After taking a 4-1 lead in the fifth inning against Mark Buehrle, the AL East division champions answered with four runs in the sixth, rolling past the Tampa Bay Rays by an 8-4 margin. The loss ended the Rays’ hopes of finishing with a .500 record, as Tampa Bay fell to 78-82 on the season with two to go. It, too, was a microcosm of why the players will be spending October at home for the second consecutive year.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Jays Slug Their Way to 5-3 Win
While the Tampa Bay Rays were able to tag RA Dickey for two first inning runs Friday night, the top team in the AL East had plenty of answers, as the Blue Jays took the first game of a three-game series by a 5-3 margin. The Rays are now 3-2 on their final road trip of the season.
Rays 9/11/15 Starting Lineup, Etc
Rays 9/11/15 Starting Lineup
Guyer DH
Mahtook LF
Longoria 3B
Forsythe 2B
Cabrera SS
Souza RF
Shaffer 1B
Kiermaier CF
Rivera C
Archer RHP
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall 5-4; Franklin and Bellatti Expected to Join the Team
At a time when the Tampa Bay Rays cannot afford to lose winnable games, under no circumstances should the pitching staff allow runs in the most inopportune times ― especially when the team still considers itself to be in the postseason hun. Yet for the second consecutive game, the Rays’ hurlers allowed the long ball to get the best of them. And though Tampa Bay twice came back from two-run deficits against Detroit, the Tigers went on to win 5-4. The Rays now are 3-4 on a nine-game, three-city road trip.
Moore returns to the rotation; Rays announce Arizona Fall League participants
The Tampa Bay Rays officially announced the September call ups of six players on Tuesday, a list that also included lefty Matt Moore. Kevin Cash quieted any speculation of how Moore might be used when he set the starting rotation for the upcoming series against the New York Yankees — Moore had been tapped to start Saturday afternoon.