Desmond Jennings

RHP Chad Jenkins will make the start Sunday instead of RHP Ramon Ortiz. Jenkins has been available in the bullpen but has not pitched since he won his first major-league start of the season at Boston on May 12. Jenkins, who began the season on the...

Toronto Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ is hoping to return by mid-June from injuries suffered when he was hit by a line drive earlier this month. Happ sustained a skull fracture, contusions that required stitches and a sprained right knee when he was...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH The Rays don't seem to know exactly what to do about their struggling bullpen except hope it improves. "We've got to keep putting the guys out there at the appropriate times and wait...

MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH On Thursday, Edwin Encarnacion hit the grand slam in the sixth inning that broke the game open for the Blue Jays in a 12-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles. On Wednesday, Jose Bautista hit two game-tying...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH The trip back to Toronto provided the Rays a further look at the Yunel Escobar experience. The talented shortstop who came to the Rays with a reputation of being moody, careless and...

The Sports Xchange Blue Jays 4, Rays 3 TORONTO -- Jose Bautista singled home the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning as the Toronto Blue Jays came back to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Wednesday afternoon. Bautista twice tied the game for...

The Sports Xchange Bautista's bat brings Blue Jays extra-inning win TORONTO -- Jose Bautista took the game into his own hands with four runs batted in on Wednesday as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in 10 innings. He twice tied...

MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH The Rays knew it was next to impossible for closer Fernando Rodney to have the same kind of success this season as he did in a record-breaking 2012. But they were hoping he would pitch more consistently...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Rays 4, Blue Jays 3 Rays 4, Blue Jays 3: Kelly Johnson and Desmond Jennings hit solo homers and Alex Cobb threw 6 1/3 strong innings as surging Tampa Bay evened its series with host Toronto. Cobb (5-2) limited Toronto to a...

The Sports Xchange Rays 4, Blue Jays 3 TORONTO -- Kelly Johnson and Desmond Jennings hit home runs, and right-hander Alex Cobb pitched 6 1/3 innings as the Tampa Bay Rays hung on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday. Cobb (5-2) held the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH Having ace lefty David Price on the disabled list is obviously bad, but the Rays felt pretty good about their options to replace him. They chose Jake Odorizzi from a group that also...

BALTIMORE - Runner at third base and one out in the third inning? No problem. Matt Moore pitched his way out of the jam. Runner on third base, one out in the fourth inning? No problem, Moore pitched his way out of that jam, too. Afterward, when...