Measuring success: Rays clobber six homers

September 5, 2021 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. How do you measure just how good the Tampa Bay Rays are? Well, you can check out the AL East standings, where the Rays now lead the Yankees by 7 1/2 games and the Red Sox by eight games. Or, perhaps you can check out the flight of their home runs. The […]

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Rays win as Wacha pitches well again

September 4, 2021 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Michael Wacha lives. Wacha, whose status as a starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays appeared to be in jeopardy not long ago, once again pitched as if his job depended on it — and it might have. Wacha led the Rays to a 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins Friday night, […]

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Punchless Rays lose once again to Red Sox

September 3, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. In September, how big of a lead do you need to relax? Evidently, it is more than the 6 1/2 games the Rays lead the New York Yankees by. It is probably more than the eight games they lead the Red Sox by. On nights when they do not hit, no margin […]

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Squandered chances lead to loss by Rays

September 2, 2021 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Perhaps it was a matter of the rent coming due. All good baseball teams lose now and then. For the Tampa Bay Rays, maybe it was the odds catching up to them. On the other hand, can anyone around here hit the ball? The Rays squandered repeated chances in a 3-2 loss […]

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Rays beat Red Sox despite getting just five hits

September 1, 2021 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Were you watching when the Boston Red Sox decided they wanted to chase the Baltimore Orioles? Were you paying attention when they thought about the post-season and decided, as a team, that it just wasn’t worth the effort. The backward slide of the Red Sox continued Tuesday night as they got in […]

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Patino makes Rays feel better about starters

August 31, 2021 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. All wins take care of today. Some of them, however, promise tomorrow, as well. For the Tampa Bay Rays, it was significant enough that the team beat the Boston Red Sox, 6-1, on Monday night. That ran the team’s winning streak to eight, and it put them nine full game ahead of […]

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Wendle finds his muscle, leads Rays to win

August 30, 2021 general

Monday, 4 a.m. For the longest time, Joey Wendle was powerless. For 50 games, he was, well, solid. He went to the plate 178 times, and he was, oh, dependable. Just that. He hit .267, and he had 13 extra base hits. But the voltage seemed to have disappeared from his bat. For 50 games, […]

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Once again, Rays snatch a late victory

August 29, 2021 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Yeah, you’ve heard this before. The Rays came from behind. Again. They won in a late-game surge. Again. They beat the Baltimore Orioles. Again. Andrew Kittredge shut the door. Again. If the script feels kind of familiar, well, it’s because it is. It was the Rays’ 40th comeback of the year. They […]

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Bucs finally play their stars, beat Houston

August 29, 2021 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Don’t worry about the result. You’ll forget it in 13 minutes. The efficiency? That may last a little longer. For the Tampa Bay Bucs, the highlight of a 23-16 preseason victory over the Houston Texans was that, frankly, the Bucs looked like the Bucs again. Finally, they looked like they might be […]

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Another catcher, another home run, another win

August 28, 2021 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Ah, the pressure on Kevin Cash as he makes out another lineup. Let’s see. Should he start this power-hitting catcher today? Or should he start that power-hitting catcher? Such is the quandary of being a major league manager. Cash can pick Mike Zunino, who had a three-run homer to win Friday’s game. […]

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