Yarbrough’s return lifts Rays to another win

August 19, 2021 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. By the time he was finished, it was the Baltimore Orioles who felt sickly. Frankly, Ryan Yarbrough left their bats on the injured list Wednesday night. Yarbrough, the Rays’ left-handed pitcher, bounced back from testing positive for Covid with one of his strongest outings of the season, coming on in the second […]

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Bucs’ receivers need to show their hands

August 19, 2021 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. Right now, one of the primary strengths of the Tampa Bay Bucs isn’t showing it. The wide receiver corps, deep and accomplished, sputtered in the team’s joint practice with the Tennessee Titans on Wednesday, troubling head coach Bruce Arians. If you don’t catch the ball, it seems, it doesn’t matter how open […]

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Rays might have found a starting pitcher

August 18, 2021 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Funny thing about a starting pitcher. Sometimes, you had the best ones on your team the whole time. Just as the Tampa Bay Rays, who have to feel giddy over the work they have seen so far from Drew Rasmussen. Rasmussen, acquired in the Willy Adames trade, was sharp once again in […]

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Rays bury Baltimore with home run barrage

August 17, 2021 general

Rays blast Orioles with home run barrage Tuesday, 4 a.m. You say you’ve lost a couple of games. You say you are stranding too many runners on base. You say you wake up with a slight headache. Man, do we have a solution for you. Meet the Baltimore Orioles, baseball’s cure-all to whatever ails you. […]

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Rays waste comeback in loss to Twins

August 16, 2021 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Two innings, two opportunities. The Tampa Bay Rays failed. The Minnesota Twins did not. Sunday’s game was as simple as that. The Twins took a 5-4 win by taking advantage of a scoring chance. The Rays lost, and saw their lead in the AL East dwindle to three games, when they did […]

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Stars sit, Bucs fall against Cincinnati

August 15, 2021 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Yeah, it was practice. Yeah, it doesn’t count. Yeah, the stars didn’t play. On the other hand, man, do the Tampa Bay Bucs have some work to do. Granted, there wasn’t much else to take from the Bucs’ 19-14 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in Saturday night’s preseason opener. The backups got […]

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Rays bombed by Twins as Wacha struggles

August 15, 2021 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Rightly or not, Rays manager Kevin Cash is known for his decisiveness in pulling starting pitchers from the game. But how is he about pulling starters out of the rotation? For Cash, it is time to consider how much Michael Wacha is adding to the Rays’ starting rotation. Wacha had his third […]

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Rays’ offense keeps rolling against Twins

August 14, 2021 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Sometimes, digging the long ball isn’t just about power. Sometimes, it’s about speed. On a day when Nelson Cruz, Mike Zunino and Yandy Diaz went deep, Rays centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier went fast. He hit an inside the park home run to help the Rays to a 10-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins. […]

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Rays regain a five-game lead in AL East

August 13, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Poor Boston. It was midway through the game, tie score, and the Red Sox didn’t know how much trouble they were in. The Red Sox were at home, and they were coming off a huge win. The game was 1-1, even though neither team had hit much. And then, once again, the […]

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Bucs ready to start their 2021 season

August 13, 2021 general

Friday, 3 a.m. Let’s be honest. Preseason football is a tease. Yeah, it looks like an NFL game. It sounds like an NFL game. Heck, it costs like an NFL game. But it doesn’t feel like an NFL game, and it doesn’t count like an NFL game. Compared to a game that matters, preseason football […]

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