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Bad innings dooms Rays against Yanks

April 22, 2024 general

Monday, 4 a.m. There are terrible places to forget how to play baseball. Standing on the mound at Yankee Stadium is one of them. Aaron Civale, in the middle of a pretty good pitching performance, had his control abandon him in the fifth inning of a 5-4 loss. Pitching in a 1-1 tie, Civale got […]

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Caballero’s double lifts Rays to victory

April 21, 2024 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. It was the kind of game that makes the Yankees’ beancounters pay attention. “We paid this….for that? Despite the highly paid lineup of the New York Yankees, the Tampa Bay Rays slipped past the Yanks 2-0 in 10 innings Saturday afternoon. The Yankees managed only four hits — and no runs — […]

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Rays can’t hold on against Yankees

April 20, 2024 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Perhaps the New York Yankees noticed something new about the Tampa Bay Rays Friday night. They can’t field. They can’t relieve. They can’t hit with runners in scoring position. Oh, and they can’t win. Content beyond this point is for members only. Already a member? To view the rest of this column, […]

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Pepiot shuts down Angels in victory

April 19, 2024 general

Friday, 4 a.m. A few more of these, and perhaps the fans of the Tampa Bay Rays won’t miss Tyler Glasnow quite so much. Ryan Pepiot, who came to the Rays in the Glasnow shed-his-salary trade, was masterful Thursday in a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Pepiot went six innings and gave up […]

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Fairbanks struggles as closer again

April 18, 2024 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. He cannot shut the door. He cannot turn out the lights. He cannot nail the coffin. Oh, the struggles of Pete Fairbanks continue. The Tampa Bay Rays, it seemed, had done it again. They had taken another lead on the bat of Amed Rosario — who hit a go-ahead two-run homer in […]

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Kucherov hits 100 as Bolts win finale

April 18, 2024 general

SThursday, 3 a.m. Nikita Kucherov continued to direct the orchestra Thursday night. He leads, and everyone else follows. Kucherov became the fifth man in the history of the NHL to compile 100 assists in a season in the Bolts’ 6-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was the team’s final regular season game. They […]

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Rays beat Angels in 13th inning

April 17, 2024 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. The game went on for most of the night. The game-winner? It went about 60 feet. The Tampa Bay Rays managed to pull out a 7-6, 13-inning marathon against the Los Angeles Angels Tuesday night. Four times, they came from behind until a slow chopper to third by Amed Rosario drove in […]

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Sliding Bolts lose another game

April 16, 2024 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Now that the NHL playoffs are almost here, the Tampa Bay Lightning doesn’t seem interested anymore. The Bolts lost their third game of their last four Monday night, losing 4-2 to an out-of-it Buffalo team. The Bolts had caught fire after the trade deadline, but recently, they have lacked fire and efficiency. […]

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Bullpen falters in Rays’ loss to Angels

April 16, 2024 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. If you think about it, Mike Trout is a better baseball player than Phil Maton. So why wouldn’t Trout own him? Trout flexed his muscles in the eighth inning Monday night, launching a two-run homer to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Trout’s blast […]

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Pinto power lefts Rays over Giants

April 15, 2024 general

Monday, 4 p.m. Welcome home, Blake. Yeah, there were days like this, too. Two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell, who won his first award while with the Rays, came back again Sunday. And, unlike his pitching performance against the Rays a year ago, it was not a friendly reunion. The Rays, clobbered a day […]

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