The Athletics have claimed shortstop Yunel Escobar from the Rays on revocable waivers, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal tweets.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall in 10 Innings, 3-2
I’d like to think there was a risk/reward like situation afoot last night. I went through the effort of connecting my laptop to my television (I mean, who wants to watch baseball on a 14″ screen?), then it took me a few minutes to find a website from which to stream the game (thanks, strikeout.co), and finally I spent four hours live blogging the game while resisting the overwhelming urge to throw my tablet across the room out of frustration. And what was I rewarded with? A disheartening 3-2 loss in the 10th inning.
Shields dominates, the offense comes alive, and other random nuggets to chew on (Rays 8/1/12 starting lineup included)
The Tampa Bay Rays, with Complete Game James Shields at the helm, closed out the month of July in dominant fashion, crushing the A’s with an 8-0 three hit complete game shutout. Shields was masterful, posting a 9 IP/3 H/0 R/0 BB/11 K line, throwing only 98 pitches (66 for strikes). Shields Pounded the zone …
Rays vs A’s, a preview of sorts
It bears mentioning… Tampa Bay Rays: 53-49, tied for second in the AL East, 7.5 games behind the Yankees and two games out of the second wildcard spot. Oakland Athletics: 55-46, second in the AL West, 4.5 games behind the Rangers, and if the season were to end today, the A’s would clinch a wildcard …
Splitting Hairs
As I had hoped, the Rays managed to find a way to split the series with the Athletics in Oakland, which also gives the Rays the season-series win. Coming in to Sunday’s game the Rays were tied for the season-series with the A’s, a team that has given the Rays a lot of trouble in Oakland …