Rays 4/25/14 Starting Lineup Zobrist 2B Jennings CF Joyce LF Longoria 3B Loney 1B Myers RF DeJesus DH Escobar SS Hanigan C Archer RHP Noteworthiness Little victories… As it relates to enforcement of the Transfer Rule, Major League Baseball made changes Joe Maddon (and assuredly other mangers around the big leagues) sought. Beginning with the …
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The New What Next: Rays Head to Chicago to Face the “Other” Sox
The Tampa Bay Rays hit the road Friday ahead of a long 10-day, 10-game road trip. First stop, the south side of Chicago for a four game wrap-around series against the 11-12 White Sox. The Rays are coming off a 3-4 home stand — one in which they dropped two consecutive games to the Twins, the first home series loss against Minnesota since 2006. Thursday marked the AL-leading 11th time a Rays starter didn’t work more than five innings — the eighth time in the last 10 games since Cobb went on the disabled list. That’s not an achievement I’m comfortable touting.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Drop Series Following 9-7 Loss to the Twins
Tampa Bay dropped it’s second consecutive game to the Twins Thursday, this time by a score of 9-7. Blame the loss on a spotty start by Erik Bedard (though he was able to put the pieces together after a 42 pitch first), and a five run fifth off Heath Bell. Credit where it’s due, the offense brought the Rays within two after being down by six. The Rays were able to tag Minnesota for seven runs today (18 in the series), which is a plus.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Josh Lueke, Rays Fall to Twins, 6-4
…And it came down to the 11th and 12th innings.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays, Price Shut Down Twins, 7-3
Going into this series, the Rays had one simple task at hand: take (at least) two of three from a team they could beat. In the interim, while Alex Cobb and Jeremy Hellickson are on the DL, Tampa Bay needs to win series’ against teams like the Twins, while putting together a .500 record against teams like Boston and New York. David Price knew this well, and he responded in kind Tuesday night — putting together an impressive 112 pitch, complete game victory against Minnesota.