Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Win 5-4, Thanks to Jerry Sands

The Tampa Bay Rays entered The Trop yesterday afternoon, having not won a game against the Baltimore Orioles. Yet they walked out of Tropicana Field with a huge win under their belts, thanks to the second consecutive day of eighth inning, pinch hit heroics by Jerry Sands.

Rays Day at the Emerald Bar

Come and watch the Rays play the Detroit Tigers on the semi big-screens of the Emerald Bar, while listening to live music by Broken Things, Doug Burns of No Fraud, Kyle Chason and the Swindlin’ Hearts, and others on July 6th. First pitch is at 1:08 PM, and the music will start promptly after the 27th …

Rays 6/16/14 Starting Lineup, Etc

Rays 6/16/14 Starting Lineup Jennings CF Escobar SS Longoria 3B Zobrist LF Loney DH Rodriguez 1B Forsythe 2B Hanigan C Kiermaier RF Odorizzi RHP Noteworthiness Yunel Escobar is hitting second tonight, while Logan Forsythe hit in the seven hole — why? I cannot say. Meanwhile, Ben Zobrist is hitting cleanup in LF, Loney is getting …

The New What Next: Rays Welcome O’s For Three — A Series Preview of Sorts

I don’t feel comfortable in making broad proclamations; after all, we were wrong on a few different occasions when it looked as though the Rays might slip out of their funk. However, I will say it seems like the Rays may be turning a corner. Over the last few days, the offense has shown a push unseen since the beginning of May — FINALLY complimenting the stabilized pitching staff. Also encouraging, though they’ve fallen behind twice in the last four games, the hitters have been able to bail out the pitching staff and come back for the win. A moderate gain if ever there was one, the Rays have gone 4-6 in their last 10 games. Compare that to their previous 1-9, 10-game span. I’d call that progress.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays, Archer Fall 7-3

Behind the trusty arm of Jarrod Cosart, the Houston Astros were able to snap the Rays’ first winning streak since mid-May, just as it was getting started. The Rays fell 7-3 in Houston, Saturday afternoon. Chris Archer took the loss after posting three innings of six run ball, ending a streak of five excellent starts.