Tampa Bay starts the day one game ahead of the Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles in the Wildcard race, following another sloppily played game against the Seattle Mariners, Saturday night. The game had the all the hallmarks of a team that’s struggling to keep it together: Poor fielding, questionable pitching, and a non-existent offense. Going into yesterday’s game, Rays skipper, Joe Maddon, was quoted as saying,
“This has been our worst baseball all year.”
Despite stranding 12 men on the bags and David Price’s relative rough outing, the Rays came from behind to beat the Mariners in grand fashion Wednesday night — defeating Seattle by a score of 5-4 thanks to a game ending Jason Bourgeois walk-off single. This, my friends, felt like a Rays win. I live blogged the game from the $9.53 seats — you can read the blow-by-blow account at our Tumblr site. Otherwise, it’s time for another edition of The Good, the Bad, and the Argyle: A Bulleted game summary.
Rays 8/13/13 Starting Lineup
Ben Zobrist 2B
Matt Joyce RF
Evan Longoria 3B
Wil Myers CF
James Loney 1B
Yunel Escobar SS
Luke Scott DH
Jose Lobaton C
Kelly Johnson LF
Chris Archer RHP
The Tampa Bay Rays return to the friendly confines of the big top Tuesday, kicking off a six game home stand with a three-game set against the Seattle Mariners — marking the start of a rigorous 46-games-in-48-days schedule leading up to the end of the season. Tampa Bay is slated to go on five more road trips …
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That’s what happens when you let bad teams hang around. -AM sports talk radio host Yeah, the remark above says it all. The Rays were incapable of putting the Mariners away last night as a late inning Carlos Pena error, combined with an offense that couldn’t capitalize on scoring opportunity after scoring opportunity, blew any …
