In addendum: I wrote this series preview on Monday, prior to the Blue Jays official announcement of who they’d start and when. I based the rotation order off of ESPN.com, who obviously had it wrong themselves. I guess I got Kruked! In any case, the problem is fixed. Sorry for the confusion. The Rays are …
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Rays 8/7/12 Starting Lineup Jennings LF Upton CF Zobrist RF Longoria DH Keppinger 1B Roberts 3B Rodriguez 2B Lobaton C Johnson SS Shields RHP Noteworthiness: Keppinger, who’s 3-8 lifetime against Happ, gets the call at first tonight in place of ‘Los. In wonderful news, Brooks Conrad has been DFA’d to make room on the 40-man …
The Rays/Orioles Series By the Numbers The Orioles held the Rays to 21 scoreless innings over the course of the series, following a pair of one run homers by BJ Upton and Desmond Jennings Friday night. Ugh. 0-12 wRISP, 18 LOB Pena (1-8, 3 BB, 2 K), Roberts (0-9, BB, 3 K), Lobaton (0-6, 2 …
A short post today because I’m hungover. The Rays look to turn their fortunes around after getting shutout 4-0 by a masterful Wei-Yin Chen and the Orioles. The big O didn’t look so hot last night. The Rays hitters reached base safely eight times, yet they squandered every scoring opportunity they had. Let’s look at …
The Rays walked into the Trop last night having won six out of their last ten games, including two out of three in their last series against the Orioles. They walked away with sole ownership of second place in the East, only a half game out of the second wildcard spot. With the win, Tampa …
