Odorizzi

Rays’ starting pitching finally showing up

August 18, 2016 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. Suddenly, they are hitting like crazy. Squint, or you might mistake them for Murderer’s Row. They have taken on the better aspects of the Big Red Machine. They might be the Gashouse Gang. Okay, okay. At least, they are better than what we are used to seeing from the Tampa Bay Rays. […]

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Odorizzi tames Royals in huge 12-0 win by Rays

August 4, 2016 general

Thursday,  5:45 a.m. Maybe Jake Odorizzi will never give up another run. Certainly, Odorizzi is pitching that way. He last three straights – 20 2/3 innings — have been scoreless. He’s given up a total of 13 hits. The franchise record is 27.1 IP by J.P. Howell in 2012, and the record for a starter […]

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Odorizzi keeps decent pitching going for Rays

July 30, 2016 general

Saturday, 5:30 a.m. How competitive might the Tampa Bay Rays have been if they had had decent starting pitching all along? Maybe, they would have looked something like this. The Rays have won six of their last 11 games (after going 3-24 in their previous 27) with nine straight quality starts by their starting rotation. […]

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Rays’ Odorizzi bears a familiar frustration in loss

May 30, 2016 general

  Monday, 6 a.m. The treasure is there, bright and glistening. All you have to do is pick it up and carry it away. All you have to do is claim one moment, and is yours forever. And then it slips through your fingers. Can you imagine it, being so close to excellence you can […]

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Crusher Casali hits 2 more HRs to pace Rays

July 29, 2015 general

Wednesday, 12:15 a.m. When he is old, when his hair is gray and his knees ache from all those days behind the plate, when baseball has defined him as only pro sports can, he will look back on this week. And Curt Casali will smile. His grandchildren will surround him, and they will beg for […]

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Rays drop a 2-1 game as hitters produce little

May 10, 2015 general

Sunday, 8:15 p.m. The Tampa Bay Rays once again struggled with getting runners across the plate in a 2-1 loss to the Texas Rangers on Sunday. Wandy Rodriguez retired the first 15 Rays hitters en route a 2-1 victory, out- dueling the Rays’ Jake Odorizzi in the victory. Adrian Beltre drove in both runs for […]

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Rivera leads Rays’ walk-off victory

April 24, 2015 general

Friday, 1:18 a.m. Rene Rivera hasn’t done very well with the bat this year. Late into Thursday night’s game, for instance, he was hitting only .118. He had just tried to execute a hit-and-run and failed. Naturally, all that was left was for Rivera to be the hero. He was, singling just inside the third-base […]

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Cash parties like he’s going to win another 99

April 8, 2015 general

Wednesday, 11:45 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG It was loud. It was wild. It was boisterous. Kevin Cash had heard about moments like this, how unbridled the Rays were when they had a victory to celebrate. And now, this was his celebration, and he was in the middle of it. It was dark. It was loose. It […]

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