Despite scoring five runs on ten hits — including three home runs by David DeJesus, Desmond Jennings, and James Loney — the Tampa Bay Rays dropped the first game of their current three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 10-5. Simply put, Erik Bedard couldn’t string together another good outing and the Blue Jays made him pay, tagging the lefty for eight runs on 12 hits. With a pitching duel between Alex Cobb and Mark Buehrle slated for Tuesday evening, Tampa Bay really needed to win this game — yet they failed to do so after running into the home run hitting buzz-saw that is the Blue Jays.
Category Archives: Looking Backward While Moving Forward
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Finish Sox, 8-5
The Tampa Bay Rays extended their winning streak to four games Sunday — simultaneously extending the Boston Red Sox’s losing streak to 10 in. The Rays will head to Toronto following this afternoon, ahead of a three-game set against a red-hot Blue Jays.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Suffocate Red Sox 6-5, In Extra Innings
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.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Two Walk Offs in Two Days!
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.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Drop Fourth Straight, 3-2
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.