The Rays have a chance to put the Red Sox way behind in this 3 game series at the Trop. The series will begin tonight by getting to face Jon Lester. Lester has had a good season, going 13-8 with a 3.26 ERA. Lester has had some injury problems this season, but he is still [...]
Archive for August, 2010
What’s Important Now: Red Sox vs. Rays, Series Opener
Posted: 27th August 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important Now2
Rays Farm Report for Thursday, August 26
Posted: 27th August 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Jeremy Hellickson, Matt Moore, Tyler Bortnick
Triple-A Durham Bulls (83-49, 1st place) – lost to Gwinnett 11-4 Starter Brian Baker was slammed for seven runs (six earned) on 11 hits over 4 1/3 innings. Dale Thayer allowed six hits and four runs (one earned) in his 1 1/3 innings of relief. Leslie Anderson was 3 for 5 with a double. Desmond [...]
What’s Important Now: Angels Rock Rays, Niemann
Posted: 26th August 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowI don’t think there is much to be said about yesterday’s game other than the fact that Niemann was obviously not ready to face big league hitters. I think he could’ve used a rehab start before coming up to the bigs. It worked out with Wade Davis, but Jeff Niemann struggled from the get-go. John [...]
Did the Rays Give Up Too Early?
Posted: 26th August 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: BJ Upton, Carl Crawford, evan longoria, joe maddon*
It was getaway day and the Rays had been out West for a week. They had already taken the first two games agains the Angels after splitting with the Oakland A’s. And, they had fallen behind 11-1 after just four innings. Going into the fifth, Sean Rodriguez hit for Carl Crawford, Willy Aybar hit for [...]
Rays Farm Report for Wednesday, August 25
Posted: 26th August 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Alex Cobb, Dioner Navarro, Nicholas Schwaner
Triple-A Durham Bulls (83-48, 1st place) – lost to Norfolk 6-2 Starter Ramon Ortiz allowed five runs on nine hits over six innings to take the loss for the Bulls. Chris Richard hit his 16th home run, a two-run shot. Elliot Johnson and Dioner Navarro had two hits each. Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (27-31 / 63-60, [...]
What’s Important Now: Rays Clobber Angels, Davis Pitches Well
Posted: 25th August 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowThe Rays picked up their 78th victory of the season with a great 10-3 win over the Angels. The offense had it going and Wade Davis had a good start in his first time back. Davis pitched 5 1/3, allowing 2 earned on 6 hits. He picked up his 10th win of the season on [...]
Rays Farm Report for Tuesday, August 24
Posted: 25th August 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Alexander Torres, Jake McGee, Luke Bailey, Richard De Los Santos
Triple-A Durham Bulls (83-47, 1st place) – beat Norfolk 1-0 Some days they do it with hitting. Others, like Tuesday, it’s dominant pitching. Richard De Los Santos improved to 14-5 on the season, pitching 6 2/3 innings of shutout baseball. He allowed six hits and two walks while striking out four. Jake McGee faced four [...]
What’s Important Now: Kaz Loses Game, For the Other Team
Posted: 24th August 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowJames Shields was able to beat his former rotation mate Scott Kazmir for Shieldsy’s 12th win of the season in the 4-3 victory over the Angels. This game was more important for Shields since he pulled into a first place tie with Scott Kazmir for franchise record in victories at 55. The Rays also pulled [...]
Rays Farm Report for Monday, August 23
Posted: 24th August 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Jeremy Hall, Kyle Lobstein, Matt Spring, rocco baldelli
Triple-A Durham Bulls (82-47, 1st place) – beat Norfolk 8-4 Elliot Johnson was 3 for 5 with two runs scored. Rocco Baldelli went 2 for 4 with a double and two RBI, improving his average to .333 since joining Durham. Aneury Rodriguez improved his record to 6-5 on the season, allowing three runs on seven [...]
Deadline Waiver Claims — Damon/Red Sox, Manny/Rays?
Posted: 23rd August 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: carlos peña, evan longoria, Johnny Damon, Manny ramirez
[picappgallerysingle id="8509851"]For a few minutes today, there was some drama as it became known that Detroit Tigers’ outfielder Johnny Damon had been claimed by “an unknown team”. In the offseason, Damon made it known he’d like to play for the Rays considering their playoff potential and the nearness to his home in here in [...]