Rays Notes: Price, Longoria, Joyce, Joseph Cruz

Huge win for the Rays on Saturday, and David Price was right in the thick of things. Price won his 12th game of the season, and Rays media director Jonathan Gantt along with Evan Longoria sung his praises on Twitter.

#Rays @DAVIDprice14 becomes the AL’s first 12-game winner and is now tied for the @MLB lead with NYM R.A. Dickey and WAS Gio Gonzalez.
— Jonathan Gantt (@Jonathan_Gantt) July 15, 2012

#Rays @davidprice14 at his best against best competition: 6-2 with 2.87 ERA vs. AL East and 8-3 vs. opponents .500 or better this year.
— Jonathan Gantt (@Jonathan_Gantt) July 15, 2012

Every win is big. @DAVIDprice14 unreal again. Congrats on 12. 2 is a streak, starts tomorrow! #Rays
— Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) July 15, 2012

Speaking of Mr. Longoria, he talked about how his workout on Saturday went.

Great day of workouts today! Steps in the right direction...stay positive for me friends,and keep the faith for this #Rays team! #162strong
— Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) July 14, 2012

Every Rays fan is definitely hoping that Longoria can come back and that the Rays can hold the fort and hopefully play well until he comes back. In other injury news, we turn to MLB Network Rays correspondent JB Long.

Matt Joyce is another key component of the Rays lineup, and especially with Longoria out, the Rays can’t wait to get him back.

The last injury note isn’t so positive as Rays Double-A pitcher Joseph Cruz left his game with a scary injury. Full details at our minor league recap from earlier today.