Perhaps you could blame it on his inability to throw quality strikes. Or, maybe you could blame it his lack of command, leaving fastball after fastball up, and over the plate, in very hittable locations. Then again, it could have been his seeming inability to keep batters off balance by not throwing his change-up often. I’d argue it was choice D, all of the above. Whatever the case, Chris Archer did the Rays no favors Monday night, tossing the Orioles hitters meatball after meatball in his less than stellar 5 IP/12 H/7 R outing. The Rays fell to the Orioles — a team who hit five doubles off Archer — by a score of 7-1
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Rays 4/14/14 Starting Lineup, Etc
Zobrist 2B, Jennings CF, Forsythe DH, Longoria 3B, Myers RF, Loney 1B, Guyer LF, Escobar SS, Hanigan C, Archer LHP
The New What Next: Rays vs. Orioles — A Series Preview of Sorts
So far, this has been an odd road trip…to say the least. Tampa Bay has gone 7-for-30 wRISP, tagging the opposing pitchers for only 13 runs. Though Tampa Bay took two of three from the Reds, they still ended the series with a -6 run differential. Yet the Rays have a 3-3 record — six games into their nine-game road trip — and are about to face a scuffling Orioles squad who, if I may, don’t look so hot themselves. There is a very realistic possibility that the Rays could come home with a winning record on this wonky trip — which they’ll need going into the upcoming Yankees series, when they throw their B-starters on the mound.
Rays Beat Orioles, 4-3, Take Grapefruit League Title
The Tampa Bay Rays walked away from Sarasota Thursday night, (following a 4-3 win over Baltimore) with their third Grapefruit League title in seven years. To many, that may not be significant. To the astute follower of the Rays, however, Tampa Bay went on to win the AL East the previous two years — 2008 and 2010.
Rays Tie O’s, 4-4, Our Daily Photo Contest, Etc
The Tampa Bay Rays walked onto the dusky field at Charlotte Sports Park for the last time of the spring Wednesday evening, and walked away with their fourth tie of the Grapefruit League season, this time matching the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 4-4.