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Yesterday, with little to no fanfare, on a field in Port Charlotte, Fla., Niskayuna graduate Garrett Whitley made his professional baseball debut.
Whitley got his first game action for the Gulf Coast Rays, who were defeated by the Gulf Coast Twins, 5-3...

NEW YORK (AP) — Erasmo Ramirez pitched out of early trouble in his latest effective outing against the New York Yankees, and the Tampa Bay Rays took advantage of some shoddy defense for an 8-1 victory Sunday that snapped their longest losing streak of the season at seven games...

The Yankees are currently on the field taking on the Tamp Bay Rays and both teams are wearing patriotic uniforms. What do you think of them?

After signing his first pro contract yesterday, worth nearly $3 million, Niskayuna graduate Garrett Whitley will head to the Gulf Coast League affiliate of the Rays to start his professional baseball career.
Whitley was on the field yesterday at "The Trop," hanging out with Rays pla…

We've talked a lot about Maple Hill graduate Jaime Schultz this season at 1045theteam.com, and on Tuesday morning, Schultz talked with us.
Schultz is 5-3 this season with a 3.11 ERA for the Montgomery Biscuits, the AA affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays...

Last night, Niskayuna standout baseball player Garrett Whitley was selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Rays.
Whitley, the toolsy OF, went 13th overall. Mock drafts had him pegged anywhere between the early teens and the mid-20s...

Nothing gets more American that a Patriotic Holiday. Nothing gets more American than baseball on that Patriotic Holiday. And nothing gets more American than a guy wearing 'Merica gear at a baseball game on that Patriotic Holiday.
Case in point: I give you this fan at last night's Mariners v…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Evan Longoria hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly during a two-run eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied late to beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Kevin Kiermaier drew a one-out walk in the eighth from Nathan Eovaldi (3-1) and went to third…

NEW YORK (AP) — James Loney hit a go-ahead infield single in the 13th inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays outlasted the New York Yankees 3-2 Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
New York's Alex Rodriguez remained one home run shy of tying Willie Mays for fourth place at 660...

NEW YORK (AP) — The revelation that ace Masahiro Tanaka will be out at least a month because of a mild forearm strain and right wrist tendinitis overshadowed the New York Yankees' 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night behind Brian McCann's two doubles that drove i…

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian McCann hit a tiebreaking home run and Adam Warren pitched effectively into the sixth inning as the New York Yankees ended the Tampa Bay Rays' five-game winning streak, 4-1 on Monday night.
Alex Rodriguez went hitless in three at-bats, failing to tie Willie M…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Chase Headley and Mark Teixeira drove in two runs each, and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
Headley had an RBI single off Matt Andriese (0-1) in a two-run third to help the Yankees go ahead 3…