Tag Archives: Kevin Cash

Rays Successful After the First Month of Play, and Other Odds and Ends

The Tampa Bay Rays capped off a successful month of April with a 3-2 victory against the New York Yankees in 13 innings. At 12-10 on the season, first year manager Kevin Cash did something with the Rays that hadn’t been done since 2012 — put together a plus .500 record in the first month of play. Compare that with last season, under the watchful eye of Joe Maddon, when the team went 11-16 with a -12 run differential. Not bad skip, not bad at all.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Rally to Win 4-2, T-Bex Strikes Again, Myers Whines

The Tampa Bay Rays are in the midst of a four-game winning streak, all in come from behind fashion. Down by a run in the eighth, the Rays scored three runs with two-outs to beat Toronto by a 4-2 margin. At 10-8 on the season, and tied for first place in the AL East, the Rays will go for the series sweep Sunday afternoon, with Chris Archer on the mound. A win would assure at least a .500 record through the first month of play.

The New What Next: Rays vs. Blue Jays — A Series Preview, Part Deux

The Tampa Bay Rays sent that team from Boston (and their pink hatted fans) packing Thursday night, tripping up the Red Sox by a score of 2-1 in walk-off fashion and walking away with their first home series win of the season. The Rays will welcome the Toronto Blue Jays into the Trop for a three-game, weekend series.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall 1-0, Injury News (Cobb, Brett, Smyly, Etc)

Chris Archer was great once again, although he took the 1-0 loss on the chin. Blame the offense for this one. The de facto ace allowed just one unearned run on seven hits and a walk in 5-2/3 innings of work. Archer’s best weapon was undoubtedly his wipe out slider, and he used it to great effect. 13 of his total 17 whiffs came courtesy of slider, and he racked up eight swinging strikeouts (nine overall) with it; making the Red Sox’s hitters look silly all the while.