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Rays losing skid keeps growing

July 14, 2025 general

Monday, 4 a.m. If a team ever needed a break, it is this one. The only question is whether it will be long enough. The reeling Tampa Bay Rays, falling a bit more by the day, lost again Sunday. Of course they did. This one was to the Boston Red Sox, 4-1, and it was […]

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Rays fall again as streak continues

July 13, 2025 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. It keeps getting worse for the slumping Tampa Bay Rays. This time, however, they can’t pin it on their house-afire bullpen. The Rays were smothered, 1-0, by Boston’s Garrett Crochet Saturday afternoon. Crochet allowed only three hits in the shutout and struck out nine. Crochet, 10-4, baffled the Rays’ hitters in throwing […]

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Rays lose again in familiar fashion

July 12, 2025 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Better yet, stop them. The Rays played a familiar baseball game Monday night. They took an early lead. They held on for a long while. And, in the end, their bullpen did them in. This time, it was closer Pete Fairbanks, who gave up a […]

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Rays blow another lead against Sox

July 11, 2025 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Sometimes, pitchers who aren’t even here yet can fit right in with a bullpen in trouble. The Rays, who have struggled to get batters out late in games recently, were back at it Thursday night. Tampa Bay blew a late 3-1 lead in a 4-3 loss to Boston. Newly-acquired reliever Bryan Baker […]

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Rays finally end losing streak

July 10, 2025 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. You can think of it as the day the bullpen finally put out the fire. Of all of the low points of their recent 3-8 record, perhaps the most obvious was the mess that the bullpen had turned into. Game after game, the Rays would be tied or in the lead after […]

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Rays’ losing streak continues again

July 9, 2025 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. At a time you would have hoped they would be flying, they are falling. The Tampa Bay Rays cannot help themselves. Their pitchers cannot keep the ball inside the park. Their hitters cannot build upon a lead. They are sliding in the standings. When, you wonder, can they stop the skid? The […]

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Rays fall as Tigers keep winning

July 8, 2025 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. There for a while, they had you interested. There for a while, the Tampa Bay Rays were on a hot streak, and their offense was humming, and their pitching had teeth, and they were close enough to the AL East lead to make you think “maybe.” And then, as if dizzy from […]

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Rays finally hold on for a victory

July 7, 2025 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Finally, the Tampa Bay Rays built an offensive performance that even their suddenly leaky bullpen couldn’t give up. The Rays, after giving up another lead, rallied for a three-run 10th inning and managed to hang on for a 7-5 victory. The bullpen, which has had a dreadful run of it, finally found […]

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Bullpen struggles in another Rays’ loss

July 6, 2025 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. There are flames in the bullpen. There is disappointment in the faces. There is recession in the standings. The Tampa Bay Rays are in trouble. The Rays lost for the fifth time in their last six games Saturday, falling 6-5 to the Minnesota Twins. This time, the Rays lost a 5-1 lead […]

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Twins rally, get to Rays’ bullpen

July 5, 2025 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Just like that, the Rays have a bullpen problem. The Rays lost their fourth game in five outings Sunday, and once again, it was the relief corps that let the team down. The Rays led 3-1 going into the seventh inning, but couldn’t hold the lead in a 4-2 loss. It continued […]

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