What a difference a day makes. Following yet another embarrassing perfecto, Tampa Bay’s offense roared back to life last night, tagging the Angels for seven runs on eight hits and two walks, including three yard balls from Ben Zobrist, BJ Upton, and Evan Longoria. The Rays will need any (and all) momentum accrued after last …
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Rays 8/16/12 Starting Lineup
Rays 8/16/12 Starting Lineup: Jennings LF Upton CF Joyce RF Longoria DH Zobrist SS Keppinger 3B Pena 1B Roberts 2B Molina C Price LHP Noteworthiness: Zobrist is back in at short, hitting fifth. Roberts, Kepp, and Jennings are also back in the lineup tonight.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward; the I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Edition (including Rays vs Angels series preview)
Well, at least the Rays weren’t no-hit in perfect game fashion by Mark Buehrle or Dallas Braden this time around. And honestly, King Felix tossed a hell of a game. Talk about being dominant. The bulleted high and low-lights will be short this time around. It’s a damn shame that Jeremy Hellickson’s outing will largely …
Looking Backward While Moving Forward, Rays vs. Mariners 8/15/12 (lineup included)
That’s what happens when you let bad teams hang around. -AM sports talk radio host Yeah, the remark above says it all. The Rays were incapable of putting the Mariners away last night as a late inning Carlos Pena error, combined with an offense that couldn’t capitalize on scoring opportunity after scoring opportunity, blew any …
Looking Backward While Moving Forward, Rays vs Mariners 8/14/12 (starting lineup included)
The Rays are in seventh heaven? Yeah, that sounds cheesy. Regardless, Tampa Bay is now on a seven game winning streak following an almost flawless start by Alex Cobb who, as Orestes Destrade calls it, had a super quality outing. Posting a 7 IP/4 H/1 ER/2 BB/5 K line, Cobb threw 91 pitches (59 for strikes) …