Here we go kids. The Rays will start a six game home stand tonight, with a very important three game series against the Baltimore Orioles. The good guys find themselves with a 55-50 record, five games over .500, and tied for second place in the AL East with, you guessed it, the Baltimore Orioles. Tampa …
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Rays 7/22/12 Starting Lineup Upton CF Pena 1B Zobrist 2B Joyce RF Keppinger DH Conrad 3B Jennings LF Molina C Johnson SS Moore LHP Noteworthiness: NO HIDEKI Matsui!!! Unfortunately there’s a huge hole in the sixth spot with Brooks Conrad in the lineup. Why not just put Sean Rodriguez in there? Ugh!
That was a huge win last night. Of course, the game certainly issn’t free of criticism. However, there were a lot of positives to focus on. Tampa Bay now finds themselves just a game out of the second wildcard spot, behind the Angels, Tigers, Orioles, and A’s. Yes, the A’s are in the running for …
Rays 7/19/12 Starting Lineup: Upton CF Pena 1B Zobrist 2B Scott DH Keppinger 3B Matsui RF (Ugggggh) Jennings LF Molina C Rodriguez SS Price LHP Noteworthiness: Really? Matsui in RF? The only justification for that, at least that I can see, is that Maddon is trying to nudge him in the direction of the DL. …
Aight. The Rays are now 2-3 in their current 10-game home stand and they’ll attempt to tack another one on in the win column tonight when they take on Justin Masterson (6-8, 4.14 ERA) and the Cleveland Indians. The Rays, who scored four runs on seven hits last night, including extra base hits from ‘Los …
