Dominic Smith hit a three-run single and Drew Gilbert and Tyler Fitzgerald added solo homers as the San Francisco Giants beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1.

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, mobile, and our app for subscribers only. To enjoy the e-Newspaper every day, please subscribe. It may seem hard to believe, but it really wasn’t that long ago that the Rays were playing like the best team in baseball.

No, the Rays players did not need to pack a Costco-sized cache of unmentionables for their two-week journey on the West Coast. Management showed the traveling party some mercy halfway through the rare 12-game trip by footing the hotel-laundry bill for everyone’s personal clothing.

The Rays have signed outfielder Cooper Hummel to a minor league deal, according to KPRC 2’s Ari Alexander . The Astros designated Hummel for assignment earlier this week, and he elected free agency on Friday after clearing waivers and declining an outright assignment to Houston’s Triple-A affiliate.

The Astros designated him for assignment earlier this week, and he elected free agency on Friday after clearing waivers and declining an outright assignment to Houston’s Triple-A affiliate.

The top prospect in baseball is one step closer to reaching Pittsburgh. Konnor Griffin \-\- the No. 1 prospect in the game, according to MLB Pipeline -- is being promoted to Double-A Altoona, sources tell MLB.

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The San Francisco Giants have defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1 in the clubs' final meeting of the season at home, with their South Korean center fielder Lee Jung-hoo turning an acrobatic, if unusual, play with his knees.

Rays’ Junior Caminero joins Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols in amazing MLB history originally appeared on The Sporting News There have been few seasons like the one Junior Caminero is having for the Tampa Bay Rays. In fact, he's one of only seven players in MLB dating back to 1947 to have put together a campaign like this.

San Francisco Giants center fielder Jung Hoo Lee may have made the catch of the year. Tampa Bay’s Yandy Díaz drove a pitch to deep right-center and Lee made a play that created a buzz Sunday on social media as San Francisco beat the Rays 7-1.