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Rays offer little resistance in loss

August 20, 2024 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Who forgot to pack the bats for this West Coast trip. The Tampa Bay Rays, fresh off a sweep of Arizona that featured a potent offense, offered up little opposition in a 3-0 loss to the Oakland A’s. The Rays had just two hits — one of ythem a bloop — off […]

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Rays win, but lose closer Fairbanks

August 19, 2024 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Even in the fireworks of the moment, even after a newly achieved sweep of a good opponent, there was a dark cloud over the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday evening. Had they broken reliever Pete Fairbanks? Fairbanks, the Rays’ usually reliable closer, blew his second straight save opportunity and was injured in a […]

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Bucs’ backups play like, well, backups

August 18, 2024 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Bad news for the Tampa Bay Bucs. This season, they’re going to face a lot of quarterbacks who are better than Mac Jones. Jones threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns to lead Jacksonville’s backups to a 21-7 victory over Tampa Bay’s backups Saturday night. In all, the Jags kept the ball […]

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Rays’ offense shows up in victory

August 18, 2024 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Who are those guys? Certainly, they can’t be the Tampa Bay Rays, those guys with matchsticks for baseball bats. Saturday, the Rays pounded out 13 hits in a 6-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. They also stole four bases — including Josh Lowe’s steal of home — to win their second straight […]

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Breaks go Rays’ way in win over Arizona

August 17, 2024 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Maybe the Tampa Bay Rays had a break coming. Maybe two. Things finally went right for the sliding Rays Friday night in a 5-4 victory over ,the red-hot Arizona Diamondbacks. Put it this way: the team was low before Lowe and Lowe helped the team’s rally. Content beyond this point is for […]

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Astros complete sweep of punchless Rays

August 15, 2024 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Ah, the poor Houston Astros. In 10 innings of baseball Wednesday night, they managed only two hits. On the other hand, it was enough. The Astros completed their three-game series sweep of the inoffensive Tampa Bay Rays, winning 2-1 in 10 innings. The Rays, too, had only two hits, neither of which […]

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Rays slide takes them below .500

August 14, 2024 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Help from below couldn’t stop the Rays fall Tuesday night. Searching to find an answer to its struggling offense, the Rays pulled up top prospect Junior Caminero  and inserted him in at third base. It didn’t help. Caminero had a hit (in four tries), but the Rays fell 3-2 to Houston. Content […]

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Astros clobber Rays behind Valdez

August 13, 2024 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Sadly, the Tampa Bay Rays are no longer a winning baseball team. Even sadder, they seem to be sliding. The Rays lost another game Monday night, falling in rather routine fashion in a 6-1 beating at the hands of the Houston Astros. The Rays have lost five of their last seven. Content […]

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Rays come back to beat Orioles

August 12, 2024 general

Monday, 4 a.m. So what’s the fuss about hitting, anyway? The offensively challenged Tampa Bay Rays finally beat the Baltimore Orioles, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon. The Rays, 59-58, have beaten the O’s only twice in 10 games this season. The Rays scored the winning run in the eighth inning without benefit of a hit.  They […]

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Bucs rally to win preseason opener

August 11, 2024 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. If it meant anything, it didn’t mean much. But the Tampa Bay Bucs will say this about their first preseason game of the year. Winning beats losing. True, most of the players who will do most of the playing sat out Saturday night’s 17-14 preseason victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. None of […]

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