On the subject of Thursday night’s 8-3 win, a friend of mine summed up a general affect well, “The sound of a moaning, groaning, and grumbling Yankee Stadium is music to my ears.” In short, the Rays needed a win at Yankee Stadium, and a win they got in spades. Matt Moore collected himself and put together a well needed quality start, while the offense came alive for the second day straight, with Evan Longoria and Yunel Escobar mashing a handful of homers. Tampa Bay will enter Friday night’s match-up just one-and-a-half games behind the third place Yankees, ready to pounce on David Phelps.
Category Archives: Lineups
Game Day Thread: The Double Header
Rays 6/18/13 Game 1 Starting Lineup Joyce LF Jennings CF Zobrist 2B Longoria 3B Loney 1B Myers RF Scott DH Molina C Escobar SS Archer RHP Noteworthiness Recall an over amped Chris Archer coming off the mound — fired up — after after striking out Daniel Nava with the bases loaded. Recall also Koji Uehara …
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Alex Cobb Prognosis Good, Etc
A Preface Saturday’s ball game at the Trop signified another tragic injury inducing line drive come-backer event, one where another pitcher had to be carried off the field on a stretcher. And though these events seem to be happening with greater frequency, they never get any easier to watch — nor should they. Thankfully — …
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: The “A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words” Edition
A preface
Jeremy Hellickson was sailing along — pitching five innings of two hit, no run, ball. Then in sixth inning after throwing 70 pitches…
Rays 6/13/13 Starting Lineup, Noteworthiness
Rays 6/13/13 Starting Lineup 1. Joyce RF 2. Zobrist 2B 3. Johnson 3B 4. Longoria DH 5. Loney 1B 6. Jennings CF 7. Fuld LF 8. Molina C 9. Escobar SS SP Hellickson RHP Noteworthiness Kelly Johnson is getting the start at third and hitting third, while Evan Longoria handles the DH duties and hitting …
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