Tampa Bay Devil Rays News

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) _ The Los Angeles Angels optioned first baseman Kendry Morales to triple-A Salt Lake following Wednesday night's 9-1 victory over Tampa Bay and said they intend to bring up infielder Brandon Wood from their Pacific Coast League club. Wood, a first-round pick in the 2003 amateur draft, batted .278 with three homers and 15 RBIs in 20 games with Salt Lake while playing mostly at third base. ...

Infielder-outfielder Greg Norton and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays agreed Friday to terms on a one-year contract with a club option for a second season. Norton hit .296 and 17 homers _ both career highs _ for Tampa Bay this season. The 34-year-old hit .302 with 13 homers after the all-star break, finishing with 45 RBIs in 98 games. A .252 career hitter, Norton's 10 pinch-hit home runs since 2001 rank second-most among major leaguers.

Cliff Lee finished strong with his first nine-inning complete game and the Cleveland Indians capped an unfulfilling season with a 6-3 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday, completing a four-game sweep of the Devil Rays. Lee (14-11) allowed three runs and seven hits and went nine innings for the first time in his career. He was credited with a complete game on July 18, 2005, a 6-2 win over Kansas ...

Jake Westbrook allowed one run in seven innings and Casey Blake hit two solo homers to help the Cleveland Indians beat Tampa Bay 6-1 Saturday night, handing the Devil Rays their 100th loss. Tampa Bay became the first team in major league history to lose 100 games in a season despite having a winning record at home. The Devil Rays, who went 41-40 at Tropicana Field, are 20-60 on the ...

Tim Corcoran allowed four hits over 6 2-3 innings and Rocco Baldelli hit a three-run homer during a nine-run seventh to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a rare road win, 11-0 over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night. Greg Norton had a two-run homer and drove in three runs for the Devil Rays, who got their 20th road victory this season, and first since Aug. 30. They ...

Tampa Bay pitching coach Mike Butcher, who appeared to make contact with an umpire while arguing balls and strikes during a Devil Rays' loss to the New York Yankees earlier this week, was suspended for three games Wednesday. Butcher was thrown out of Monday's 16-1 loss by plate umpire Alfonso Marquez for arguing from the dugout after a number of close pitches by Devil Rays starter Jae Seo were called ...

Tampa Bay Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon and pitching coach Mike Butcher were ejected in the first inning of Monday night's game against the New York Yankees for arguing balls and strikes. Butcher was thrown out by plate umpire Alfonso Marquez for arguing from the dugout after a number of close pitches by Devil Rays starter Jae Seo were called balls. TV replays on several pitches during the inning appeared ...

Mike Mussina was hit on the glove hand by Carl Crawford's liner and left the Yankees' 11-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the fifth inning Sunday. New York manager Joe Torre went to the mound after Crawford's hit and immediately removed Mussina (14-7), who allowed six runs and seven hits in 4 2-3 innings. Mussina is in line to pitch the third game of the Yankees' first-round ...

Ty Wigginton and B.J. Upton homered Saturday night, spoiling Randy Johnson's bid to become the American League's third 18-game winner and leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to an 8-0 victory over the New York Yankees. J.P. Howell (1-3) allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings for his first major league victory since last Sept. 26, when he pitched five innings for Kansas City in a combined 5-0 shutout at ...

Ty Wigginton helped Tampa Bay snap a season-high, nine-game losing streak Wednesday, hitting a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning in the Devil Rays' 4-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Greg Norton drew a one-out walk off Rodrigo Lopez (9-17) before Wigginton made it 4-2 with his 21st homer _ the 16th that has either tied a game or put Tampa Bay ahead. Seth McClung (6-12) pitched 1 1-3 ...