Rays 5/26/14 Starting Lineup DeJesus DH Longoria 3B Joyce LF Jennings CF Loney 1B Myers RF Figueroa 2B Escobar SS Hanigan C Bedard LHP Noteworthiness The Rays have placed Brandon Guyer on the 15-day DL (left thumb fracture), and corresponded by recalling RHP Alex Colome who was recently activated from a 50-game suspension. The Rays …
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It’s been said of baseball, that momentum is only as good as your next starter. The Rays started the day on a three-game winning streak, chocked full of momentum. And on paper, the pitching matchup — helmed by David Price for the Rays, and Jake Peavy for the Red Sox — favored Tampa Bay. Yet things didn’t look so hot for the Rays after the first inning. Boston tagged Price for five runs on four hits, and it appeared the Rays ace was phoning in his start. My how things changed over the span of the 15-inning contest. The Rays, slowly but surely, scratched out runs in the second, fourth, fifth, and 15th innings, clawing their way back from a five run deficit (for the first time since Game 162) to defeat Boston by a 6-5 margin in their third consecutive walk off win.
Prior to Thursday afternoon, the 2014 Rays lacked the game ending heroics that only a walk off hit could provide. Sean Rodriguez put an end to that nasty streak with his game ending, three-run shot to left. Apparently walk off wins are akin to a spreading infection now, and we’re all better for it! Low the Rays put together their second consecutive walk off win last night, and all it took was a big pinch hit RBI double to right center off the bat of rookie infielder Cole Figueroa, plating Desmond Jennings from second. The good guys walked out of the Trop after handing those dastardly Red Sox their eighth consecutive loss.
DeJesus DH
Longoria 3B
Joyce LF
Myers RF
Loney 1B
Jennings CF
Rodriguez 2B
Escobar SS
Hanigan C
Archer RHP
The Tampa Bay Rays dropped the second game of the series against the A’s by a score of 3-2 Wednesday night. Erik Bedard walked away with his first loss since April 24th, after putting together a 5.1 IP/1 H/3 R/1 ER/3 BB/6 K outing. In fact, the Rays pitchers gave up only one hit all night, a fourth inning solo shot off the bat of Brandon Moss, yet the offense couldn’t push across (at least) two more runs to give the Rays the lead and/or win. If ever there was one, this is a glaring example of pitchers deserving a better fate.
