Archive for May 25th, 2008

May 25

[THE SUNDAY MORNING REVOLUTION] Dirtbag Goes Yard Twice For Rays’ 29th Win

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DRG here again to get you through the weekend. I can be reached here..

The Good: Evan Longoria’s first 2-home run game, including a 3-run shot in the 1st inning of the tape-measure variety…BJ Upton just-missed 2 home runs of his own, going 4-4 with 2 doubles that hit off the top of the wall.

The Telling: The Rays are actually a game up on the Red Sox in the loss column…The Rays are 2.5 games ahead of the A’s in the Wild Card standings and 4 games ahead of Toronto. The Rays go for the sweep of the O’s today. The Rays have already swept the Red Sox, the Blue Jays and previously won 3 of 4 in a series against the Yankees. They are now 20-12 versus the AL East, while no other team in the division is above .500. Was trolling around the MLB.com team stats page this morning, and I can’t find one category in which the Rays are performing above their own heads. The only category they lead in the AL as a team is stolen bases, and even there, they also lead in caught stealing.

DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA…

  • YouTube video of the day: Everytime I go dancing I try to incorporate some of these moves, especially the very last one. [You Tube]
  • Willy Aybar is about a week away from returning from the DL and the Rays have him concentrating on 1B, 2B and 3B on his rehab assignment. [MLB]
  • DRays Bay posted some numbers before last night’s game that indicate Carl Pena is about to come out of his slump. [DRays Bay]
May 25

[DOWN ON THE FARM] Willy Aybar Gets Start At First Base In Durham

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Durham 7, Richmond 1. Ben Hendrickson picked up his 4th win in 5 innings. He held Richmond to 1 run on 2 hits, but walked 4. Scott Dohmann relieved and struck out 4 in 2 shutout innings, while Juan Salas pitched the last 2 innings and struck out 3. Reid Brignac was 1-5. Willy Aybar made his second AAA rehab start, playing first base and going 2-3 with an RBI and 2 walks.

Montgomery 3, Mobile 2 (gm 1). James Houser started and went 5 innings. He held Mobile to 2 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks. He struck out 3…Ronnie Merrill and Gabriel Martinez hit home runs. Martinez’ 6th of the year was the game-winner in the top of the 7th.

Montgomery 9, Mobile 3 (gm 2). RIchard de los Santos picked up his 4th win with 5.2 innings of 3-run ball…Gabriel Martinez was 1-2 with 2 walks and drove in 2. Josh Asanovich was 3-4 and drove in 3. Rhyne Hughes was 0-4 and is hitting .283.

Clearwater 6, Vero Beach 2 (gm 1). Heath Rollins struck out 7, but fell to 2-4 after allowing 4 earned runs (5 total) in 6 innings…JT Hall hit his 4th home run and Matt Fields went 2-3.

Clearwater @ Vero Beach (gm 2, ppd).

Asheville 4, Columbus 2. Jesse Darcy made just his 2nd start of the year and worked 5 innings, and allowed 1 run.

NOTES FROM DOWN ON THE FARM…

  • The Bulls have won 5 straight and are now in first place. [Durham Bulls]
  • Vero Beach will play a double-header today. [MiLB]