Williamson highlights Rays’ comeback

May 6, 2026 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. He is not a regular hero. He just plays one every now and then. Ben Williamson, the middle-infielder of the Tampa Bay Rays, snuck a single up the middle to drive his team to a 4-3 victory over Toronto at Tropicana Field Tuesday night. It was the Rays’ fifth straight win, and […]

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Rays follow familiar pattern to win again

May 5, 2026 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Are you bored yet? Are you tired of seeing win after win by these Tampa Bay Rays? Of course not. The Rays followed their recent formula again Monday night in a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. They got stellar pitching (again) and enough hitting (again). They won their 10th game […]

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Bolts eliminated in Game Seven duel

May 4, 2026 general

Monday, 4 a.m. It ended with their best weapon, Nikita Kucherov, taking their last shot. He missed. As much as anything else, you can blame the shortcomings of the Tampa Bay Lightning on that. In the end, there was just too little Kucherov for the Bolts, and too much Montreal. The Canadiens slammed shut the […]

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Aranda leads Rays to another win

May 4, 2026 general

Monday, 3 a.m. He changes the scoreboard, that’s all. It should say that on Jonathan Aranda’s business card. Some players hit more home runs. Some steal more bases. Aranda? He drives in runs. When you boil the game of Jonathan Aranda down to its essence, it is this: He clears the bases. Aranda’s fourth hit […]

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Rays’ pitching dominates Giants again

May 3, 2026 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Given as how they are visiting Florida, perhaps the San Francisco Giants can take in some sights. You know, like home plate at Tropicana Field. The scoring woes of the Giants, baseball’s lowest scoring team, continued on Saturday night in a 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays have given […]

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Lightning wins, forces Game Seven

May 2, 2026 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. They live. At times, it looked shaky. At times, they looked as if they were staring into the off-season. And still, they survived. The Tampa Bay Lightning staved off elimination from the NHL playoffs Friday night, taking a 1-0 victory over Montreal in the Bell Centre. Gage Concalves tapped in a close […]

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Pitching continues to carry Rays

May 2, 2026 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. When they pitch, they compete. For the Tampa Bay Rays, it is as simple as that. On the nights their bullpen is weak, or their starting pitching does’t clock, they can be had. Ah, but when they pitch, the Rays are a pretty good baseball team. The Rays played their eighth straight […]

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Bolts on verge of elimination from playoffs

April 30, 2026 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. From here, you can see the end. From here if you are the Tampa Bay Lightning, you can see elimination. You can see the off-season. You can see … nothingness. After another close loss, the Tampa Bay Lightning is staring the end of their season, Montreal won Game five 3-2 and took […]

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Rays offense bogs down vs. Cleveland

April 30, 2026 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. Maybe it was the rain delay. Maybe it was the dreary day in Cleveland. Either way, the bats of the Tampa Bay Rays came out water-logged on Wednesday. The Rays managed just six hits and one unearned run in a 3-1 loss to Cleveland at Progressive Field. It was another well-pitched game […]

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Martinez leads shutout of Guardians

April 29, 2026 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Suddenly, there is compeition for the ace of the Tampa Bay Rays’ pitching rotation. Steven Matz? Nick Martinez? Which newcomer do you like better? Martinez was superb in a 1-0 victory over Cleveland, the team’s sixth straight victory. Martinez threw seven shutout innings and allowed just three hits in his second win […]

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