Detroit bashes Rays once again

June 4, 2026 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. The days go by, and they sink lower. They look worse and worse. The beatings get more and more convincing. They are the Tampa Bay Rays, and they are playing dreadful baseball. The Rays were clobbered again Wednesday afternoon. Once again, it was an awful Detroit team that laid an awful beating […]

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Rays struggle in crushing loss to Detroit

June 3, 2026 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Be careful when walking around the American League East these days. A Tampa Bay Ray might fall on you. The Rays, currently playing as poorly has any team in baseball, were jolted again Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. They lost 8-0 to the dreadful Detroit Tigers, only the third time they have […]

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Rays struggle to keep the ball in the park

June 2, 2026 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. How pronounced is the recent slump by the Tampa Bay Rays? These days, they seem to be struggling against last-place teams. The Rays made the woeful Detroit Tigers — who came in with a record that was tied for the worst in baseball — look like a World Series contender in Monday […]

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Rays take advantage of Angels’ wildness

June 1, 2026 general

Monday, 4 a.m. The Tampa Bay Rays didn’t exactly sprint to their latest series win. They just walked. The Rays walked nine times, two of them with the bases loaded, to capture a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels Sunday. It was their sixth straight series win at Tropicana Field. The Rays have walked […]

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Angels humble Rays in lopsided win

May 31, 2026 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Evidently, the skid is not over yet. One day after ending a season-worst four-game losing streak, the Tampa Bay Rays returned to sloppy baseball again Saturday afternoon. The Rays gave up four runs in the first and six in the ninth, going on to absorb a 14-3 pummeling at the hands of […]

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Rays end skid with big seventh inning

May 30, 2026 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. It was the seventh inning when the ugly came off of the baseball for the Tampa Bay Rays. They were down 2-1, to a mediocre Angels’ team from Los Angeles. Home field didn’t seem to be helping them. A fifth straight loss was possible. And then the Rays’ woke up. The Rays […]

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Orioles crush Rays to complete sweep

May 28, 2026 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. No, really. They’re in first place. Oh, sure, the Tampa Bay Rays aren’t playing like it. They were clobbered again Wednesday night, 11-2 by Baltimore at Camden Yards. It left the Rays with a season-long four-game losing streak as their lead in the AL East dwindled. It was embarrassing. The Rays didn’t […]

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Sloppy Rays lose their third straight

May 27, 2026 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Are we seeing a team in a brief tailspin, or is the situation with the Tampa Bay Rays more dire? Are they a team on the verge of unraveling? The Rays lost their third straight game Tuesday night, playing a sloppy game in a 6-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at Camden […]

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Rays keep blowing leads against O’s

May 26, 2026 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. How many times can a team blow a game? How many leads can it squander? Four times, the Tampa Bay Rays took a lead over the Baltimore Orioles Monday at Camden Yards. Every time, they let the O’s roar back, until the final time resulted in a 9-7 win in 13 innings. […]

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Rays victimized by Judge home run

May 24, 2026 general

Monday, 4 a.m. When you’re battling in a close game, players will remind you that one mistake can beat you. Sunday, that mistake belonged to the Tampa Bay Rays. Locked in a scoreless tie in the eighth inning, the Rays were a couple of feet away from taking the lead. But Junior Caminero tried to […]

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