Akinori Iwamura - Tampa Bay Rays Akinori Iwamura of Japan is drenched in champagne as he celebrates in the locker room after beating the Chicago White Sox 6-2 in game 4 of the 2008 American League Division Series at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, on October 6, 2008. The Rays won the series 3 games to 1. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
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2008 American League Division Series game 4 Tampa Bay Rays vs. Chicago White Sox
Tampa Bay Rays Akinori Iwamura of Japan is drenched in champagne as he celebrates in the locker room after beating the Chicago White Sox 6-2 in game 4 of the 2008 American League Division Series at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, on October 6, 2008. The Rays won the series 3 games to 1.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Evan Longoria hit two solo homers Thursday and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4 in the opener of their American League Division Series.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Akinori Iwamura drove in three runs Wednesday and Tampa Bay moved to the brink of a first-ever division title by defeating Baltimore 11-6.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The Boston Red Sox hit six home runs Monday to take a 13-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays and move into a tie for the AL East lead.
BOSTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning Wednesday and Tampa Bay survived a scare in the bottom half of the inning to down Boston 4-2.
TORONTO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Gregg Zaun's grand slam homer with two outs in the bottom of the 13th inning Saturday catapulted Toronto to a 7-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Rocco Baldelli's ninth-inning RBI double Saturday helped the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays edge Baltimore 10-9 for their fourth win in a row.
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Bobby Crosby slammed a two-run home run and pitcher Gio Gonzalez notched his first major league win Tuesday in Oakland's 2-1 decision over Tampa Bay.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon benched center fielder B.J. Upton Wednesday for not running out a grounder against Cleveland in the team's previous game.