Red Sox complete sweep of Rays

May 23, 2024 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Right about now, the Boston Red Sox have just one question. Do they really have to leave St. Petersburg? The Red Sox, dominated in recent seasons by the Tampa Bay Rays, completed a sweep against the Rays with an 8-5 victory Wednesday night. The Rays, who held a 3-0 lead early, fell […]

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Rays lose third straight as slide continues

May 22, 2024 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. It wasn’t the quick start that you will remember. It was the slow death that followed. The Tampa Bay Rays lost for the third straight day on Tuesday night, watching the Boston Red Sox overcome a slow start for a 5-2 victory. The Rays fell back to fourth place and a .500 […]

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Sox dominate weak-hitting Rays

May 21, 2024 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. And suddenly, the Tampa Bay Rays cannot hit. The Rays, fighting to stay above .500, have suddenly cooled off. Their recent hot streak has turned frigid. For the second straight game, the Rays struggled to get on base. Following a six-hit (three of them in the ninth inning) effort against Toronto, the […]

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Jays’ Manoah recaptures his stardom

May 20, 2024 general

Monday, 4 a.m. For Alek Manoah, this is the way life used to be. He was dominant. He was cheered. He was successful. Yeah, in a lot of ways, it was 2022 all over again. You remember Manoah, right? Back in ’22, he was one of baseball’s best pitchers. He was 16-9 with a 2.24 […]

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Rays keep rolling with win over Jays

May 19, 2024 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Maybe the Rays should have brought in more reinforcements. The ones they have are doing just fine. The Rays won their fourth straight game, and their 11th of the last 15, with a 5-4 comeback win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. The Rays are three games over .500 (25-22) for […]

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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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