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MIAMI, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Rays have owned the''Citrus Series'' for years, and this year is no different. The Rays are 3-0 so far this year against the Miami Marlins, and they'll go for the sweep in Wednesday night. Tampa Bay has won the series four years in a row now, and 11 times in the last 15 years since 2008. They've won six straight games…

TORONTO - Wander Franco is back in the lineup on Tuesday afternoon as the Tampa Bay Rays get ready to tangle twice with the Toronto Blue Jays. It's a day/night doubleheader as the two teams try to make up games lost during the first week of the season before the lockout was settled. Franco, who came off the injured list on Friday, had three hits…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Manuel Margot has had one hot bat lately, but he's also had a minor hamstring issue flare up. But after missing the final two games of the West Coast trip and getting more treatment on Thursday's off day, he's back in the lineup on Friday night when the Rays take on the Toronto Blue Jays. "I feel good. (Thursday) on the off…

BOSTON, Mass. - It was a long journey back to the pitcher's mound for Tyler Glasnow, but when he made in first start in more than a year after Tommy John surgery last Wednesday in Cleveland, he said that everything felt normal. The new normal now is pitching every five days, so he's back on the mound Monday night when the Rays take on the Boston…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Luis Patino returned to St. Petersburg on Sunday, ready to lend a hand - and an arm - in the Tampa Bay Rays' playoff chase. Patino, the hard-throwing 22-year-old right-hander, was called up from Triple-A Durham and activated on Monday. He's start against the Boston Red Sox in the Monday afternoon game, which starts at 4:10…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - There's a lot at stake for the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, and manager Kevin Cash is hoping for another nice boost from pitcher Shawn Armstrong, who was awesome in an emergency role last Tuesday. It was Armstrong who was pressed into duty in Miami when ace Shane McClanahan had trouble getting loose prior to his start against…