Category Archives: Lineups

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Hmph…Rays Lose 4-1

Not much can be said about last night’s 4-1 loss to the Astros… At least nothing that hasn’t already been said. Both Roberto Hernandez and Bud Norris were very good, though Norris was better. The Astros ace has been very good at home this season (2.27 ERA, 3 HR, 71-1/3 IP), and he did what ace’s are want to do: shut down the opposing offense.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Price, Rays Blank Astros For the Second Consecutive Day

Welcome back David Price, how’s about you stick around for a while?! The Tampa Bay Rays blanked Houston for the second consecutive day, as David Price regained his dominant Cy Young Award winning form in an 8-0 shutout of the lowly Astros. The Rays posted back-to-back shutouts for the second time this season, and the seventh time in club history, while the offense put crooked numbers on the board for the second consecutive day.

Rays 7/1/13 Starting Lineup, Etc

Rays July 1, 2013 Starting Lineup Jennings CF Rodriguez LF Myers DH Zobrist 2B Escobar SS Loney 1B Roberts 3B Lobaton C Fuld RF Moore LHP Noteworthiness Per Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times, Evan Longoria said his foot is feeling better each day, and thinks he can pinch hit tonight, though he has …

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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Escobar Hits A Walk-off, Miggy Gets Chirpy

As Marc Topkin so eloquently put it, “There was plenty of emotion on the field Saturday night as the Rays raced out of the dugout to swarm Yunel Escobar, whose 10th-inning walk-off single capped a rare late-inning comeback and an impressive 4-3 win over the Tigers.” And for a team that was 2-32 when trailing after seven innings, last night’s win was huge.