The Tampa Bay Rays have been able to do something during this 10-game stretch, that they haven’t, well…all season: bounce back from a loss. Jake Odorizzi and the Rays bounced back from a disappointing, yet winnable, game Friday in dominant fashion, crushing the Houston Astros by a score of 8-0. No, it wasn’t a perfectly executed game — then again most aren’t. Tampa Bay was able to take advantage of a struggling Jake Buchanan, while Odorizzi put up zero after zero.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Price Notches Strikeout 1,000, Trade Rumors, Etc
It was another one of those nights we’ve, sadly, become accustomed to. Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before; a Rays pitcher notched a good outing, keeping the team in the game, yet the stagnant offense couldn’t come up with the key hits when it so desperately needed to. Yes, it happened again — though, at least it wasn’t a shutout.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Put Up A Shutout of Their Own, 5-0
On the heels of their league leading 11th shutout of the season, and behind a few timely hits and an impressive start from Chris Archer, the Tampa Bay Rays found themselves on the winning track once more, taking down the Astros by a 5-0 margin.
Rays 6/19/14 Starting Lineup, Etc
Jennings CF
Zobrist 2B
Kiermaier RF
Longoria 3B
Loney 1B
Guyer LF
Joyce DH
Escobar SS
Hanigan C
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Bedard, Rays Fall to Orioles, 7-5
The Baltimore Orioles, bolstered by a five-run third inning, walked away from the Big Top with a 7-5 win Tuesday night. LHP Erik Bedard befell the axe early (once again) after he gave up five runs on four hits, including a Chris Davis grand slam. The skinny: Bedard was all over the zone. And even when …
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