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Lightning holds fiercely to lead to go up 3-1

August 18, 2020 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. What’s as good as a comeback win? How about a close-out? For the second straight game, players of the Tampa Bay Lightning turned into guard dogs once they had a lead, holding onto a 2-1 lead that put the team up 3-1 in the team’s best of seven playoff series. Just as […]

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Late home runs lead to a sweep by Rays

August 17, 2020 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Willy Adames is a huge fan of teammate Brandon Lowe’s. After Sunday, we may assume that Lowe is a huge fan of Adames, too. Together, the middle infielders powered the Rays to two close victories over the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday in Buffalo. Lowe hit a home run in the ninth inning […]

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Rays game suspended against Blue Jays

August 16, 2020 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Score one for the lightning over the Tampa Bay Rays. Weather suspended the Rays’ game Saturday against the Toronto Blue Jays in the botto the fourth inning with the Rays leading 1-0. The game will be resumed today at 1:07 p.m. The teams will play the rest of the nine-inning game, followed […]

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Defense gives Lightning a 2-1 series lead

August 15, 2020 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. This time, it wasn’t about how many shots the other goalie stopped. It was about how few that Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy had to. Vasilevskiy could have spent most of Saturday’s game playing video games on his iPhone in Saturday’s 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets, a win that gave the […]

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Blue Jays overpower Rays to stop streak

August 15, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. The truth of it is that the Tampa Bay Rays ran out of pitchers long before they got to infielder Mike Brousseau Friday night. The Rays, plagued with injuries and mounting games, tried to pull off one of their “jigsaw puzzle” games Friday night, but they couldn’t keep the Toronto Blue Jays […]

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Lightning can’t solve Korpisalo in defeat

August 14, 2020 general

Friday, 4 a.m. If you want to measure the difference between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the victorious Columbus Blue Jackets, you can start small. “A half-second away” is how Ryan McDonaugh termed it. “A half-stride away.” “Two seconds here, two seconds there,” said Alex Killorn. The real distance in the Lightning’s 3-1 Game Two […]

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Surging Rays bash Red Sox one more time

August 14, 2020 general

Friday, 3 am. Paul Revere, it is said, was a huge fan of the Tampa Bay Rays. John Adams is under the opinion that Charlie Morton should have gotten more Cy Young Award votes last season. And Ben Franklin, although he lost the team mascot’s role to Raymond, has always been a big Kevin Cash […]

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Rays offense keeps rolling against Red Sox

August 13, 2020 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Suddenly, the bats are recharged. For much of the early-season of the Tampa Bay Rays, they have lacked juice. There was no power, no consistency, no danger. Well, look who’s making the infielders back up these days. The Rays had another good night at the plate in Wednesday night’s 9-5 bashing of […]

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Point ends a marathon victory for Bolts

August 12, 2020 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Is it over yet? Did you survive? This was the length of time of a classic movie … and it’s sequel. It’s the length of a time of a drive to Georgia. It’s the length of time that the milk in your refrigerator lasts before it expires. The Tampa Bay Lightning won […]

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Bullpen, offense lead Rays over Red Sox

August 12, 2020 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. The Tampa Bay Rays are starting to get the hang of this playing-on-the-road thing. After losing their first five games as a visitor this season, the Rays won their second straight away from Tropicana Field Wednesday night, beating the Boston Red Sox, 8-2. The Rays led only 2-1 going into the sixth […]

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