MLB

Professional baseball in the state of Florida has always been a fickle thing. More often than not, one team trends towards mediocracy while the other tries to put together a decent season. That trend looks like it will continue this year. The Tampa Bay Rays are eight games under .500 and …

The Miami Marlins end their home series against the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday night. The Marlins currently lead the series 2-1. After starting off with a blowout loss against the Pirates, the Marlins look to end this series with three straight wins. For the Marlin’s, Wei -Yen Chen is scheduled to start on …

The Tampa Bay Rays lost to the Kansas City Royals last night 6-3, which completed the sweep for the defending champs on their home turf. The Rays now travel to Minnesota for a four-game weekend series with the Twins. It hasn’t been the best of weeks to be a fan of …

The Kansas City Royals (29-22) will be looking for their sixth straight victory tonight as they try to complete the sweep over the Tampa Bay Rays (22-28). The previous two games between these teams ended 6-2 and 10-5 respectively in Royals victories. Royals Eric Hosmer had a three-run homer to put the …

The Miami Marlins were able to win against the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday night 3-1, after losing Monday night’s game 10-0. Star pitcher Jose Fernandez outshined Gerrit Cole for the Pirates on the mound. Fernandez threw seven shoutout innings, striking out six, while Cole had three runs in 6 1/3 innings, …

The Tampa Bay Rays (22-27) started a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals (28-22) in Kansas City Monday night. The Royals defeated the Rays 6-2 when Eric Hosmer hit a three-run homer after Lorenzo Cain drove in the go-ahead run in a four-run eighth inning. This win for the Royals continued their …

The Marlins were defeated last night at home when the Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitcher Jeff Locke threw a three-hit shutout. Winning 10-0, the Pirates made Marlin’s starting pitcher Justin Nicolino, 20, work for every out. Nicolino was up for the challenge until Nicolino was replaced by Jose Urena and Andrew McCutchen stepped up …

 The Tampa Bay Rays are home to take on the Miami Marlins in the third game of the series. The Rays are looking for their sixth win in the last seven games of the Citrus Series. Matt Andriese toes the rubber tonight for the Rays and is looking for his forth …

The Tampa Bay Rays (20-21) are coming off  back-to-back losses against the Detroit Tigers this past weekend and are looking for redemption when they play the Miami Marlins (22-21)  in Miami on Monday night. The Rays are looking for their sixth consecutive win against the Marlins and hope they will still be able to …

After losing to the Washington Nationals Sunday 8-2, the Miami Marlins host the beginning of a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Marlins (22-21) are fourth in the NL East having lost four of their last five games, and lack of offense is a big reason why as …