Scott Kazmir News

ST. PETERSBURG Dan Wheeler may not be a true closer, but he may have saved the Rays' season Saturday night.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. : Boston outfielder J.D. Drew was out of the lineup Saturday night for Game 2 of the AL championship series, though manager Terry Francona said the move was not injury-related. Drew was hit ...

T. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Seemingly forever, but not for as long as you think, Scott Kazmir was known for being a very good pitcher on a very bad team.

Published October 10, 2008 at 6:20 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. _ Josh Beckett is bracing for a stiff challenge from the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of the AL championship series Saturday night.

Daisuke Matsuzaka has tended to walk people and build up high pitch counts. Yet he remains hard to hit, and he earned 18 wins during the regular season.

The Rays have not yet announced their final roster for the American League Championship Series, but manager Joe Maddon said on Thursday that he will use 11 pitchers and 14 position players.

St. Petersburg, FL -- - The Tampa Bay Rays will employ the same rotation in the American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox as they did against the White Sox in the ALDS, handing the ball to ...

Gerry Hunsicker is a brilliant baseball man. Of all the general managers I've been around in 30 years of covering baseball, I'd put him up there alongside Pat Gillick, Theo Epstein, Brian Cashman, John ...

By Jahmal Corner

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - J.D. Drew blasted a two-run home run in the ninth inning to help Boston beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Friday, giving the Red Sox a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five American League Division Series.

The Red Sox can advance to the AL Championship Series by completing a sweep of the Angels in Game Three on Sunday at Boston's Fenway Park.

In Friday's other ALDS game, the Tampa Bay Rays survived a shaky start by Scott Kazmir to beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 and forge a 2-0 lead in their series.

The Chicago White Sox will attempt to even their series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.

The young, resilient Rays are one win from breezing into the American League championship series. All-Star Scott Kazmir settled down after a shaky start, Akinori Iwamura hit a go-ahead, two-run homer and the AL East champions beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Friday for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

'This is just awesome,' said Rocco Baldelli, who singled in a run.

Giving many fans a close-up look of the formula that transformed Tampa Bay from a last-place team to a power, the Rays rallied for the second straight day and remained undefeated in their young postseason history.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tampa Bay starter Scott Kazmir got into an early hole that could have spiraled out of control.

The White Sox have gone to a right-handed heavy lineup for Friday night's contest against the Rays and Scott Kazmir, the team's left-handed ace.

ST. PETERSBURG The upstart Rays handled their first taste of October just as they have every other challenge that has come their way this season.

You've had an up and down year. You came in after being out a month, had a strong May, kind of got a little before the All Star break came back strong after the break and hit a little lull here before the ...

Are the New York Mets finished gagging? They are? Well then, let the postseason begin.

Update: Hat tip to Marc Topkin for being all over the Rays playoff roster moves.

Detroit's Ramon Santiago is glad-handed in the dugout after the second of his two homers against Tampa Bay Thursday.

One night after seeing one of their most prized pitching prospects make his first career Major League start and kick it off with four-innings of no-hit baseball, the Rays turn to right-hander Mitch Talbot with ...

The Tampa Bay Rays' AL East title celebration was delayed by the Detroit Tigers.