Alex Colome got himself into seven full counts, although he only walked one Yankee. Meanwhile the Rays only had two hits from the first through eighth innings, yet they ended the night by slapping three singles and taking a walk in the ninth — good for their sixth walk-off win of the season. And as if things weren’t odd enough, the double shutout, which lasted two outs into the ninth, took three hours and 28 minutes.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Suffocate Red Sox 6-5, In Extra Innings
It’s been said of baseball, that momentum is only as good as your next starter. The Rays started the day on a three-game winning streak, chocked full of momentum. And on paper, the pitching matchup — helmed by David Price for the Rays, and Jake Peavy for the Red Sox — favored Tampa Bay. Yet things didn’t look so hot for the Rays after the first inning. Boston tagged Price for five runs on four hits, and it appeared the Rays ace was phoning in his start. My how things changed over the span of the 15-inning contest. The Rays, slowly but surely, scratched out runs in the second, fourth, fifth, and 15th innings, clawing their way back from a five run deficit (for the first time since Game 162) to defeat Boston by a 6-5 margin in their third consecutive walk off win.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Escobar Hits A Walk-off, Miggy Gets Chirpy
As Marc Topkin so eloquently put it, “There was plenty of emotion on the field Saturday night as the Rays raced out of the dugout to swarm Yunel Escobar, whose 10th-inning walk-off single capped a rare late-inning comeback and an impressive 4-3 win over the Tigers.” And for a team that was 2-32 when trailing after seven innings, last night’s win was huge.