Minnesota 12, D-Rays 5.Edwin Jackson threw 66 pitches in 3+ innings and only 33 were for strikes. He also hit a batter and threw a wild pitch. The defense did not help matters by throwing a few of their own wild pitches. After going the entire first week without an […]
Thursday night’s game will now be known as “The Game We Do Not Speak Of.” Carl Crawford made up for it when left fielder Josh Rabe played CC’s single into an inside-the-park home run in the Rays 4-2 win over the Twins. Scott Kazmir did his part and out-dueled the […]
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Toronto Blue Jays 5 4 – 5-4 L1 – Boston Red Sox 4 4 0.5 4-4 L1 154 New York Yankees 4 4 0.5 4-4 L1 154 Baltimore Orioles 4 6 1.5 4-6 W1 152 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3 6 2.0 […]
Durham 3, Pawtucket 2. Jeff Niemann was strong in his second outing of the year but he had a case of Kazmir-itus. Niemann worked 5 scoreless innings, giving up 3 hits and 2 walks, while striking out 6, but it took 96 pitches. Jeff Ridgway and Chad Orvella combine to […]
“stomach-punch” game. Carl Crawford hit a double in the 9It’s funny but sad. Losing a lead in the 8th or 9th inning should be the worst way to lose a game. The Devil Rays bullpen blows so many leads late in games, that when they do, it is never very […]
Today we are debuting a new feature here at RI. We are calling it the “Tampa Bay Rays Cork-Board” (A few of you may pick up on the cheesy double-meaning behind the name. sorry, it had to be done). The Cork-Board, which will be found permanently located in the side-panel, […]
The Twins enter the series with the Rays at 5-3, tied with Detroit for first place of the AL Central. The just concluded a 3-game set with the Evil empire, dropping the first two, but took the final game last night 5-1 behind Russ Ortiz. The Rays were 1-6 against […]
Pawtucket 5, Durham 3. JP Howell was better his second trip to the mound for Durham but still not doing anything to make Joe Maddon regret his decision to pick Edwin Jackson for the 5th spot of the Rays rotation. In 5.2 innings, he struck out 3 with no walks […]
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Toronto Blue Jays 5 3 – 5-3 W1 – Boston Red Sox 4 4 1.0 4-4 L1 154 New York Yankees 4 4 1.0 4-4 L1 154 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3 5 2.0 3-5 W1 153 Baltimore Orioles 3 6 2.5 […]
Every once and a while the Devil Rays are capable of putting together a complete game. Last night’s 6-5 win over the Rangers was far from perfect, but we could see the signs. The offense is going to score runs. This will not be a problem on most nights for […]
