Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Archer Gives Up Five Runs In Rays Loss

If I had to sum up Saturday’s Rays and Indians game in a sentence, it’d go something like this: The Rays 5-0 loss to the Indians was a tale of pitching, both good and not so good. On the side of good pitching lies the Indians starter Ubaldo Jimenez and the Rays long reliever Alex Torres. On the other side of the coin lies Chris Archer, who couldn’t make it out of the fifth inning cleanly.

The New What Next: Good Riddance Baltimore, Hello Cleveland

Well that certainly wasn’t what we’d hoped for out of an opening series. The Orioles took two out of three from the Rays following a 6-3 victory over Tampa Bay at the Trop, Thursday. Chris Davis was again on fire, driving in four on a two-run homer and a two-run double. On the upside, the …

Rays take game two against the Tribe, 4-2, and look forward to tonight’s game (7/18/12 starting lineup included)

Aight. The Rays are now 2-3 in their current 10-game home stand and they’ll attempt to tack another one on in the win column tonight when they take on Justin Masterson (6-8, 4.14 ERA) and the Cleveland Indians. The Rays, who scored four runs on seven hits last night, including extra base hits from ‘Los …

C’mon guys, finish the first half on a high note (7/8/12 starting lineup included)

Tampa Bay will attempt to win one last game before the All-Star Break against Zach McAllister (3-1, 3.93 ERA) and the Tribe, in Cleveland. Talk about failing at a task, Matt Moore and Wade Davis looked like holy hell last night, giving up seven runs on eight hits, including a two run Shelley Duncan blast …

A series preview of sorts

Rays 43-39, 3-7 (last 10 games) Indians 42-39, 5-5 (last 10 games)