The New What Next: Rays vs Indians, part two — a series preview

The Rays and the Indians — a pair of teams coming off contrasting weekend series — are set to start a three game series at Progressive Field on Monday.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays fall to indians, 4-1

Drew Smyly matched a career high with 11 strikeouts on Wednesday night, however Carlos Carrasco was a better. Carrasco, who came within an out of a no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays last season, threw eight strong innings this time in the 4-1 win over the Rays.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Mash Their Way to a 4-1 Win

The Tampa Bay Rays homered three times on Friday in a 4-1 win over Cleveland. At 39-30 (and an MLB best 20-11 on the road), Tampa Bay is a season-best nine games over .500 after their third straight victory.

The New What Next: Rays vs. Indians — the Final Series

The funeral procession that is the Rays’ season will conclude this weekend in Cleveland, where Tampa Bay is slated to take on the Indians in a three-game set. Any hopes of a positive outcome to the season came to pass days ago, and we’re left with an overwhelming desire to just nail the coffin shut. Thursday night’s 11-1 loss to the Red Sox certainly didn’t help.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall to the Tribe, 6-5

Source: FanGraphs The Rays dropped the final game of their home stand in a 6-5 loss to the Indians, following another fruitless (stop me if you’ve heard this one before) late inning rally. Of the Rays five losses this week, all of them found the Tampa Bay bringing the tying (and/or winning) run to the …