The Rays came from behind to beat the New York Yankees in grand fashion Friday night, beating up on the Bronx Bombers by a score of 11-5 in front of 26,079 fans at Tropicana Field. The Rays put a halt to their four game skid, while the offense reasserted itself. Since I live blogged the game from section 143, the following recap will be of the game peripherals sort.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: O’s Handcuff Rays 7-1, Matt Moore to Receive Tommy John Surgery
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
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.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Blank Royals, 1-0
Tuesday night was chock full of excellent pitching and awkward circumstances. The Royals had the bases loaded not once, not twice, but three times — yet they had nothing to show for their efforts. Chris Archer successfully picked off Norichika Aoki at first, and there was a questionable call at second which was reviewed, yet not overturned. Then there was the whole “score knotted at 0-0 until the ninth inning,” thing. In the end, both Chris Archer and Yordan Ventura put together a pair of great outings, the Rays are able to hang their hats on their first victory in Kauffman Stadium in eight attempts, and the Rays beat the Royals by a score of 1-0. Game peripherals are below.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Moore Pulled Early, Rays Fall 4-2
The Tampa Bay Rays fell to 4-4 on the year, after dropping the first game of a three-game set against Jason Vargas and the Royals, by a score of 4-2. The Rays have now lost seven consecutive games at Kauffman Stadium — extending back to 2012. What’s more, the starting rotation could be down a pitcher (for an unknown amount of time) on the heels of Matt Moore’s early departure from Monday night’s game.