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UT was trailing defending champ Angelo State 3-1 before a six run sixth inning rally — the first time they trailed during the double-elimination tournament.

Tampa Bay hosts Toronto, and the Trop is sold out for Game 1 of 162. Can the Rays reach the postseason for the sixth straight season? Typically, the experts aren't sure, but no one is calling them an underdog, either.

It’s hard to overstate the effect Negro League baseball had on South Florida and America. The makers of the new WLRN-TV documentary Never Drop the Ball tell us how the league and its players changed the sport, and the country, forever.

Wander Franco appeared before prosecutors Monday while accompanied by two lawyers, days after not showing up for a meeting with a Dominican Republic prosecutor.

The Rays are back in the postseason for the fifth straight year. Tickets are available for the three-game series in St. Petersburg. First pitch for Game 1 is at 3:08 p.m., and ABC will telecast the games.

Authorities in the shortstop's native Dominican Republic are looking into allegations that the All-Star had a relationship with a minor. He likely won't play again this season.

Tampa Bay’s 13-0 record matched the 1982 Atlanta Braves and 1987 Milwaukee Brewers, trailing only the 20-0 start by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association.

Tampa Bay's silver-anniversary season begins Thursday afternoon. If you're going to the Trop this year, here are some high-tech additions for fans to go along with new food and beverage options.

Ronnie Gajownik, a former softball player at USF, will manage the Hillsboro Hops, a High Class-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The 34-year-old former softball catcher, who is the first woman to manage a minor league baseball team, led the Tampa Tarpons to a 9-6 win in Friday night's season opener against the Lakeland Flying Tigers.

The New York Yankees announced her hiring as a minor league manager in January.

Rachel Balkovec just became the first woman manager of the Tampa Tarpons and the first woman ever to reach that level in Major League Baseball. But Balkovec isn't planning on stopping there.