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Check Marc Topkin’s blog for the starting lineups.
Time to bring back the GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
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THE GOOD: Good Starts. Rays led 1-0 after just 1 pitch when BJ Upton took the first pitch deep…Good Rally Killers. With 1 out, Adam Lind hit a ball to the wall in right. Gabe Gross gunned him down at second. And the pitchers did their job when it mattered. The Jays were 0-7 with runners in scoring position…Joe’s Good Gut. Joe Maddon gave Evan Longoria a night off. He could have easily shuffled the batting order, but instead let his replacement, Willy Aybar, bat 3rd. Aybar responded with 3 hits including his 7th home run…Good Choate. Came on in the 8th with tying run at the plate, 2 on and only 1 out. He got Adam Lind on strikes and Lyle Overbay to fly out to CC in left.
THE BAD: Bad Rally Killers. With no outs and 2 on, Ben Zobrist was picked off first base. Two batters later Jason Bartlett doubled, but nobody scored and the inning ended that way.
THE TELLING: Evan Longoria was given the night off to rest his sore hamstring. Willy Aybar started at third and batted third…The Rays have now won 7 in a row, matching the longest winning streak under Joe Maddon…The Rays 3 home runs last night gave them 41 for June, setting the team mark for any month…The Rays are now 4 behind the Red Sox, but have picked up little ground on the Yankees who won their 6th in a row. The Rays have put some space between themselves and the Jays who sit 3 behind the Rays.
SUNBURST PLAYER OF THE GAME: Willy Aybar.
DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA…
Durham 9, Columbus 6. Carlos Hernandez picked up his first win in his last 5 starts, holding Columbus to 2 runs in 6 innings. He struck out 4 and walked 2…Matt Joyce finished 4-5 with 2 doubles and his 9th home run. It was the 3rd straight game in which he homered and he has 4 in the last 7 games…Jon Weber (7), Rhyne Hughes (5) and Chris Nowak (4) also homered for the Bulls.
Montgomery 5, Jacksonville 1. Heath Rollins improved to 7-6 with just 1 run allowed in 8 innings on 7 hits and no walks. He struck out 5…Desmond Jennings went 0-5.
Charlotte vs Brevard Co.. (ppd. wet grounds)
Bowling Green 10, Rome 6. Joe Cruz evened his record at 3-3 after holding Rome to 1 run in 6 innings. He allowed just 5 hits and no walks, while striking out 4…Tim Beckham went 2-5 including his 4th home run, a 2-run shot…Keyong Kang went 2-4 with a double and 3 RBI…John Mollicone was 4-5 with a pair of home runs driving in 4.
Notes from Down on the Farm…
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