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Phillips’ walk-off single leads Rays’ comeback

May 15, 2021 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Pity the poor New York Mets. Friday night, Brett Phillips had them right where he wanted them. Phillips had spent the entire game looking unimpressive. He had struck out three times, watching his batting average dip to .209. He had missed on a sacrifice bunt attempt. He was hitting .056 with runners […]

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Rays score nine to clobber Yankees

May 14, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. The temptation is to declare them cured. After a night like this, how else can you see it? The Tampa Bay Rays, the kings of swing-and-miss, scored nine runs Thursday night. They collected 10 hits and five walks. They had six extra base hits, including two home runs. They clobbered the Yankees, […]

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Yankees’ Cole shackles Rays once again

May 13, 2021 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Yeah, that made sense. A great pitcher dominated a lousy offense Wednesday night. A strikeout artist tantalized a swing-and-miss batting order. A high-powered arm stopped a low-powered bunch of bats. So what else is new? The Yankees, behind star pitcher Gerrit Cole, beat the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0. Cole struck out 12 […]

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Rays’ bats lacking in loss to New York

May 12, 2021 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Have you heard this one before? The Tampa Bay Rays lost a baseball game Tuesday night when their bats disappeared. The team got enough pitching, but once more, it struggled at the plate. Again. For the Rays, it a similar tale to many of their defeats this season. This time, they fell […]

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Bolts lose another game, and home ice with it

May 11, 2021 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. This must be the strategy: The Tampa Bay Lightning seem to be committed to making sure the Florida Panthers will be as over-confident as possible as they enter their playoff series this week. I mean, how else can you explain a team’s lost weekend? For the second straight night, the Bolts took […]

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Rays’ power their way to win over A’s

May 10, 2021 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Well, look who has a little pop in their bats, after all. Light-hitting Willy Adames is thunder? Lighter-hitting Mike Brosseau is lightning? And the Tampa Bay Rays are sluggers again. Adames, a .185 hitter who had three home runs on the season, and Brosseau, a .174 hitter who had two, powered the […]

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Oakland A’s handle Tampa Bay, Glasnow

May 9, 2021 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Yes, you can blame the pitching for this one. The A’s jumped Rays’ starter Tyler Glasnow early, then separated late, for a comfortable victory. Yes, you can blame the hitting. The Rays struck out 13 times on Saturday and, for the third straight game, were dominated by the opposing starting pitcher. Tampa […]

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Panthers spank Bolts without their stars

May 9, 2021 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. The chances of the Tampa Bay Lighting repeating last year’s Stanley Cup championship are, of course, open to debate. But after Saturday night, you can be assured of this. If Victor Hedman doesn’t play, the odds go down significantly. Also, if Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Ryan McDonagh and Jan Rutta don’t play, […]

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Nobody’s perfect — but the Rays still lose

May 8, 2021 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. They avoided the perfect game. They avoided the no-hitter. Heck, they even avoided the shutout. The Tampa Bays, however, could not avoid defeat Friday night in Oakland. The Rays’ offense was dominated by the A’s Sean Manaea, who whittled their bats even more than most top-flight pitchers. Manaea was perfect through six […]

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Bolts close out home season with dismal loss

May 8, 2021 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. In the end — or at least near it– it came down to this. The Dallas Stars wanted to make the playoffs more than the Tampa Bay Lightning wanted home ice advantage. The desperate Stars, still chasing Nashville for the final playoff spot in the NHL’s Central Division, dominated the Tampa Bay […]

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