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Jake Marisnick capped a wacky seventh inning by scoring on a throwing error as the host Houston Astros rallied for an 8-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday. Houston scored three times off Rays right-hander Diego Castillo (2-8), erasing a 4-3 deficit and taking Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole off the hook for what would have been his first loss since late May. The bizarre sequence of events began when Yuli Gurriel, who opened the inning with a leadoff walk, was nearly picked off first base by Castillo. Continue to Article

August 28, 2019 11:39:pm EST

The wife and child of Tampa Bay Rays pitching prospect Blake Bivens were killed in a triple homicide in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on Tuesday, ESPN's Jeff Passan reports. Bivens's wife's 18-year-old brother Matthew Thomas Bernard, of Keeling, Virginia, has been charged in all three murders, according to the report. The identity of the third victim was not noted in the report. Continue to Article

August 28, 2019 12:36:am EST

Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has been ejected from Tuesday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays in the sixth inning. Verlander thought he struck out Tommy Pham with one out and Houston leading 9-0. Instead the pitch was called a ball and the right-hander yelled something to home plate umpire Pat Hoberg. Continue to Article

August 27, 2019 10:26:pm EST

Vince Naimoli, the founding owner of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, died Sunday night after a long illness. After the area had struggled for nearly three decades to gain an expansion franchise or entice a team to relocate, the New Jersey-born businessman led the group that brought Major League Baseball to Florida's Gulf Coast in 1995. The Devil Rays began play during the 1998 season and later shortened their name to the Rays before the 2008 season. Continue to Article

August 26, 2019 12:43:pm EST

Also, a reminder that prospects who are on MLB rosters are not eligible for this list, nor is any player that has exhausted his prospect eligibility. You can view my top 100 prospects for 2019 and my top prospects by position in our Rotoworld MLB Season Pass. The Rays decided to send McKay down shortly -- and I do mean shortly -- after last week's list went out, and it was understandable. Continue to Article

August 26, 2019 2:17:am EST

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