As the regular season draws to a close, ESPN’s Major League Baseball Analyst Rick Sutcliffe joined “SportScene” with Steve Russel Tuesday to talk about the MLB Wild Card Race and Tim Tebow. Sutcliffe initially opposed the Wild Card but has since turned around to enjoy the idea. With the season …
Read More »AL East Pennant Race
With just 19 games left in the regular season, the AL East is currently closely contested with four teams within five games of the divisional leader. If the playoffs started today, it would feature three AL East teams—the division-leading Boston Red Sox and two wild card teams—the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore …
Read More »American League Second Half Outlook
The second half of the baseball season is in full swing which translates to? Pennant races. Teams like the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers are looking for the same production from the first half of the season. Other teams are looking too make additions to there roster through trades or the minor league call …
Read More »Rays Continue to Struggle, Remains Optimistic
The Tampa Bay Rays (35-56) continue their season struggle last weekend as they lost two of three games against the Baltimore Orioles (53-37) at home. They came off the All-Star week break the way they came into it—losing. The Rays have lost 24 of their last 28 games and are currently last …
Read More »Second Half Of MLB Season Begins
The All-Star Break is a good time for teams to rest up and reform themselves during such a long regular season. For the Tampa Bay Rays, the All-Star Break came too late to help. The Rays were on the worst stretch in the league leading up to last weekend. Now …
Read More »Rays and Braves Look to Get Back on Track
The Tampa Bay Rays are looking to end their eleven game loosing streak on Monday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at home. This is the Rays longest loosing streak since 2009 and the third longest in franchise history. Adding to the loosing streak the Rays lost to the Baltimore …
Read More »Races In American League Tight
The American League has had a history of close divisional races and playoff seeding being decided in the last game of the season. With the halfway point of the season approaching, the American League doesn’t look like it will be short on excitement. Despite their power, and having the best …
Read More »Rays Fail to Sweep Orioles, Fall 3-1
The Tampa Bay Rays (10-11) blew the chance to sweep their first series this season. After defeating the Baltimore Orioles (12-8) in the first two games of the series, the Rays fell 3-1 in the final game of the series Wednesday night. Despite out-hitting the Orioles 4-3 on Wednesday, a three-run homer from …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays Defeat Orioles 3-1 Behind Kevin Kiermaier’s Two-Run Homer
After getting off to a poor 3-7 start through the first ten games this season, the Tampa Bay Rays may finally be finding their rhythm. The Rays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Tuesday night to win the series versus the Orioles. The Rays have now won three straight and three of their past …
Read More »Ray’s Archer Shines, Leads Team to 2-0 Shutout of O’s
Heading into a series opener against division rival Baltimore, the Tampa Bay Rays looked to keep their momentum going after an 8-1 victory over the New York Yankees the previous night. They had gotten off to an extremely hot start, scoring five runs in the first inning alone. They hit …
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