The playoff-bound Tampa Bay Rays put the finishing touches Tuesday on plans for a new 30,000-seat ballpark in St. Petersburg as part of a $6.5 billion development project that includes affordable housing, retail, bars and restaurants and a Black history museum.

St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay Rays are closing in on a groundbreaking deal: A 20-year redevelopment of the 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District, centered around a long-awaited new baseball stadium. Led by the global Hines Co., the proposed plan could cost billions of dollars and change the landscape of the city in a major way. It won’t be official until the St. Petersburg City Council and ...