... Florida, 2-1. Jason Marquis, Rockies gave up six hits in eight sharp innings as Colorado beat the Padres 3-0. Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford, Rays. Each homered to help Tampa Bay end a season-high, five-game losing streak with a 5 ...

... important thing." The addition of Pena means Tampa Bay's entire infield is on the team, including third baseman Evan Longoria, shortstop Jason Bartlett and second baseman Ben Zobrist. The last club to put four infielders in the All-Star ...

... AL starting lineup: Teixeira at first, Pedroia at second, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria, outfielders Bay, Josh Hamilton of Texas and Ichiro Suzuki of Seattle, and Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer. Hamilton ...

... potentially libelous or offensive. Albert Pujols, absolutely. Joe Mauer, right on the money. Chase Utley and Evan Longoria, no doubt about it. Fan balloting for All-Star game starters has been a contentious issue in baseball for years ...

... left Achilles' tendinitis) and reliever Matt Lindstrom (strained right rotator cuff). Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria was added to the U.S. roster Friday, replacing Chipper Jones, who had been bothered by a strain in his right side ...

... homer for Toronto. Rays 11, Orioles 3 BALTIMORE (AP) James Shields pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, Evan Longoria hit his major league-leading fifth home run and Tampa Bay averted a three-game sweep. Longoria went 3-for ...

... Bobby Jenks pitched the ninth and is perfect in six save chances. Rays 6, Red Sox 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Evan Longoria extended his torrid hitting against Boston pitching with a grand slam and Carlos Pena also homered, helping Tampa ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Evan Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays looked perfectly at home in the playoffs. The rookie homered in his first two at-bats and the surprising ...

... star. An innocent ground ball that takes an incredible hop. Sure, a big bop from Manny Ramirez, Ryan Howard or Evan Longoria can help a team make the playoffs. But oh, those little omens can really push a team toward October. "Sometimes ...

... of two jams to keep the All-Star game tied at 3 on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium at presstime. Tampa Bay rookie Evan Longoria hit an RBI double off Billy Wagner with two outs in the eighth, pulling the American League into a 3-all tie. The ...