1B Logan Morrison (bruised left heel) was not in the starting lineup for the third straight game Sunday. Morrison came up as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning with the bases loaded and was caught looking at a close strike three. Morrison emphatically objected to the call by plate umpire Lance Barksdale and even jumped slightly to express his displeasure. Before the game, manager Kevin Cash said Morrison was feeling and moving around better. Cash also said he expects Morrison to return sometime during Tampa Bay's next series in Houston.

1B Logan Morrison (bruised left heel) was not in the starting lineup Saturday for the second straight game though he singled as a pinch hitter in the seventh against RHP Tommy Kahnle. Morrison struggled running to first and eventually was replaced by RHP Austin Pruitt as a pinch runner. Before the game Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said there was not a "ton of improvement." Morrison is in a 2-for-22 slump and 8-for-53 in his last 16 games since July 7.

1B Logan Morrison (bruised left heel) was not in the starting Friday after feeling some soreness in his heel during Thursday's loss. Morrison is in a 1-for-21 slump and is 7-for-52 (.135) in his last 15 games since July 7. He is day-to-day.

New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius hit the ground running on Thursday after waking up to find out he was third out of five in the American League All-Star voting that ended later in the day.Gregorius, seeking more votes from his home base in New York, went to the subway and offered customers free rides if they'd support his cause in the Final Vote, which will end Thursday evening and sends one additional player from each league to the All-Star Game in Miami. Gregorius trailed Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas, Boston Red Sox infielder Xander Bogaerts and led Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus and Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Logan Morrison at 11 a.m. Thursday.Gregorius kept the drive going into the early afternoon in New York, helping tourists with directions -- he speaks four languages fluently -- and offering to take family photos. The exchange rate: the kind gesture of supporting his All-Star cause with a Vote for Didi.

1B Logan Morrison hit a pair of home runs Saturday against Baltimore. He now has a career-high 24 homers on the season. He went 2-for-3 and is batting .256. "I feel like I've been taking good swings; I just have been getting the ball in the air enough," Morrison said. "The problem is if you don't hit them out, guys can catch them."

1B Logan Morrison hit a pair of home runs Sunday putting him at 21 for the season, which is seven more than last year. That they came on Father's Day was especially meaningful, in the eyes of manger Kevin Cash, because Morrison was very close to his father, who died in 2010. "I'm happy for LoMo," Cash said. "I know, not to sound corny, but just the relationship with his father that he had. He's talked about him a lot so it must be special for him." He has five multi-home run games, the last coming in 2016.--RF Steven Souza Jr. notched his first career grand slam Sunday, and it was the big blow in a five-run third that broke the game open in Tampa Bay's 9-1 win over Detroit. "He's having a lot of good at-bats," manager Kevin Cash said. "The big blast was the key one, the separator." Souza Jr. also had a single. --C Derek Norris hit one of the Rays' five home runs off Tigers pitching. Norris is sharing catching time with Jesus Sucre at the moment but with C Wilson Ramos coming off the disabled... [More]

1B Logan Morrison hit a three-run homer in the third inning Tuesday in the 8-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. It was his third career homer against Toronto starter RHP Marco Estrada, all this season. He has hit six homers in his past 16 games. His 18 homers are tied for first among major league first basemen with the Toronto Blue Jays 1B Justin Smoak and Cincinnati Reds 1B Joey Votto.

1B Logan Morrison went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts in Tuesday's loss, leaving runners in scoring position with two outs twice on a night when Tampa Bay left 11 runners on base. He said when teams pitch around Evan Longoria, he has to make them pay for it, but he couldn't do that Tuesday night.

1B Logan Morrison hit his 16th home run of the season -- and the 100th of his career -- in the ninth inning Saturday off Seattle's Edwin Diaz. Morrison's career high is 23 homers in 2011 with Florida.

1B Logan Morrison was 1-for-4 on Saturday to continue his strong numbers in Minnesota's Target Field. Morrison has hit .435 with eight extra-base hits in eight career games at Target Field. He has three doubles, including one Saturday, and five homers at the park.

1B Logan Morrison opened the scoring with a two-run homer on Friday in the fourth inning. It was Morrison's team-leading 13th homer of the year and moved him to one shy of his total all of last season. Morrison homered for the fourth straight game against the Twins. He's hit .409 with two doubles and five homers in seven career games at Minnesota's Target Field.

1B Logan Morrison is again tied for the team lead with 12 home runs -- he had 14 all of last season. His solo blast in the first inning gave the Rays a 2-1 lead, but he also had a costly strikeout with two on and two out in the eighth.

1B Logan Morrison hit his team-leading 11th home run in the third inning Wednesday, giving the Rays a 5-0 lead. His 11 home runs rank fifth in the American League, and six of those home runs have come in the month of May.

1B Logan Morrison, who came in 2-for-6 lifetime against Red Sox ace Chris Sale, hit a changeup for a solo home run on Saturday in the second inning -- his 10th homer of the season and only the third allowed by Sale. It was Morrison's first homer off a left-hander since last May 25 and the first extra-base hit by a lefty off Sale this season. Morrison reached 10 homers in 39 games -- the quickest to 10 by a Rays player since Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena in 2009. Only two of Morrison's 41 major league homers have come against lefties.

1B Logan Morrison has three home runs in his last five games and four in his last seven. He now leads the Rays with nine home runs and 23 RBIs. Morrison is hitting exceptionally well after going through an extended slump to start last season.

1B Logan Morrison went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts Monday, personally leaving eight runners on the basepaths on a night of missed opportunities. He has had a strong start overall, leading the team with seven home runs and second with 18 RBIs.

1B Logan Morrison had a two-run homer and RBI double Saturday, driving in half of the runs in Tampa Bay's 6-1 win over the Blue Jays. He also played well defensively, getting an unassisted double play by grabbing a line drive at first base.

1B Logan Morrison hit a homer Tuesday, his sixth of the season. Morrison hit the homer against his original franchise, the Marlins. He was drafted by the Marlins in 2005 and remained with the franchise throughout the 2013 season. So far, he is 11-for-19 in his career against the Marlins.

1B Logan Morrison, 8-for-22 against Rick Porcello coming into the game, doubled his first time up and hit his first career grand slam in his second at-bat. It was his team's first grand slam since Corey Dickerson hit one last May 11 and the first against the Red Sox since Matt Joyce in 2012. It was his sixth career game of four-plus RBIs but first since June 13, 2015.

1B Logan Morrison, who didn't get his first RBI until mid-May last year in a disastrous start, had nearly the opposite Sunday, with a two-run single in the first inning and a solo home run in the Rays' win against the Yankees. Morrison added a third hit later in the game -- he'll have a chance to be the team's primary first baseman, when it looked in the offseason like he might not return.