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Toronto helps Tampa Bay to series win

May 16, 2022 general

Monday, 4 a.m. When a team is scuffling at the plate, it will accept all favors, and thank you very much. Take the Tampa Bay Rays, who have averaged fewer than five hits a game over its last four. Yet, defense and one big inning — in which the Blue Jays blew up — led […]

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Bolts beat Leafs to advance in playoffs

May 15, 2022 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Big moment. Big man. Big pressure. Big Cat. If you are comparing seasons, Andrei Vasilevskiy didn’t have his finest season for the Tampa Bay Lightning. But in the team’s biggest game of the season, he was once again a guard dog at the net. Vasilevskiy stopped 30 of 31 shots, leading the […]

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Jays pull away from Rays with late surge

May 15, 2022 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. For the Tampa Bay Rays, the bullpen has been perhaps their strongest weapon. Until Saturday. For the Toronto Blue Jays, the bullpen had been beaten up by opponents and by critics. Until Saturday. The Blue Jays, in a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, won the game by out-relieving the Rays. […]

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Two-strike hitting lifts Rays past Jays

May 14, 2022 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Give the Rays credit for this: Even in the best of times, the Tampa Bay Rays know a lot about strike three. Their hitters were eighth in the major leagues in strikeouts Friday, and that was before the team had nine in their game against Toronto. Ah, but for once, that third […]

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Bolts survive in OT to force a Game 7

May 13, 2022 general

Friday, 4 a.m. It was late in the evening, and still, the Lightning needed a lot of things. Maybe that’s the Point. They needed someone to take them off of life support. They needed someone to promise tomorrow. They needed someone to help blunt the attack of the Toronto Maple Leafs. They needed clutch, and […]

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Bucs face tough schedule, tough passers

May 13, 2022 general

Friday, 3 a.m. It’s the NFL. It isn’t supposed to be easy. Still, if you are a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs, a glimpse at the gantlet that awaits in 2022 seems rather daunting. The Bucs face the league’s fourth-toughest schedule — a half-game behind Cincinnati — as they try to return to the […]

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Rays win in 10 innings to end losing skid

May 12, 2022 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Finally, could this be the start of the Vidal Brujan years? Oh, he has played baseball for the Tampa Bay Rays before, not that you would notice. But until Wednesday, Brujan had never matched the hype of his minor league seasons. Then came the 10th inning, of a game that felt as […]

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Bolts on brink of elimination against Leafs

May 11, 2022 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m From here, you can see the end. From here, you can see elimination. You can see the emptiness of the off-season, and the delight of a Toronto fanbase that hasn’t seen a playoff series victory since 2004, and the horrible feeling of skating away from a season that died young. The Tampa […]

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Detmers no-hits Rays in lopsided win

May 11, 2022 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. Reid Detmers? Really? It is completely understandable that the Rays were no-hit against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Tuesday night. In the best of times, their offense seems to fade in and out like bad radio reception. Factor in that the Rays used six hitters whose averages were .229 or less. […]

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Angels power their way over Rays

May 10, 2022 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. For a team known as the Angels, they knock the devil out of the baseball. Anaheim bludgeoned the Tampa Bay Rays without mercy Monday night, powering their way to an 11-3 victory. Along the way, the Angels had 11 hits and homered for the cycle. Shohei Ohtani hit a grand slam. Jared […]

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