ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—The Tampa Bay Rays’ frustrating weekend can be summed up with one image: Stars B.J. Upton(notes) and Evan Longoria(notes) standing nose-to-nose in a heated dugout spat.
Upton pointed a finger in Longoria’s face after the third baseman questioned the centerfielder’s effort in the fifth inning Sunday, when Gerardo Parra(notes) hit a two-run homer that helped give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 2-1 win over the slumping Rays.
Rodrigo Lopez(notes) and three relievers combined on a two-hitter for the Diamondbacks, who took two of three from the Rays. On Friday night, Edwin Jackson(notes) no-hit Tampa Bay, which had seven hits in the series.
“It’s a byproduct of a frustrated team,” Longoria said. “We’re trying to win games and guys are going to have differences of opinion. I just wanted to know what was going through his head. The bottom line, we’ve talked about it and it goes no further than today.”
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Ooops...wrong Upton! Sorry!
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