Fernando Rodney

The New York Yankees have not enjoyed their recent trips to play the Tampa Bay Rays, losing 13 of the last 16 games. The Yankees will look to change that pattern on Friday when they open a three-game series against the host Rays. New York mustered only...

    El sur de Florida, con todo su glamour y eclecticismo, recibió un duro golpe esta semana cuando los dueños de equipos de la NFL hicieron pedazos el sueño de Miami de convertirse nuevamente en sede de un Super Bowl. En una votación que resultó en...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH The Rays don't seem to know exactly what to do about their struggling bullpen except hope it improves. "We've got to keep putting the guys out there at the appropriate times and wait...

RHP Jeremy Hellickson allowed a first-inning run on Wednesday for the seventh time in 10 starts this season, including six starts in a row. But he allowed only two runs in eight innings and stood to win until RHP Fernando Rodney had his fourth blown...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH The trip back to Toronto provided the Rays a further look at the Yunel Escobar experience. The talented shortstop who came to the Rays with a reputation of being moody, careless and...

Blue Jays 4, Rays 3 (10): Jose Bautista homered twice and added the game-winning single in the 10th inning as host Toronto ended a long series drought against Tampa Bay. After Colby Rasmus reached on an infield single and advanced to third on a...

The Sports Xchange Blue Jays 4, Rays 3 TORONTO -- Jose Bautista singled home the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning as the Toronto Blue Jays came back to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Wednesday afternoon. Bautista twice tied the game for...

The Sports Xchange Bautista's bat brings Blue Jays extra-inning win TORONTO -- Jose Bautista took the game into his own hands with four runs batted in on Wednesday as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in 10 innings. He twice tied...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Blue Jays 4, Rays 3 (10) Blue Jays 4, Rays 3 (10): Jose Bautista homered twice and added the game-winning single in the 10th inning as host Toronto ended a long series drought against Tampa Bay. After Colby Rasmus reached on an...

LHP Mark Buehrle, who starts Wednesday against Tampa Bay, probably deserved a little better than his line showed in a 5-0 loss to the Yankees on May 18. Facing RHP Hiroki Kuroda, who held the Blue Jays to two hits in eight innings in the 5-0 New York win,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH The Blue Jays bullpen showed what it can do on Tuesday when it is not overworked. A pair of days off on the schedule did not hurt, nor did a rainout on Sunday. So when right-...

MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH The Rays knew it was next to impossible for closer Fernando Rodney to have the same kind of success this season as he did in a record-breaking 2012. But they were hoping he would pitch more consistently...