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World Series 2020: ‘Travel day’ roundtable — everything we learned in Games 1 and 2

It’s a travel day in the 2020 World Series … just without any travel. The Series — tied at 1 — is staying in Arlington, Texas, but the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays have 24 hours to catch their breath before Game 3 on Friday. While they do, ESPN baseball writers Sam Miller […]

Tampa Bay Rays’ Brandon Lowe homers twice in Game 2 win over Los Angeles Dodgers

ARLINGTON, Texas — Through all the struggles, all the moments when it looked like he should be dropped down in the lineup or out of it altogether, Brandon Lowe believed. He had built himself into one of the American League’s best hitters, and no slump — not even one during the playoffs — could derail […]

MLB Playoffs Daily: Braves try build on late breakout, Rays look to sink Astros

Baseball’s crackling playoff schedule yields more action as Tuesday provides the second of this week’s league championship series doubleheaders in the 2020 MLB playoffs. The action starts with Game 2 of the National League Championship Series after the two teams saw their starting pitchers shut down two high-powered offenses Monday, only to witness the Braves […]

MLB Playoffs Daily: Gerrit Cole in a Yankees-Rays winner-take-all game? Sign us up

Thanks to the New York Yankees, we’ve got a game Friday — and not just any game. It’s a winner-take-all, do-or-die, there’s-no-tomorrow game. Featuring the free agent who signed the biggest contract ever by a pitcher, with the team in the biggest market, to start in the biggest games. Like this one. Gerrit Cole, pitching […]

MLB playoffs 2020: Takeaways from Yankees-Rays ALDS Game 5

It came down to a winner-take-all between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays to determine the last spot in the next round of the MLB playoffs, but the final four teams for the league championship series are officially set. Here are the stars, turning points and takeaways from Friday’s game. Tampa Bay Rays […]

MLB playoffs 2020: Rays-Astros ALCS is clash between the top seed and the defending AL champs

We’ve gotten used to seeing the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series. The Tampa Bay Rays? Not so much. The Astros bashed their way into their fourth consecutive ALCS, the longest streak since the 1998-2001 Yankees. Houston scored 33 runs and hit 12 home runs in its four-game division series win over the […]

Tampa Bay Rays get OF Austin Meadows (oblique) back for ALDS

Manager Kevin Cash told reporters on Sunday that Meadows was “in a pretty good spot right now” and that the 25-year-old would be taking swings against pitcher Brent Honeywell in a simulated game. The return of Meadows significantly strengthens Tampa Bay’s lineup. Meadows broke out in 2019, hitting .291/.364/.558 with 33 home runs in 138 […]

Tampa Bay Rays include rookie LHP Shane McClanahan, Ji-Man Choi on first-round roster

McClanahan was a first-round pick in the amateur draft two years ago who pitched at Class A and Double-A in 2019. He joined first baseman Ji-Man Choi and infielder Yandy Diaz, who have been on the injured list, in being added to the active roster before Game 1 of the best-of-three series. To make room […]

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