The Tampa Bay Rays are one game above the .500 mark entering play on Tuesday, July 29. They are 2.5 games out of nabbing one of three American League Wild Card spots, but Tampa Bay needs help.

Cody Bellinger hit a three-run homer, Anthony Volpe also went deep and the New York Yankees erased an early deficit Tuesday night in a 7-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Reds did all their scoring in the first inning. Austin Hays and Gavin Lux had back-to-back RBI singles to drive in T.J. Friedl to get on the scoreboard, and then Matt McLain for an insurance run, respectively.

The Miami Marlins today announced that the team has acquired Minor League outfielder Matthew Etzel from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for catcher Nick Fortes. Etzel (ET-zull), 23, is ranked the 28th-

Keith Meister, MD, is set to perform elbow surgery on Manuel Rodríguez, a pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, on Aug. 8. The surgery is expected to repair Mr. Rodríguez’s flexor tendon in his right elbow.

NEW YORK — Joe Boyle wasn’t the answer for the Rays Tuesday, which created more questions for his bosses as they lost another game, 7-5 to the Yankees, and thus more ground in the playoff race in advance of Thursday’s trade deadline.

Jonathan Aranda also got to Fried, hitting a solo shot in the top of the third. It started to look like one of those games, but Fried settled down, retired 12 in a row, and while his pinky finger opened up again towards the end of the game, he was able to put up enough zeroes for the lineup to get their chances. And, well...

The New York Yankees held "a moment of silence in memoriam of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam" before Tuesday's game. The 36-year-old served on the force four years.