News about Luke Raley

As New York's air quality index reaches a 185 rating due to smoke overtaking the sky as a result of Canadian wildfires, the Yankees took the field in potentially volatile weather. On Tuesday, thick smoke from the north descended on New York City, with an orange glow hanging above the iconic skyline, covering the Statue of Liberty's famed monuments. The Bronx was no exception, as the sky over Yankee Stadium glowed a mix of orange and dark grey.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had six RBI and the Toronto Blue Jays snapped a five-game losing streak with a 20-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, scoring their last ten runs off position players. Guerrero put Toronto ahead with an RBI single off Taj Bradley (3-1) in the first, a run-scoring single in the fifth that opened a 10-0 lead and slammed into a 423-foot grand slam against Luke Raley in a nine-run ninth. Guerrero is hitting.300 with eight home runs and 33 RBI. His six RBI were one shy of his career's record.

Jose Siri, Randy Arozaena, and Luke Raley were homered, and the Tampa Bay Rays, the major leagues' best-selling team, defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Monday night. With 94 home runs, Tampa Bay leads the major leagues. In the AL East, the Rays took the lead over Baltimore by three games. Josh Fleming (1-0), who pitched two scoreless innings in the opener, allowed two runs and five hits over the next six innings as the Rays improved to 22-4 at home.

After playing for years in Japan, Masataka Yoshida has already made some mechanical improvements at the plate during his rookie season with the Boston Red Sox. They certainly paid the bill on Sunday. Boston roared to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-5 after Yoshida homered twice during Boston's nine-run outburst in the eighth inning. Since Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz's debut in August 2008, he became the first Red Sox player to go deep in a single inning.