The Latest Breaking News from Brandon Lowe

NEW YORK — “You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose”

The Tampa Bay Rays lost their first game following a record-tying 13-0 start as Colin Poche forced in two runs with bases-loaded walks and second baseman Brandon Lowe made a key error in a four-run fifth inning that lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 win

Tampa Bay is blowing away the competition with a spectacularly balanced approach.

ST. PETERSBURG — Just as it started to look like 13 would be a very unlucky number for the Rays, they rallied for seven runs in the fifth inning Thursday and rolled to yet another victory.

Tabbed for no higher than third in the AL East by most experts, the Rays have won 12 straight and are off to baseball’s hottest start in decades. How?

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There will be a time, as there is in every season, when the Rays bats go cold, their pitchers can’t throw strikes and their defense lets them down.

Tampa Bay’s dream start to the year rolled on with a dramatic win over the Red Sox on Monday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays really aren’t going to win them all.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s a bright new day in Major League Baseball. And, strangely enough, it would look great in black and white.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It took eight games for Brandon Lowe to drive in his first runs of the season. Now, like the Rays, the second baseman is rolling.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It may not have been a hitless outing, but Jeffrey Springs was dominant again. The lefty continued his strong start with seven more scoreless innings Saturday as the Rays rolled over the A’s, 11-0, in front of a crowd of 15,880 at Tropicana Field to continue…