Rays 8/27/12 Starting Lineup: Jennings LF Upton CF Zobrist SS Longoria DH Keppinger 1B Roberts 2B Fuld RF Molina C Johnson 3B Price LHP Noteworthiness:</em Maddon has put together an interesting lineup, with Evan Longoria at DH and hitting fourth, no Matt Joyce, Carlos Pena or Luke Scott. In their place are Sam Fuld in …
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Rays vs. Rangers Series Preview, and Other Random Bits of Ephemera
The Rays will start a series against the AL West leading Texas Rangers in Arlington on Monday. Coming off a lukewarm six game home stand, Tampa Bay looks to right the ship (in a manner of speaking) and return to their five runs per game form. Beyond being bested by Oakland, I’m not really certain …
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward, Rays vs. A’s 8/25/12 (starting lineup included)
Tied up at four games a piece, the Rays walk into an early game at the Trop intent on taking both the season and current series against the A’s, following a disappointing 5-4 loss last night. Matt Moore pitched well, save for a few fastballs left up over the plate, however the real story of …
Looking Backward While Looking Forward (Rays vs. A’s, 8/24/12 starting lineup included)
“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 …
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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