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Looking Backwards While Looking Forward: the Tough Loss Edition

With any and all momentum from their last home stand all but lost, the Rays dropped their second straight game to the Orioles by a score of 3-2. Tampa Bay has now scored only four runs in their last 41 innings in Baltimore. My opinion? This team isn’t playing like a play-off contender, and the …

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Shields dominates, the offense comes alive, and other random nuggets to chew on (Rays 8/1/12 starting lineup included)

The Tampa Bay Rays, with Complete Game James Shields at the helm, closed out the month of July in dominant fashion, crushing the A’s with an 8-0 three hit complete game shutout. Shields was masterful, posting a 9 IP/3 H/0 R/0 BB/11 K line, throwing only 98 pitches (66 for strikes). Shields Pounded the zone …

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