Monday, 4 a.m. Willy Adames is a huge fan of teammate Brandon Lowe’s. After Sunday, we may assume that Lowe is a huge fan of Adames, too. Together, the middle infielders powered the Rays to two close victories over the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday in Buffalo. Lowe hit a home run in the ninth inning […]

Sunday, 4 a.m. This time, it wasn’t about how many shots the other goalie stopped. It was about how few that Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy had to. Vasilevskiy could have spent most of Saturday’s game playing video games on his iPhone in Saturday’s 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets, a win that gave the […]

Friday, 4 a.m. If you want to measure the difference between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the victorious Columbus Blue Jackets, you can start small. “A half-second away” is how Ryan McDonaugh termed it. “A half-stride away.” “Two seconds here, two seconds there,” said Alex Killorn. The real distance in the Lightning’s 3-1 Game Two […]

Thursday, 4 a.m. Suddenly, the bats are recharged. For much of the early-season of the Tampa Bay Rays, they have lacked juice. There was no power, no consistency, no danger. Well, look who’s making the infielders back up these days. The Rays had another good night at the plate in Wednesday night’s 9-5 bashing of […]