Yesterday we wrote about Fernando Rodney’s success. Call me a fan boy, but I just feel the need to write about him again today. Why? Call me crazy, but being a mere 2.1 innings shy of breaking Dennis Eckersley’s record, potentially ending the season with a sub 0.61 ERA while accruing forty or more saves, …
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Rays 9/27/12 Starting Lineup Jennings LF Upton CF Zobrist SS Longoria 3B Pena 1B Keppinger 2B Scott DH Joyce RF Lobaton C Shields RHP Noteworthiness: Jose Lobaton gets the start behind the plate with Jose Molina still day-to-day. “Molina said quad feels a little better but not enough to play. Cold weather here a concern …
Last night Fernando Rodney saved his 45th game of the season, tying the franchise single season save record which was previously set by a former closer (he who shall not be named) back in 2010. Better yet, Rodney still has ample opportunity to lay claim to soul possession of the Rays save record with seven …
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Knowing first hand what Clay Buccholz is capable of, the Rays needed a great start out of their co-ace David Price. And a great start they got, as Price and Tampa Bay rolled to a 5-2 complete game victory over the Red Sox last night. The Rays were able to pull within three games of …
Thanks to losses by both the O’s (who lost game two of the double header against the Jays) and the A’s, Tampa Bay didn’t lose any ground in the AL East, and now find themselves 3.0 games out in the wildcard race. Tampa Bay will start an important two-game series against those bastards in Boston, …
