Coming off of a sweep against the New York Yankees and a 8-7 record since the All-Star break, the Tampa Bay Rays (42-61) are facing the Kansas City Royals (49-55) to start a four-game series at home tonight. The season high four-game winning streak for the Rays will hopefully be enough of a …
Read More »Marlins Looking to Close The Series With A Win
The Miami Marlins hope to win the series against the Philadelphia Phillies today after getting a 5-0 last night. Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton helped his team break out of a scoring slump with two RBI’s, while Ichiro Suzuki singled in the eighth inning to move him to within three hits of the 3,000 career hit mark. Starting …
Read More »Marlins Continue to Play Well
The Miami Marlins moved up one spot to #12 in the ESPN power rankings for week 16. Their current record is 53-45 after losing a three day series with the Mets yesterday(1-2), leaving them one of several teams still battling for the two wild-card spots. The Marlins started with Jose Urena, …
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 »How Week 15 IN MLB Looks for the Marlins, Rays, and Braves
A few days following the All-Star break, and week 15 of Major League Baseball is about to be in full swing… The ESPN Power Rankings have the Miami Marlins at #13 as they come out of a winning three game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Their current record is …
Read More »Marlins Start Second Half of the Season With Series Win
The Marlins have a promising start to the second half of the season as they started it off in St. Louis. The Marlins won the series 2-1 and are showing that they are a contending team to make it into the postseason. In Friday’s game, the Cardinals sent four balls …
Read More »Gainesville Native Andrew Miller Named to MLB All-Star Team Roster
Gainesville native and former Buchholz pitcher Andrew Miller has been named to the American League All-Star team. The team’s roster was announced Wednesday and Miller is one of three Yankees chosen for the game. The 6’7″ lefty is 5-1 on the season for the New York Yankees and is sporting a …
Read More »Rays End Series With Angels as All-Star Break Approaches
Around a month ago, the Tampa Bay Rays were in a decent position to make a wild card push; but after a terrible 3-21 stretch since June 16, the Rays find themselves in last place in the division and 16 games under .500. The struggles were put on display last night as …
Read More »Richie Martin, From Gator to Major League Prospect
Richie Martin may be a major league prospect but he will always be a Gator first. Martin played for the University of Florida Gators for three years spanning 177 games.Martin had a solid career here at UF. His career numbers in 177 games at Florida included a .284 Batting Average with 136 runs 81 …
Read More »Angels Dominate Rays in Game 2 of Series
The Tampa Bay Rays (34-49) will take on the Los Angeles Angels (34-50) Wednesday at home after dropping the second game of a four game series by a score of 15-5 Tuesday. The Rays have now lost 17 of their last 20 games. Rays starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi did not have a good outing, giving up …
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