Tag Archives: Interleague Play

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Win, 6-3

The Rays, mired in their biggest slump in some time, finally hit their way to victory Wednesday night — taking the last game of the home stand by a score of 6-3 over the Cardinals.

The New What Next: Rays vs. Cardinals — A Series Preview of Sorts

I’m not naive enough to tout the chances of a Rays postseason run. After all, Tampa Bay has gone scoreless in 19 consecutive innings, and are 5-of-their-last-51 wRISP. They’ve also accumulated all of one win in the month of June. Oof — That’s not how you put together a 15-win June.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Drop Eighth Straight, 1-0

Henderson Alvarez put the death knell on the Rays, capping their worst road trip in franchise history with an 88-pitch, complete game, 1-0 shutout — his third consecutive shutout against an AL team in Interleague Play since he joined the Marlins (extending back to his no hitter in final game of the 2013 season against the Tigers). The Rays ended their road trip without a win, while their frustration was exacerbated by an 0-22 wRISP stretch, and the three momentum killing double plays they grounded into Tuesday night.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Drop Seventh Straight Behind Lack of Offense

Do you remember when the Rays would swarm the opposing pitcher? You know, back in the olden days of last year, when the offense would knock the pitcher off his game early on — not allowing him to get comfortable. Those sure were the good old days. I certainly would have killed for that approach at the plate last night. Tampa Bay fell to their Florida rivals by a 3-1 margin in Miami. The Marlins improved to 21-11 at home (29-28 overall), while the Rays fell even further back in the rankings. The good guys have now dropped seven consecutive games, scoring all of 17 runs in the process. This isn’t good, and yes…this sucks.