Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Price Solid, Loney Goes Yard, and the Rays Won 2-1

Grant Balfour made things hairy in the ninth, yet the Rays were still able to win the middle game of the series by a score of 2-1 — also winning the series in the process. David Price may have fallen short of his 10-K goal by one — a fact that’s irrelevant in the scheme of things — but he still walked away with a “W” behind a strong outing. Balfour was credited with the save.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Beat Yanks in Extra Innings, 4-3

It certainly wasn’t the offensive onslaught of the previous game, and the more productive bats in the lineup may have been held to 2-15 on the night, but the Rays were able to walk away from New Yankee Stadium with a 4-3, extra innings win under their belt. Chris Archer was pretty damn good, and Logan Forsythe was inarguably the hero of the game for his play on both sides of the field — playing a solid second base while also driving in the go-ahead run in the 12th.

The New What Next: Rays vs. Yankees — the Gauntlet Continues

Here we go. The second leg of the Rays 11-game road gauntlet commences in the Bronx, Monday, where Tampa Bay will take on the Evil Empire in a three-game set. The Rays are riding a massive wave of momentum following their big series victory against the Orioles, not to mention a pretty damn good second half of June — since June 15th, Tampa Bay has gone 9-6, outscoring their opponents 67-53 in that span, while averaging 4.46 runs per game.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Beat Yanks in 14, 10-5

Trust me, I had the best of intentions. See, I really wanted to recap the Rays’ 14-inning, 10-5 win, but between going to bed at two in the morning, and this pounding headache I’ve had for the better part of the last two days, it’s easier to focus on the game peripherals. It also doesn’t help that I imbibed throughout the five-hour and forty-nine minute contest. It is what it is.