5/29 - White Sox (26-28) @ Rays (37-17): Game 1

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have now lost three games in a row, dropping the first game in a series against the White Sox at home. The Sox scored first in the first with a two out solo shot by Jim Thome to take a one run lead, but the Rays got that run back in the bottom of the inning on a Carlos Pena RBI single scoring Akinori Iwamura from second. The Sox took a one-run lead again in the top of the second, again with a two out solo shot, this time by Carlos Quentin, but the Rays again got that run back in the bottom of the third when Evan Longoria hit an RBI single scoring B.J. Upton. The Rays took the lead for the first time in the game in the fifth when Evan Longoria hit another RBI single, this time scoring Akinori Iwamura, but the Sox stormed back in the sixth when Jim Thome homered for the second time in the game, a two-run homer scoring Orlando Cabrera, immediately followed by a solo shot by Paul Konerko going back-to-back, and taking a two-run lead the Rays couldn't overcome. Rays starting pitcher Hideo Nomo pitched five and a third innings giving up all five White Sox runs on ten hits and striking out four, taking a loss.

Final Score:
White Sox: 5
Rays: 3

WP - Javier Vazquez (3-7) | LP - Hideo Nomo (3-1) | SV - Bobby Jenks (8)

HR:
Jim Thome - White Sox (14)
Jim Thome - White Sox (15)
Paul Konerko - White Sox (11)
Carlos Quentin - White Sox (6)

5/28 - Rangers (15-39) @ Rays (37-16): Game 3

ST PETERSBURG -- The Rays have now dropped two in a row to the Rangers at home. The Rangers scored first in this one in the top of the first on a sacrifice fly by Michael Young scoring Ian Kinsler, but the Rays stormed back in the bottom of the first with three runs including a two-run blast hit by B.J. Upton scoring Akinori Iwamura, later followed by Carl Crawford who hit a sacrifice fly scoring Carlos Pena from third. The Rangers scored five runs in the top of the sixth on two home runs. Josh Hamilton led off the inning with a solo home run, and Marlon Byrd blasted a grand slam scoring Frank Catalanotto, Hank Blalock, and Milton Bradley to take a three run lead. Evan Longoria narrowed that lead to two in the bottom of the inning with a lead off solo homer. In the seventh, B.J. Upton narrowed the lead to one with an RBI double scoring Jason Bartlett from first, but the Rangers extended their lead in the eighth when Gerald Laird blooped an RBI single to right, scoring Frank Catalanotto and Ramon Vazquez. In the bottom of the eighth, Rocco Baldelli hit an RBI single scoring Evan Longoria from third, and in the ninth, Carlos Pena hit a sacrifice groundout scoring Akinori Iwamura from third, but it wasn't enough as the Rangers edged the Rays 8-7. Rays starting pitcher Edwin Jackson started strong, but was immediately yanked out after the Marlon Byrd grand slam, pitching five innings, giving up six runs on ten hits and striking out two for the loss in this one.

Final Score:
Rangers: 8
Rays: 7

WP - Kason Gabbard (2-4) | LP - Edwin Jackson (4-1) | SV - Joaquin Benoit (7)

HR:
B.J. Upton - Rays (18)
Evan Longoria - Rays (16)
Josh Hamilton - Rangers (11)
Marlon Byrd - Rangers (7)

5/27 - Rangers (14-39) @ Rays (37-15): Game 2

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have dropped game two of this series against the Rangers in a long extra innings game. The Rangers scored first in the first on a Michael Young RBI double scoring Ian Kinsler from second, but the Rays came back in the bottom of the inning with a Carlos Pena RBI triple scoring Akinori Iwamura and B.J. Upton, followed by an RBI double by Carl Crawford scoring Carlos Pena. The Rangers tied it up in the fifth when Ian Kinsler hit an RBI triple scoring Gerald Laird and Ben Broussard, and taking the lead on a Michael Young RBI single scoring Ian Kinsler, but the Rays tied it up in the bottom of the ininng on a solo bomb by Carlos Pena, and took the lead in the sixth on a Carl Crawford solo homer. With the bases loaded in the top of the ninth, and Troy Percival trying to close it out, Gerald Laird hit an RBI single scoring Ramon Vazquez. The game went into extras, and in the fourteenth inning, Ian Kinsler jacked a two-run homer scoring Ben Broussard, completing his cycle for the day, going 5-7 and knocking in four. Rays starting pitcher Matt Garza pitched eight innings giving up four runs on ten hits and only one strikeout, taking a no decision. J.P. Howell pitched a majority of the extra innings, pitching from the start of the tenth to the fourteenth giving up no runs until the Ian Kinsler homer, and takes the loss in this one.

Final Score:
Rangers: 7
Rays: 5

WP - Franklyn German (1-0) | LP - J.P. Howell (1-4) | SV - Joaquin Benoit (6)

HR:
Carlos Pena - Rays (29)
Carl Crawford - Rays (3)
Ian Kinsler - Rangers (9)

5/26 - Rangers (14-38) @ Rays (36-15): Game 1

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have opened up a series against the Texas Rangers at home with a win. In the bottom of the first, Evan Longoria jacked an opposite field two-run homer scoring Carlos Pena, taking a 2-0 lead. The Rays then added to their lead in the bottom of the fourth inning, after a single then stolen base by Carl Crawford, Cliff Floyd singled, scoring Carl Crawford from second. The Rangers scored their first run in the top of the sixth inning on a sacrifice groundout to third by Milton Bradley with the bases loaded scoring Ben Broussard from third. The Rangers then tied it in the top of the eighth inning when Josh Hamilton blasted a two-run home run scoring Michael Young. The Rays took the lead again in the bottom of the eighth inning, when B.J. Upton and Carlos Pena jacked back-to-back solo shots. Troy Percival closed it out in the ninth for his sixteenth save of the season. Rays starting pitcher Andy Sonnanstine pitched seven and a third innings, giving up all three Rangers runs on nine hits, and no strikeouts for a no descision having been taken out after the Josh Hamilton two-run homer.

Final Score:

Rangers: 3

Rays: 5

WP - Dan Wheeler (7-0) | LP - Vicente Padilla (1-4) | SV - Troy Percival (16)

HR:

B.J. Upton - Rays (17)

Carlos Pena - Rays (28)

Evan Longoria - Rays (15)

Josh Hamilton - Rangers (10)