Joel Peralta

Mets' Matt Harvey is one who got away

2013-05-17 19:10:00

As if the pitching-thin Angels need another reminder of what might have been, there it is, on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated, New York Mets ace Matt Harvey, the one who got away. The Angels picked Harvey in the third round in 2007 knowing...

Angels may have found a keeper in reliever Dane De La Rosa

2013-04-29 20:42:00

OAKLAND — Teams have made a habit of turning Angels castoffs into All-Star closers (Fernando Rodney) and reliable setup men (Darren O'Day, Joel Peralta), but in 6-foot-7 right-hander Dane De La Rosa, the Angels may have a reliever who can turn the...

Rays beat Angels on walkoff wild pitch, 2-1

2011-04-30 16:34:07

Royals' three-and-under streak ends in 5-3 loss to Rays

2013-06-15 20:20:04

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. That remarkable three-runs-and-under streak by the Royals' pitching staff ended Saturday at 13 games in a 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. The end wasn't cloaked in mystery, either. Jeremy Guthrie suffered a long-...

Saturday morning Orioles thoughts and observations

2013-06-08 04:00:00

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Games like the Orioles’ 2-1 loss to the Rays Friday night are tough ones to swallow, especially when another team beats you at your own game. The Orioles are usually the kings of the late innings, but after Desmond...

Marlins end trip with 7-6 loss to Rays

2013-05-28 20:01:00

ST. PETERSBURG – The Marlins' misery continues. Tuesday night, they suffered their third walk-off loss on this five-game trip, and their seventh overall. Desmond Jennings' single to right field off reliever Chad Qualls in the the ninth lifted...

Latest Miami loss has familiar walk-off feeling

2013-05-29 00:00:00

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. It was a repeat ending to a wretched road trip. At least the Miami Marlins didn't have far to travel after concluding a winless five-game road trip with a 7-6 loss to their upstate baseball neighbors, the Tampa Bay Rays. If Tuesday'...

Yankees go 11 innings to prove they're better than Rays

2013-05-25 19:30:14

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The children in the television commercial are correct: Moore is better. At least that's true when it comes to Tampa Bay pitcher Matt Moore, who limited the New York Yankees to one run in six innings Saturday at Tropicana Field....

Rays' Matt Moore becomes youngest AL lefty to go 8-0 since some guy named Babe Ruth

2013-05-20 06:26:00

BALTIMORE - Runner at third base and one out in the third inning? No problem. Matt Moore pitched his way out of the jam. Runner on third base, one out in the fourth inning? No problem, Moore pitched his way out of that jam, too. Afterward, when...

Pressure on Rangers and Washington

2013-04-13 13:34:00

Down 2-0 to the Rays in the eighth inning Wednesday, the Rangers got runners to second and third with one out. Right-hander Joel Peralta was on the mound, and the Rangers had switch-hitter Lance Berkman and the left-handed-hitting A.J. Pierzynski on the...

Hour after Red Sox win, explosion at marathon

2013-04-15 14:07:00

BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox and Rays were making their ways out of Fenway Park when two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon were heard at the stadium. The Red Sox beat the Rays 3-2 on an RBI double by Mike Napoli in the ninth...

O's and their opponents prepared for a 'five-horse race' in the AL East

2013-03-31 16:42:00

SARASOTA, Fla. — For most of the past two decades, the American League East has been considered the toughest division in baseball, primarily because it contained the sport's two financial behemoths, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox....

The Rays actually bettered the Orioles in bullpen ERA last year (an AL-best 2.88). Much of that was because of the historic season of closer Fernando Rodney (above). The crooked hat-wearing, arrow-pointing right-hander had 48 saves and an 0.60 ERA, best ever for a reliever.

2013-02-23 00:00:00