One thing was evident upon entering the 2013 Citrus Series: The Rays needed to beat the Marlins. Without going into the why’s (editors note: I think the “why’s” are fairly obvious), the Rays have been successful thus far, snagging the first two games away from the Fish, while ending their most recent home-stand with a 3-2 record. The second half of the Citrus Series begins Wednesday at Carnival Cruise Lines Field…urm, Marlins Park.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Salvage A Game Against the Yankees, Welcome In That Other Team From Florida
Tampa Bay was able to salvage the third game of the three game set against the Bronx Bummers Sunday, following a seven run, seven hit Shellacking of Grimmace and the New York Yankees, handily winning by an 8-3 score. The five-through-nine hitters impressively accounted for most of the Rays offense, combining to go 5-for-12 against CC, while driving in seven of the Rays eight runs.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rodney Blows Fifth Save of the Season, Rays Blow the Series
We here at X-Rays Spex headquarters are not afraid to call things as we see them. In fact, calling people out on their collective stuff (expletive deleted) is one of our tenets. That Fernando Rodney has blown his fifth save of the year — in the Rays third loss when they were a strike away from victory — is a huge, heaping, load of horse-pucky. The Tampa Bay Rays are again sitting at .500 following a heart breaking 4-3 loss to the New York Yankees Saturday night. And with the loss went any hope of making up any ground against their AL East rivals… at least this time around.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Drop Back to One Game Over .500 After 9-4 Loss
The New York Yankees routed the Tampa Bay Rays Friday night, handing them their second consecutive loss, while leaving them just one game over .500. Simply put, Roberto Hernandez was horrible — Cesar Ramos wasn’t much better — while David Phelps choked the Rays offense, leaving a 9-4 loss in the wake. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for another edition of The Good, The Bad, and The Argyle: A Game Summary.
Rays 5/24/13 Starting Lineup, Etc
Rays 5/24/13 Starting Lineup Joyce RF Zobrist 2B Scott DH Longoria 3B Loney 1B Johnson LF Fuld CF Lobaton C Escobar SS Hernandez RHP Noteworthiness Sam Fuld will get the start in center tonight, hitting seventh. Per Roger Mooney of the Tribunes, “Jennings said he’s fine. Just a day off.” In an interview with MLB …