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The Tampa Bay Rays have come all the way back from a nine game September deficit in the American League wild card race. The Rays beat New York 5-2 Monday while Boston lost to Baltimore 6-3 and now the Rays and Red Sox are tied for the wild card lead …

The big league baseball season enters its final week this week with the wild card spots in both leagues still undecided. In the American League, Boston holds a one game lead over Tampa Bay after splitting a doubleheader with New York on Sunday while the Rays beat Toronto 5-2. Boston …

The Tampa Bay Rays moved to within two games of idle Boston for the American League wild card lead after beating the New York Yankees 15-8 Thursday in New York. There are six games left in the regular season; Tampa Bay now plays Toronto while the Red Sox face New …

The Tampa Bay Rays fell two and a half games behind the Boston Red Sox in the American League wild card chase after losing two games to the New York Yankees Wednesday by identical 4-2 scores. The wins also gave the Yankees the AL East title. Boston also lost, 6-4 …

The Tampa Bay Rays missed a golden opportunity Tuesday to pick up ground in the American League wild card chase. New York cut its magic number to clinch the AL East to one by beating Tampa Bay 5-0 as Ivan Nova wins his 16th game for New York. Boston fell …

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera became the all time saves leader in baseball history when he picks up the save Monday in a New York 6-4 win over Minnesota. Rivera now has 602 saves, one more than former leader Trevor Hoffman. He pitched a perfect ninth inning to get …

The Tampa Rays are now only two games behind the Boston Red Sox for the American League wild card spot after beating the Red Sox 8-5 on Sunday. The Rays take three of four in a head to head series in Boston and they have the day off today while …

The Tampa Bay Rays clobber the Boston Red Sox 9-2 Thursday in the first of a four game series between the two teams in Boston; the win moves the Rays to within three games of Boston for the American League wild card. In other AL games, Texas moves three and …

The Philadelphia Phillies become the first team in the National League to clinch a playoff spot after they beat the Houston Astros 1-0 Wednesday. Roy Halladay (18-5) picked up the complete game win for the Phillies. Clayton Kershaw won his 19th game of the year as Los Angeles beats Arizona …

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera notched his 600th career save on Tuesday as the Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 in Seattle. Rivera joins Trevor Hoffman as the only pitchers to get to 600 career saves; Hoffman is the all time leader with 601. In other baseball action, Justin …