Alexander nearly perfect in Rays’ win

May 18, 2024 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. There are a lot of ways to describe pitcher Tyler Alexander of the Tampa Bay Rays. Journeyman, perhaps. Inning-eater, maybe. Ordinary, if you want to be blunt. But perfect? Really? Raise your hand if you saw this one coming. Alexander, winnrt of only one game all season coming in, was a dominant […]

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Rays overcome Sox, rule book to win

May 17, 2024 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Well, Alex Cora wanted Erasmo Ramirez on the mound. Congrats, one would guess. Cora, the Boston manager, won his argument in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday night. After the Rays exceeded their number of mound visits, Cora successfully argued that the Rays had to remove closer Jason Adam from the […]

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Diaz drives in winning runs for Rays

May 16, 2024 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. When the game matters the most, who do you want to have a bat in his hand? Yeah, yeah. Yandy Diaz had a lousy start to the season. He is still hitting only .253. There have been a lot of days he hasn’t looked anything like he did a year ago, when […]

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Extra innings too much in Rays’ defeat

May 15, 2024 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. One thing is certain with major league’s baseball silly little ghost runner rule. When a game gets into extra innings, a team had better score. The Rays lost a 5-4, 12-inning game to Boston Tuesday night, repeatedly squandering its chances in extra innings. Three times, the Rays started an inning with a […]

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Bullpen leads Rays to win over Red Sox

May 14, 2024 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. On the nights they struggle, no lead seems safe. On those nights, the bullpen of the Tampa Bay Rays looks fragile, hittable. But on nights like Monday, all things look possible. The Tampa Bay Rays followed that bullpen to a 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox, a game that pulled the […]

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Yankees Bomb Rays with five homers

May 13, 2024 general

Monday, 4 a.m. The last thing anyone wants to do is get into a home-run-derby with the New York Yankees. The Yankees, a very good club in most things but terrific at hitting the long ball, cranked it up in a 10-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. The Yanks hit five home […]

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Yandy and Randy lead Rays’ victory

May 12, 2024 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. They haven’t headlined this season. The vaunted Yandy and Randy Show has been pretty much grounded. But on Saturday afternoon, Yandy Diaz and Randy Arozarena were again carrying big sticks. Together, they two had five hits — two homers and three doubles — and drove in six runs in a 7-2 victory […]

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Rays bats fail them against Yankees

May 11, 2024 general

Friday, 4 a.m. There are times their bats resemble toothpicks. There are times you swear they could not hit the baseball if it were on a tee. Friday night, for instance. The Tampa Bay Rays lost a 2-0 game to the New York Yankees. They managed just six hits (after getting four in their previous […]

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White Sox snap Rays’ winning streak

May 9, 2024 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. For all the losses, for all the errors, for all the weak at-bats, only one thing is wrong with the Chicago White Sox. Not enough Rays. The White Sox won just their ninth game of the season — and their fourth against the Rays — in a 4-1 victory over Tampa Bay […]

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Arozarena lifts Rays to another win

May 8, 2024 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. When the world’s greatest showman runs out of glitter, what is he to do? For Randy Arozarena, baseball had become hard. He was striking out too often. His bat no longer had the electricity of the old days. And his team was in a tailspin. At his best, Arozarena is a big-moment […]

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