Start spreadin' the newwwwwwwwws...
They're diggin' a graaaaaaaaave...
They're gonna throw this team in it:
NEW YOOOOOOOOORK, NEW YOOOOOOOOORK!!!!

Evan getting shaving cream after walk off

Shields after his great game.

Simmons' Chat

Finally, an offensive explosion and a see-saw battle as the Rays win, 8-5. Carl Crawford hit a three-run homer in the sixth. J.P. Howell held the line for three innings after Sonny coughed up the lead after some questionable infield antics. A great fight back.

Scott Kazmir was much better last night, with a line of 6 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 6 K. But Carlos Pena was the hero, getting a crucial defensive knockdown and going 0-for-1 with 2 walks and the ultimately game-winning sac fly RBI. 2-0 Rays, and we're 4 games over yet again.

First Sonnanstine, now Percival, Shields = teacher of change.

The game wasn't a pitchers' duel; it was a match to see which offense could out-suck the other. Until Evan Longoria hit a walk-off 2-run homer to left in the 9th to end it, 2-0. He wasn't about to let James Shields' 1-hit CGSO go to waste.