The New York Yankees snapped the Tampa Bay Rays five-game win streak Monday, breaking a sixth inning 1-1 tie and ultimately rolling to a 4-1 victory. New York now sits atop the AL East at 12-8, while the Rays fell to 11-9 on the season.
Category Archives: Looking Backward While Moving Forward
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Rally to Win 4-2, T-Bex Strikes Again, Myers Whines
The Tampa Bay Rays are in the midst of a four-game winning streak, all in come from behind fashion. Down by a run in the eighth, the Rays scored three runs with two-outs to beat Toronto by a 4-2 margin. At 10-8 on the season, and tied for first place in the AL East, the Rays will go for the series sweep Sunday afternoon, with Chris Archer on the mound. A win would assure at least a .500 record through the first month of play.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Crush Jays, 12-3
The Tampa Bay Rays rolled to their third consecutive victory on Friday, beating up on Toronto’s R.A. Dickey in a 12-3 victory.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall 1-0, Injury News (Cobb, Brett, Smyly, Etc)
Chris Archer was great once again, although he took the 1-0 loss on the chin. Blame the offense for this one. The de facto ace allowed just one unearned run on seven hits and a walk in 5-2/3 innings of work. Archer’s best weapon was undoubtedly his wipe out slider, and he used it to great effect. 13 of his total 17 whiffs came courtesy of slider, and he racked up eight swinging strikeouts (nine overall) with it; making the Red Sox’s hitters look silly all the while.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall Hard 9-0, Balfour DFA’d
Most of you are well aware of the 9-0 lashing suffered by the Tampa Bay Rays Saturday night. Ouch! In the words of our web guy Adam, that game was no bueno. To put it bluntly, Jake Odorizzi was good though you’d never know it by merely taking a glance at the final score. Rather CJ Riefenhauser and Grant Balfour (with a little help from Steven Souza Jr.) teamed up to allow seven runs (six earned) in just one inning.