The Miami Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays are on the road this week. The Marlins head to Minnesota after shutting out the New York Mets 1-0 Sunday night. Jose Fernandez says he is learning how to control his pitches which was clear Sunday night when he pitched seven innings, allowing four hits, …
Read More »MLB: Rays and Marlins On Opposite Paths
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 …
Read More »Rays Can’t Get Out of Funk
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 …
Read More »Rays Complete Sweep of the Blue Jays
The Tampa Bay Rays finished their three game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays last night with a score of 6-3. The victory puts the Rays record back at .500 on the season. The Rays pitching staff has always been the strong suit for the team, but the offense came alive against …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays Fall on Road to Mariners
The Tampa Bay Rays (15-16), after sweeping their first series of the season versus the Angels on May 8, have now followed that series sweep with a series loss. After losing the first game of the series against the Seattle Mariners (20-13) on Monday, the Rays fell 6-4 Tuesday night to lose the …
Read More »Resilient Rays Hold Off Red Sox, Win 12-8
The hot bats of the Rays torched former teammate David Price on his first start against them as a division rival. But the Red Sox were the ones who got out of the gate early, scoring five runs in the first inning. Dustin Pedroia hit his first home run of the …
Read More »Rays Lead Series at Red Sox
The Tampa Bay Rays seem to have something to Smyly about after Tuesday night’s 10 inning game; the Rays (6-7) beat the Boston Red Sox (6-7) last night in Boston 3-0. The Rays’ secret weapon Tuesday was pitcher Drew Smyly, who allowed only one hit in eight innings. In his second straight start, Smyly struck out 11, …
Read More »Rays Off to Slow Start this Season
The Tampa Bay Rays haven’t gotten off to the start they wanted to so far this season. Tampa Bay is currently 2-4 to start in 2016 despite not giving up more than six runs in any contest. Tampa Bay’s last loss comes at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles, who have …
Read More »New Rule, Strong Pitching Lead to Rays First Win
When second baseman Logan Forsythe’s throw skipped past first baseman Steve Pearce’s glove on an attempted double play, things seemed to be going south for the Rays. With the bases loaded, it seemed like Toronto had scored two runs to take a 4-3 lead in the ninth inning. One review …
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