Another stellar pitching performance and another lackluster showing at the plate; two things that have become synonymous with the Rays this season. Credit where it’s due, Moore looked great last night, and I think we’re finally seeing the rookie turn the corner…and not too soon. If the Rays are going to put together a post-season …
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Following last night’s lackluster offensive showing against Dan Haren, who frankly didn’t look as good as the Rays hitters made him look, Tampa Bay will take on a nemesis of sorts, CJ Wilson (9-6, 2.89 ERA). Wilson is 3-1 (not including last years 9-0 ALDS debacle) in his career against the Rays, with a 2.67 …
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Rays 7/27/12 Starting Lineup Fuld LF Upton CF Zobrist 2B Joyce RF Keppinger DH, Pena 1B Roberts 3B Lobaton C Johnson SS Cobb RHP Noteworthiness: Sammy (LF) leads things off tonight, as DesJen gets the night off.
Brandon Allen, a folk hero of sorts for hitting a game winning walk-off homer in his first game as a Rays, is no longer with the Rays organization. Roger Mooney of the Tampa Tribune reported that the Rays have sold his rights to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Allen appeared in seven games with the Rays …
Coming off of a huge 10-1 shellacking of the O’s, where the good guys reached base safely 22 times on 11 hits, seven walks, and four hit batsmen, the Rays will walk into a very hot Camden Yards and try to do something they haven’t done in some time: sweep a team. Tampa Bay was …
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