It was another one of those nights we’ve, sadly, become accustomed to. Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before; a Rays pitcher notched a good outing, keeping the team in the game, yet the stagnant offense couldn’t come up with the key hits when it so desperately needed to. Yes, it happened again — though, at least it wasn’t a shutout.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Put Up A Shutout of Their Own, 5-0
On the heels of their league leading 11th shutout of the season, and behind a few timely hits and an impressive start from Chris Archer, the Tampa Bay Rays found themselves on the winning track once more, taking down the Astros by a 5-0 margin.
Rays 6/19/14 Starting Lineup, Etc
Jennings CF
Zobrist 2B
Kiermaier RF
Longoria 3B
Loney 1B
Guyer LF
Joyce DH
Escobar SS
Hanigan C
The New What Next: Rays vs. Astros, Part Two — A Series Preview of Sorts
The Tampa Bay Rays will welcome the Houston Astros into the friendly confines of the Big Top, a mere four days after they last faced them at Minute Maid Park. The Rays are in slightly better shape than they were last week when they first took on the Astros. Tampa Bay has won three out of their last six, averaging just under four runs per game in that span. Still, the last two games were winnable, and therefore left a lot to be desired.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Bedard, Rays Fall to Orioles, 7-5
The Baltimore Orioles, bolstered by a five-run third inning, walked away from the Big Top with a 7-5 win Tuesday night. LHP Erik Bedard befell the axe early (once again) after he gave up five runs on four hits, including a Chris Davis grand slam. The skinny: Bedard was all over the zone. And even when …
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