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In Kevin Cash's first season as manager, the Tampa Bay Rays had a pretty clear philosophy on how to handle their starting rotation. There will always be questions when a team does something unorthodox, but Tampa Bay's approach underscored the dilemma managers always seem to face in the middle innings. Continue to Article

April 08, 2016 3:06:am EST

Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. The Chicago Cubs, this is what they do. Things didn't start out to well for the Cubs on Thursday night, but after nine innings, the Cubs had scored 14 runs against the Arizona Diamondbacks and improved to 3-0. [ Elsewhere:  Cubs make dream weekend come true for young Chicago ballplayers ] We'll start at the beginning, because that's the best way: The D-backs scored three runs in the first inning off new Cub John Lackey. But that was only a quick problem, as the Cubs scored two in the second, another pair in the third then five in the fourth. Continue to Article

April 08, 2016 2:06:am EST

Steven Souza Jr. demonstrated some power in the minors, but it was never quite clear if it would translate to the big leagues. Souza looks to continue his power surge Friday night as the Rays visit the Baltimore Orioles. Tampa Bay salvaged a home split of a season-opening series with Toronto after dropping the first two games. Continue to Article

April 08, 2016 12:28:am EST

Ubaldo Jimenez pitched seven sharp innings in his 2016 debut, and Baltimore rallied past the Minnesota Twins 4-2 Thursday for a three-game sweep. Manny Machado and rookie Joey Rickard homered for the Orioles, who got a strong outing from their bullpen and a clutch RBI single from Jonathan Schoop. ''You can go through a lot of different things in that game,'' manager Buck Showalter said, ''but Ubaldo was the key. Continue to Article

April 07, 2016 11:31:pm EST