“The Tampa Bay Rays have played so well recently it’s hard to believe their lineup failed to produce a base runner a little over a week ago,” noted the author of ESPN’s preview of tonight’s match-up, which pits Matt Moore (10-7, 3.57 ERA) against Jarrod Parker (8-7, 3.48 ERA). I’ll give them some credit for …
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward (Rays vs A’ series preview included)
The Rays did it! Following a very successful 8-2 road trip, the good guys took their most recent three game home set against a pretty hot Royals, following their 5-3 win Wednesday. The story of the day was James Shields. Juego G seems to have bounced back from his mid-season slump. Posting a 7.2 IP/5 …
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Looking Backward While Looking Forward; the Night-Cap Edition (Rays 8/22/12 Starting Lineup Included)
This will be another short one. I’m exhausted, frustrated, and frankly pretty upset with the outcome of tonight’s game. See, 10,877 people (myself included) endured what could be aptly titled the goddamn deluge, only to watch the Rays with their most potent offense since the month of April, get Hochevared once again. Had you told …
Rays 8/21/11 Starting Lineup
Rays 8/21/11 Starting Lineup: Jennings LF Upton CF Joyce RF Longoria 3B Zobrist SS Pena 1B Scott DH Roberts 2B Molina C Price LHP Noteworthiness: The Rays will try to extend the streak to six straight when they take on Hochevar and the Royals tonight at the Trop. The big news of the day, Evan …
Six Man Rotation and SS
Below was a response to a comment made by a reader of the blog. After posting it, I thought that it could stand on its own, if only to generate some dialog with you, the dear readership of Raysbaseball.co. Thoughts? Leave ’em below! With the imminent return of Jeff Niemann, I think an argument could …