Matt Cain pitched the first perfect game in Giants franchise history last night. We think that’s pretty awesome! And save for a first inning BJ Upton hit, RA Dickey would have thrown a no-hitter against the Rays. Depending on your perspective, that’s not so awesome. Sheesh, Dickey’s knuckle-ball danced in and around the strike zone, …
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Oof. Like I said a few days ago, I was cautiously optimistic about whether the Rays might be on an upward trend when it comes to run production. After scoring four runs and going 1-5 wRISP on Sunday, and scoring two runs while going 2-9 wRISP last night, I think you can see why. The …
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Starting Lineup 5/26/12: After some delay, the starting lineup (below) has finally been released. There was some doubt whether Luke Scott would be in the lineup or not, after taking a 97 MPH fastball in the knee last night. Low and behold, he will be in the lineup tonight. Note: we weren’t sure where he’d …
Talk about a good game yesterday! Matt Joyce had grand slam to dead center (cough, I guess that was because 25,000+ fans were in the stands) and Sean-Rod smacked a one run dinger to left field. Both homer’s accounted for the five Ray runs. I’m still not a fan of a five spot in the …
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Here’s a little verbal fat to chew on while you celebrate another sweep by your 23-14 Tampa Bay Rays. -The Rays scored a total of 16 runs in their first five games of this (now past) eight game road trip, and were outscored 20-16. In the last three games of this road trip, the Rays …
