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Diaz leads Rays to win over Red Sox

June 9, 2026 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. It is well known how strong Yandy Diaz is. Still, carrying an entire baseball team is impressive. Diaz drove in two of the Rays’ three runs in a 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field Monday night. Diaz, hitting a league-leading .325 on the season, led off the game […]

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Rays stumble again in loss to Marlins

June 8, 2026 general

Monday, 4 a.m. You know a team is going badly when it keeps getting mugged on Easy Street. The Tampa Bay Rays continued its struggles against losing teams Sunday afternoon, losing a 4-1 game to the Florida Marlins at loanDepot Park. In their last four series, the Rays have been swept by Baltimore (playing .477 […]

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Rays’ bats quiet in defeat

June 7, 2026 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. The Tampa Bay Rays continue to try to get a foothold in order to turn around a season that has gotten off-track. One day after snapping their three-game losing streak (and a span where they lost eight of 10), the Rays’ bats froze in a 4-3 loss to the Florida Marlins and […]

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Rasmussen shines as Rays win big

June 6, 2026 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Turns out, the Rescue Ranger of the Tampa Bay Rays wears a red beard. Dennis Rasmussen brought relief to the slumping Tampa Bay Rays, pitching a one-hit gem (seven innings) in a 6-0 shutout over the Florida Marlins. Rasmussen allowed only a second-inning single to Javier Sanoja. He struck out nine. Perhaps […]

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Detroit bashes Rays once again

June 4, 2026 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. The days go by, and they sink lower. They look worse and worse. The beatings get more and more convincing. They are the Tampa Bay Rays, and they are playing dreadful baseball. The Rays were clobbered again Wednesday afternoon. Once again, it was an awful Detroit team that laid an awful beating […]

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Rays struggle in crushing loss to Detroit

June 3, 2026 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Be careful when walking around the American League East these days. A Tampa Bay Ray might fall on you. The Rays, currently playing as poorly has any team in baseball, were jolted again Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. They lost 8-0 to the dreadful Detroit Tigers, only the third time they have […]

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Rays struggle to keep the ball in the park

June 2, 2026 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. How pronounced is the recent slump by the Tampa Bay Rays? These days, they seem to be struggling against last-place teams. The Rays made the woeful Detroit Tigers — who came in with a record that was tied for the worst in baseball — look like a World Series contender in Monday […]

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Rays take advantage of Angels’ wildness

June 1, 2026 general

Monday, 4 a.m. The Tampa Bay Rays didn’t exactly sprint to their latest series win. They just walked. The Rays walked nine times, two of them with the bases loaded, to capture a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels Sunday. It was their sixth straight series win at Tropicana Field. The Rays have walked […]

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Angels humble Rays in lopsided win

May 31, 2026 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Evidently, the skid is not over yet. One day after ending a season-worst four-game losing streak, the Tampa Bay Rays returned to sloppy baseball again Saturday afternoon. The Rays gave up four runs in the first and six in the ninth, going on to absorb a 14-3 pummeling at the hands of […]

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Rays end skid with big seventh inning

May 30, 2026 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. It was the seventh inning when the ugly came off of the baseball for the Tampa Bay Rays. They were down 2-1, to a mediocre Angels’ team from Los Angeles. Home field didn’t seem to be helping them. A fifth straight loss was possible. And then the Rays’ woke up. The Rays […]

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