Looking Back While Moving Forward, Rays vs. Jays 5/23/12 (Lineup Included)

Tampa Bay Rays starting lineup: Pena 1B Upton CF Joyce RF Sutton 3B Scott DH Johnson SS Rhymes 2B Gimenez C Thompson LF Shields RHP Notes: ‘Los is leading off again, Sutton is hitting clean-up, Joyce is getting the start in RF instead of Zobrist, finding Thompson in RF. Is it me, of does this …

Rays vs. Jays, 5/22/12 (Lineup Included)

Tampa Bay Rays starting lineup: Pena 1B Upton CF Joyce LF Zobrist RF Scott DH Rodriguez 3B Sutton 2B Gimenez C Johnson SS Moore LHP Tampa Bay (25-18) enters tonight’s game against the Blue Jays two full games behind the first place Orioles. Matt Moore (1-4, 5.20 ERA) will take the mound against sinker-baller Andrew …

Rays vs. Jays, 5/21/12

Tampa Bay enters this upcoming series against the Blue Jays with a 25-17 record, eight games over .500 and two full games back of the Orioles. The Rays are 4-1 so far against the Blue Jays and will need to take at least two games from the Jays in order to march into Boston on …

Braves Take the Series; Hand Rays A 2-0 Loss

Tampa Bay dropped the series, and got shut out for the first time this season, 2-0, at the hands of the Atlanta Braves. Tampa Bay is now 2-4 in intraleague play against the Braves since 2010. Though Price had a solid start posting a 7 IP/6 H/2 R (1 ER)/3 BB/7 K line, he still …

Rays vs. Braves, 5/20/12 (Starting Lineup Included)

Talk about a good game yesterday! Matt Joyce had grand slam to dead center (cough, I guess that was because 25,000+ fans were in the stands) and Sean-Rod smacked a one run dinger to left field. Both homer’s accounted for the five Ray runs. I’m still not a fan of a five spot in the …