What a difference a few days make. Five days ago, we were looking at a Rays team that had dropped two games after holding a pair of sizeable leads. And though the offense was strong, the pitching was shaky at best — especially the bullpen. Fast forward to Mother’s Day. The Rays completed a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres and are over .500 for the first time this season. What’s more, they look primed to to do damage against their AL East Rivals this week, the Boston Red Sox.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Rally Past Padres, 6-3
The Tampa Bay Rays took game one of a three game set against the San Diego Padres by a score of 6-3 Friday night, a game that would go down in annals of MLB history. To be fair, it was an odd game to say the least.
The New What Next: Bring on the Friars!
The Tampa Bay Rays will welcome the San Diego Padres to Tropicana Field Friday night for a three game set, following a pair of big wins against the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday and Thursday. The Rays are again just a couple of games under .500, and look primed to change that this weekend against a suddenly hot Padres team.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Lose to Jays, 6-4
Tuesday night’s game was a somber affair to say the least. Most of you are well aware of the incident with JA Happ in the bottom of the second. Because of it, I don’t feel the need to attach a video of Desmond Jennings’ line drive comebacker, it’s readily available elsewhere. Nor do I feel the need to recount what happened, that too is readily available elsewhere. In the end, it’s not our intention to capitalize – in a manner of speaking – off the events from the night before.
See, Even the Band Radon Understands the Rays…
I’d reckon the lyrics to Radon’s classic Grandma’s Cootie some up the way the Rays are playing at the moment, “And now isn’t that the way it is, when you get your head above water, someone pisses on your head and kicks you back under”