The Rays will welcome the Red Sox into the Trop Monday, starting a three game set against their AL East rivals. This series, as with the previous series against the Orioles, promises to be an important one — Tampa Bay stands to make up at least a game against the AL East leading Red Sox. Just a few notes on Sunday’s game before we focus our attention on the upcoming series.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Clobber the O’s 8-0, Take the Series
On a day aptly titled the Goddamn Deluge, the Tampa Bay Rays jumped all over the Baltimore Orioles in a four hit shutout shellacking, demoralizing their AL East foes by a score of 8-0. Tampa Bay has been able to leapfrog Baltimore in the standings, now claiming sole ownership of third place by a half game. Just two-and-a-half games behind the AL East leading Boston Red Sox, the Rays will look to sweep their second consecutive series against the Orioles Sunday afternoon.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Archer Goes Seven Strong in Rays Win Over the Orioles
This game was about Chris Archer. No one else, well maybe Desmond Jennings, but we’ll get to that. Archer, after getting touched for five runs in four innings against the Indians, came out swinging. After hitting Nate McClouth to start the game, Archer settled down and induced two ground balls, from the next two batters, the second being an inning ending double play. He cruised through the first two and two/thirds innings before hitting a rough patch, the only one he would hit all night, walking Chris Dickerson, then walking Nate McClouth followed by a line drive to center field by Manny Machado, scoring Dickerson for Batlimore’s only run. After that, he coasted through the next four innings, allowing only one more hit on a misplay by Jennings in center.
Rays 6/7/13 Starting Lineup
Joyce RF Zobrist 2B Johnson LF Longoria 3B Loney 1B Jennings CF Scott DH Molina C Escobar SS Archer RHP Noteworthiness Kelly Johnson is back in the lineup after sitting out the last two games with back tightness. You can read more about tonight’s pitching match-up here.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Lose to the Tigers 5-2, Enter the Orioles
Tampa Bay dropped the rubber match of the Tigers series Thursday by a score of 5-2, in gem of well pitched game by Max Scherzer. The same culprits that killed the Rays throughout the course of the series — Victor Martinez, Prince Fielder, and Miguel Cabrera — were responsible for Detroit’s five runs, while the Rays offense couldn’t muster enough umph in a game where a win was obtainable — at least when former Ray Joaquin Benoit took the mound in relief.