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It's starting to look easy for Brad Miller, and more recently for his Tampa Bay Rays teammates. Miller hit two of the Rays' five home runs in a 15-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. ''I'm just trying to get to the next (at-bat) and just keep my head down and try to hit as many as possible,'' said Miller, who has hit 10 of his career-high 24 home runs since the All-Star break. Continue to Article

August 16, 2016 11:54:pm EST

Brad Miller hit two of the Tampa Bay Rays' five home runs in a 15-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. Evan Longoria had three hits and his 27th homer while tying Carl Crawford atop the Rays' career list with his 1,235th game played. Nick Franklin and Corey Dickerson also homered, and the Rays won their third straight. Continue to Article

August 16, 2016 10:41:pm EST

Following back-to-back series with teams very much in the postseason hunt the Chicago Cubs now play three against teams far off the pace. While mathematically alive, the Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres are all playing sub-.500 baseball and trail leaders in their respective divisions by 10 1/2 games or more. The Cubs (73-43) swept a pair from the Los Angeles Angels last week and then split a four-game series with division rival St. Louis to maintain a 12-game lead in the National League Central. Continue to Article

August 15, 2016 11:50:pm EST

Alex Rodriguez will not be playing baseball for the rest of the season, his publicist confirmed on Monday. "I want to put all this talk to rest about Alex playing for any team this season," publicist Ron Berkowitz wrote in a statement. Like he said Friday night, he is happy and he is going to take some time to relax and hang with his family and friends." Rodriguez was released by the New York Yankees on Saturday, one day removed from playing his last game with the club at Yankee Stadium. Continue to Article

August 15, 2016 7:47:pm EST