Yankees 2, Orioles 1
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez hit his 696th career homer and Yankees starter Ivan Nova pitched six innings. Nova loaded the bases in the first and needed 60 pitches to get through three but allowed just a solo homer to Jonathan Schoop. Nova used 37 pitches over his final three innings. Rodriguez, 40, was making his fourth straight start coming out of the All-Star break. Since his last homer June 18, he'd gone 10-for-50.
ESPN's Dick Vitale, whose love and optimism for Tampa Bay sports teams goes far beyond basketball, has high hopes for the Bucs in 2017.
Now that college football watch list season is over (I think), here's one takeaway you probably already knew: Tampa Bay produces a lot of great athletes.
ST. PETERSBURG — Tuesday was a step back in the right direction for the Rays, who halted a season-high five-game losing streak by hanging on — and we mean that pretty much literally — for a 5-4 win over the Orioles.
Rookie RHP Jake Faria had his lucky rubber duck — OG, the original one he has had since high school — with him, and the Rays had nothing to worry about as he put his rocky Wednesday outing well behind him, working into the eighth while scattering seven hits.
ST. PETERSBURG — The Orioles threatened in the first inning and the second. They loaded the bases with one out in the fifth inning with the top of the order up and seemed poised for a big inning. But those opportunities produced only one run because Rays rookie RHP Jacob Faria kept his composure and got the …
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