Devil Rays 2, Red Sox 1. The Devil Rays struck out 9 times last night. How unusual is that? Not at all. The Rays lead the AL with 986 strikeouts. The AL record was set by the 1996 Detroit Tigers who whiffed an amazing 1,266 times. They are averaging 7.8 [...]
Durham 8, Richmond 2. JP Howell struck out 9 and walked 2 in 8 innings. He was touched for 2 runs (1 earned) on only 4 hits. He did throw 2 wild pitches. Jay Witasick pitched a perfect 9th. Evan Longoria went 2-4 with 2 RBI. In 18 games, he [...]
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Boston 8, Devil Rays 6.Rays fans are abuzz after Curt Schilling announced during a radio interview in Boston that he would consider playing for the Devil Rays after his contract expires at the end of the year. “It’s one of those situations you’d certainly have to look at. Knowing that [...]
Durham 8, Richmond 5. The Bulls took the first game of a 4-game set against Richmond. The leapfrogs Durham past Richmond into first place in the South division by half a game. Jeff NIemann returned from the DL and gave up 3 runs in 4 innings on a very tight [...]
Tim Wakefield 6, Devil Rays 0. We got nothin’ today…Enjoy the links while Delmon Young flails and misses yet another Wakefield knuckler by 18 inches. And wake us when Kazmir finally stops throwing pitches in the first inning. DEVIL RAYS WEBTOPIA… In addition to being called up to the majors [...]
Montgomery 4, Birmingham 3. Wade Davis allowed only one base runner (a walk) and faced the minimum over the first 6 innings, taking a no-hitter into the 7th, before giving up a lead-off single. He struck out 5 and walked 1 in 6.2 innings to pick up his 5th win. [...]
Devil Rays 4, Indians 3 (12 innings). PLAYING A LIL’ PEPPER WITH THE RAYS (random thoughts on yesterday’s game)…Joel Guzman hits singles? When did that start happening? How many people watched the game-winning hit and thought there was no way Jonny Gomes was going to score. We still aren’t sure [...]
Durham 6, Louisville 5. After Chad Orvella allowed the go-ahead run in the top of the 9th inning, Justin Ruggiano answered in the bottom half of the frame with a 2-run walk-off home run. JK Ryu gave up 4 runs in 6 innings. He struck out 7. Evan Longoria went [...]
Indians 8, Devil Rays 1.BJ Upton is hitting .313 with a .397 OBP. By our count he has been on base 160 times, between Tampa Bay and his rehab stint earlier this season. Yet despite the number of the high number of times on base, he has only stolen 13 [...]
Louisville 8, Durham 7. Mitch Talbot was touched for 6 runs in 6.2 innings. He allowed 9 hits and 2 walks, while striking out 6. Shawn Camp entered the game with a 7-6 lead, getting the final out of the 7th inning, but blew the lead in the 8th giving [...]
