Astros complete sweep of punchless Rays

August 15, 2024 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Ah, the poor Houston Astros. In 10 innings of baseball Wednesday night, they managed only two hits. On the other hand, it was enough. The Astros completed their three-game series sweep of the inoffensive Tampa Bay Rays, winning 2-1 in 10 innings. The Rays, too, had only two hits, neither of which […]

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Rays slide takes them below .500

August 14, 2024 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Help from below couldn’t stop the Rays fall Tuesday night. Searching to find an answer to its struggling offense, the Rays pulled up top prospect Junior Caminero  and inserted him in at third base. It didn’t help. Caminero had a hit (in four tries), but the Rays fell 3-2 to Houston. Content […]

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Astros clobber Rays behind Valdez

August 13, 2024 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Sadly, the Tampa Bay Rays are no longer a winning baseball team. Even sadder, they seem to be sliding. The Rays lost another game Monday night, falling in rather routine fashion in a 6-1 beating at the hands of the Houston Astros. The Rays have lost five of their last seven. Content […]

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Rays come back to beat Orioles

August 12, 2024 general

Monday, 4 a.m. So what’s the fuss about hitting, anyway? The offensively challenged Tampa Bay Rays finally beat the Baltimore Orioles, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon. The Rays, 59-58, have beaten the O’s only twice in 10 games this season. The Rays scored the winning run in the eighth inning without benefit of a hit.  They […]

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Bucs rally to win preseason opener

August 11, 2024 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. If it meant anything, it didn’t mean much. But the Tampa Bay Bucs will say this about their first preseason game of the year. Winning beats losing. True, most of the players who will do most of the playing sat out Saturday night’s 17-14 preseason victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. None of […]

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Rays lose another one to Orioles

August 11, 2024 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Is there any doubt left? Any questions? This year, at least, the Baltimore Orioles are simply better than the Tampa Bay Rays. The O’s beat them again Saturday night. This time, it was 7-5. It was the eighth time in nine games that Baltimore has beaten the Rays this year. Last year, […]

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Eflin dominant against old Rays’ team

August 10, 2024 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Maybe, just maybe, the Rays traded away the wrong Zach. The Rays moved the high-priced Zach Eflin away at the trading deadline for three chances at the future. Eflin left the Rays with a bit of regret Friday night, dominating the Rays (and Zack Littell) in a 4-1 victory. Eflin threw seven […]

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Lowe’s late homer means win for Rays

August 9, 2024 general

Friday, 4 a.m. On the verge of being swept, Brandon Lowe broke the broom. Lowe hit a go-ahead, two-run homer to center field in the seventh inning Thursday night to lead the Tampa Bay Ryas to a 6-4 victory. Lowe, who has hit .325 over his last 29 days. Lowe also had a double off […]

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Rays can’t get big hit against Cards

August 8, 2024 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. For Taj Bradley, the bad news is that it isn’t July anymore. For the Tampa Bay Rays, the worse news is that it’s still 2024. Bradley’s second straight pedestrian start doomed the Rays Wednesday night in a 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Bradley was roughed up, giving up five runs […]

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Rays continue to spin their wheels

August 7, 2024 general

Monday, 4 a.m. They are the epitome of a .500 baseball team. They don’t get that hot, they don’t get that cold. The Tampa Bay Rays sneak onto the winning side of the ledger on occasion, but never that far. They dip back to the losing side, but never that far. They don’t climb to […]

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