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The New What Next: Rays vs Red Sox — The Battle For Last

The Tampa Bay Rays are coming off a huge 5-2 win, by way of a series loss, against the Oakland Athletics. And though the Rays dropped the first two games to the red hot Athletics, two very important things happened; the good guys were able to beat a team with its undisputed ace on the mound, and they were able to limit the league’s highest scoring team to eight runs total. That is, the pitching may have finally stabilized. Moving forward, the wayward Red Sox make their way into the Trop Friday for a three-game set.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Drop Fourth Straight, 3-2

The Tampa Bay Rays dropped the second game of the series against the A’s by a score of 3-2 Wednesday night. Erik Bedard walked away with his first loss since April 24th, after putting together a 5.1 IP/1 H/3 R/1 ER/3 BB/6 K outing. In fact, the Rays pitchers gave up only one hit all night, a fourth inning solo shot off the bat of Brandon Moss, yet the offense couldn’t push across (at least) two more runs to give the Rays the lead and/or win. If ever there was one, this is a glaring example of pitchers deserving a better fate.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: The “Nobody Knows….” Edition

An air of frustration has permeated the Rays Republic. Evan Longoria is pressing at the plate, Wil Myers looks clueless in the box, and the fans — those who choose to attend games — have more in common with the population of New York, as exemplified in Ghost Busters II. (Editor’s note: if you didn’t “get” the Ghost Busters II reference, I recommend watching Ivan Reitman’s masterpiece) Last night’s contest wasn’t fun on the field or in the stands. Tampa Bay was shutout for the second time in three games last night, and they’ve now won only five of their last 15 games. The Rays have scored just 46 runs in those games, an average of (roughly) three runs per.

Rays 5/20/14 Starting Lineup, Etc.

Rays 5/20/14 Starting Lineup Guyer LF Jennings CF Longoria 3B Myers RF Rodriguez 2B Forsythe DH Loney 1B Escobar SS Molina C Odorizzi RHP Noteworthiness It would seem the Rays are set to keep Kevin Kiermaier through Wednesday’s game, then option him or Logan Forsythe to Triple-A Durham — or in the case of Brandon …

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