
Tampa Bay Rays Clinch AL East Title With 6-1 Win at Yankee Stadium
The Tampa Bay Rays clinched their fifth AL East division title Tuesday with a 6-1 win at Yankee Stadium, earning home-field advantage through the ALCS.

The Tampa Bay Rays clinched their fifth AL East division title Tuesday with a 6-1 win at Yankee Stadium, earning home-field advantage through the ALCS.

The Tampa Bay Rays need just one win in a four-game series at Yankee Stadium to claim their first AL East division title in five years.

Tampa Bay Rays arrive in New York with a six-game division lead and seven games left, needing just one win to clinch their first AL East title since 2021.

The Tampa Bay Rays climbed to third in MLB.com's final regular-season Power Rankings, led by Junior Caminero as they claim the AL East division title.

Richie Palacios dropped a 65.7 mph popup into shallow right field to score Junior Caminero and give Tampa Bay a 2-1 win over Boston.

Tampa Bay left 12 runners on base Friday at Tropicana Field, falling 4-2 to Boston and trimming their AL East lead to four games with nine to play.

Chandler Simpson passed Yordan Alvarez for the AL batting lead at .311 as Tampa Bay won its sixth straight and completed its 16th sweep of the season.

Tampa Bay's six-run fourth inning powered a sixth straight win, dropping the AL East magic number to six with 10 games left.

Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland A's for fifth consecutive win, padding their AL East lead over the Yankees to four games with 11 left.

Junior Caminero hit his AL-leading 41st home run, a walk-off shot off Elvis Alvarado, to lift the Rays to a 2-1 win over Oakland.

Tampa Bay beat Houston 3-2 at Tropicana Field, extending its AL East lead to four games with 14 remaining after clinching a playoff berth.

The Rays will sell single-game postseason tickets Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET, their first playoff appearance since 2023.

Jonathan Aranda crushed a three-run homer in the 10th inning after an intentional walk to Yandy Díaz, keeping Tampa Bay four games up in the AL East.

Shane McClanahan lands on the 15-day IL for the second time this season with left forearm tightness as the AL East-leading Rays face rotation strain.

Tampa Bay's bottom of the order sparked a wild seventh-inning comeback, capped by Chandler Simpson's go-ahead RBI single in a 7-6 win over San Diego.

Tampa Bay improved to 80-54 with a 9-4 win over San Diego, becoming the first American League team to reach 80 wins this season.

Tampa Bay Rays lose 5-1 to Blue Jays, completing a 3-7 stretch at Tropicana Field after a record-setting 9-0 road trip.

Tampa Bay swept three series out West to go 9-0, only the 13th such road trip in the Modern Era, extending their AL East lead to 6 1/2 games.

Tampa Bay Rays will open upper-deck seating Saturday as demand surges behind a 41-18 home record and a Flappy Boi giveaway.

Tampa Bay won three of four against Toronto but fell 3-1 in the finale, heading home with a two-game AL East lead and a nine-game homestand ahead.

The Tampa Bay Rays, owners of the AL's best record at 56-38, open a four-game set at Fenway Park against a surging Boston Red Sox club riding a 14-3 run.

The Tampa Bay Rays enter the second half ranked third in MLB Power Rankings after erasing a deficit to lead the AL East by three games.

Shane McClanahan held the Yankees scoreless for 6 1/3 innings at Tropicana Field as the Rays won 3-0 and opened a five-game AL East lead.

Michael Grove pitched three scoreless innings in his first MLB appearance in 630 days as the Rays beat the D-backs 4-2 at Tropicana Field.

Tampa Bay's once-substantial AL East lead has frittered away as the rotation posts a 5.06 ERA since May 24, dropping the Rays to fifth in MLB rankings.

Tampa Bay Rays rise to No. 2 in MLB Power Rankings after a strong week that included a five-game win streak and a 4.5-game AL East lead.