Category Archives: Lineups

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Jennings and Smyly Lead Rays to 2-1 Win

After putting together a shaky start against the Rangers, Drew Smyly bounced back to posit his first win in 358 days. Smyly tossed 5-2/3 innings of scoreless ball, while Desmond Jennings homered and drove in both runs, as the Tampa Bay Rays survived a challenging ninth and beat the Oakland Athletics by a 2-1 margin, on Friday. Tampa Bay now is back at .500, only two games out in the Wildcard race.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall Again in Extras, 3-2

The Tampa Bay Rays had a chance to hand Dallas Keuchel his first loss of the season at home, but for the second consecutive game the team couldn’t collect insurance runs late, and the bullpen lost a lead late. The Rays fell 3-2 in 13 innings, and are now 2-10 in extras this year. What follows isn’t a complete recap of the game, rather a few brief points of conversation to mull over.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Beat Up on the Astros, 9-2

The Tampa Bay Rays snapped their three game skid on Monday, beating up on Scott Kazmir and the Houston Astros by a score of 9-2. Tampa Bay starts the day at 59-59 with 44 games left, and tied with the Minnesota Twins just 2-1/2 games back in the Wildcard race.