If you subscribe to the idea that the Tampa Bay Rays still have a shot of a postseason berth — albeit it an incredible small shot — then it is safe to assume that the upcoming 10 game home stand is incredibly important. To put it bluntly, if they don’t walk away with three series wins against their AL East foes, they’re toast.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Smyly Overpowering, Rays Sink O’s 3-1
Call it overpowering and/or dominant; Drew Smyly put together another excellent start Wednesday night, one in which he held the Baltimore Orioles to one run on two hits in his fourth consecutive plus-quality start as a Ray. And while they left a good amount of chicken on the bone — going 2-8 wRISP — the Rays offense was able to do just enough to come out on the winning side of the ledger.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Drop Another to the Orioles, 4-2
It’s late’ish, I’ve had a few to drink, and I just watched the Tampa Bay Rays drop their second consecutive game to the Baltimore Orioles — this time by a score of 4-2. I’m tired, and since I have to be up early in the morning, I’m putting a challenge on myself — summarize the game in a paragraph or less.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays, Odorizzi Crushed By Orioles, 9-1
Friends, I’d put myself into category number three. I willingly watched as Jake Odorizzi gave up for homers in four plus innings. I willing watched as the Orioles put together their 49th multi-homer game of the season — they’re now 39-10 in those games. And I willingly watched as the Rays hitters did nothing with the scoring opportunities they put together against Chris Tillman. Four plus innings (and eight runs) later, I regretted my decision and turned on Bizarre Foods as penance.
Rays 8/25/14 Starting Lineup, Etc.
Rays 8/25/14 Starting Lineup Zobrist CF Joyce LF Longoria DH Loney 1B Myers RF Forsythe 2B Escobar SS Molina C Rodriguez 3B Odorizzi RHP Noteworthiness Though Marc Topkin doesn’t believe the Rays will trade Yunel Escobar to the Oakland Athletics, I wrote about the possibility of a trade, and what the Rays could look like …