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Ty Wigginton's two-run single in the bottom of the seventh broke a 3-3 tie to lead the Devil Rays to a 6-3 win over the Royals in front of an announced crowd of 20,002 Saturday night at Tropicana Field. |
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Jorge Cantu's bases-loaded double in the seventh inning led the Devil Rays to a 7-2 win over the Royals in front of a crowd of 12,092 on Friday night at Tropicana Field. |
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Players ran in from the benches and bullpens, clutching opponents and trying to keep their teammates from going after the other side. It was a familiar sight between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. One week before opening day, excitable reliever Julian Tavarez punched Tampa Bay outfielder Joey Gathright lightly in the jaw Monday after a play at the plate. |
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Brad Radke began this spring training wondering if it would be his last. Now, the longest current tenured player on the Minnesota Twins has his pitching coach wondering why. "If he throws like he has this spring training, to be honest with you, I think he'll keep going," Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson said. |
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The Red Sox are ready for the opening bell. One week before their first regular-season game, excitable reliever Julian Tavarez punched Tampa Bay outfielder Joey Gathright lightly in the jaw Monday during a play at home plate Monday, the latest flareup between the teams. Players ran from benches and bullpens but no injuries were reported as they clutched opponents and tried to keep their teammates from going after the other side. |
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New manager Joe Maddon didn't like what happened Monday, when Boston reliever Julian Tavarez punched Rays outfielder Joey Gathright in the face to start a bench-clearing brawl. But he very much liked the way his team responded. "I really liked the way they hung together in that situation," Maddon said. "I liked the way our guys reacted. A lot. It'd didn't surprise me. We're always looking for those moments of creating unity. |
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--CF Rocco Baldelli, who has been idled a week by a strained left hamstring and has yet to play in the field, is showing some improvement. The Rays hope to determine in the next few days whether Baldelli, who missed the entire 2005 season following knee and elbow surgeries, will be available or on the disabled list come Opening Day. "(Trainer Ron Porterfield) told me he was feeling better," manager Joe Maddon said, "so that was a good thing. |
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New manager Joe Maddon set a positive tone for his first spring training with the Devil Rays, but his upbeat attitude was tested. |
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Paul Maholm wouldn't accept the finish, no matter how good the rest of his start was. For Scott Kazmir, another ineffective spring training start wasn't a worry, even though the season is fast approaching. Maholm cruised through five innings, allowing one hit and one walk, before a brief streak of wildness led to a four-run Tampa Bay sixth inning in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 7-5 win over the Devil Rays on Tuesday. |