Durham Bulls vs. Charlotte Knights – rained out Montgomery Biscuits 2, Tennessee Smokies 8 Three Biscuits’ errors led to seven unearned runs in this one as Nick Barnese started and allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits over five innings. Neil Schenk followed and has a stat line of one inning, one hit, four [...]
Archive for July, 2011
What’s Important Now: Not Enough Offense
Posted: 31st July 2011 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowAlex Cobb made another great start for the Rays, but the offense wasn’t there to help him out. Cobb allowed 3 earned on 6 hits in 6.1 innings pitched. He struck out 9 and walked 1. He earned his first Big League loss, but he certainly didn’t deserve it. The bullpen finished it off with [...]
Rays Farm Report for Friday, July 29
Posted: 30th July 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Andrew Bellatti, Andy Sonnanstine, Brett Nommensen, Kyeong Kang
Durham Bulls 0, Gwinnet Braves 5 Andy Sonnanstine threw eight innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on seven his and fell to 1-2 with Durham. Cesar Ramos allowed a run in the ninth. Stephen Vogt had two of the Bulls’ six hits. Montgomery Biscuits 7, Tennessee Smokies 4 Kyeong Kang homered for the second straight night, [...]
What’s Important Now: Another Big Inning Propels Rays
Posted: 30th July 2011 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowThe Rays pulled out a victory last night in Seattle, powered by an 8 run 2nd inning. The star of the game was Ben Zobrist, who went 2 for 5 with a 2 run homer. Johnny Damon was 1 for 3 with 2 RBIs. Casey Kotchman was 3 for 5 with a double, an RBI [...]
What’s Important Now: Bad First, Big 7th
Posted: 29th July 2011 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowWade Davis got out to a rocky start, to say the least. He gave up 5 runs while getting only one out. He did finally get the last two outs, and from there he was rolling. He ended up with the win, pitching 6 innings and allowing only those 5 runs. He allowed 6 hits [...]
Rays Farm Report for Thursday, July 28
Posted: 29th July 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Alex Torres, Drew Vettelson, Shane Dyer, Shay Crawford
Durham Bulls 0, Gwinnett Braves 2 Alex Torres had a good outing, throwing 5 2/3 shutout innings while allowing just three hits and three walks. Joe Bateman followed and allowed two runs on three hits in two innings to be tagged with the loss. Daniel Mayora and Ray Olmedo had two hits each for the [...]
What’s Important Now: How Bad Can It Get
Posted: 28th July 2011 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowThe Rays are not a fun team to follow anymore. When you go 1-5 against two of the worst teams in the AL, you know you have issues. The A’s offense is not usually thought of as a powerhouse, but yet they obliterated James Shields. Shields allowed 10 runs on 12 hits over 4 innings. [...]
Rays Farm Report for Wednesday, July 27
Posted: 28th July 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Chris Archer, Matt Moore, Ryan Carpenter
Durham Bulls 4, Gwinnett Braves 0 Matt Moore started and pitched eight shutout innings, allowing just three hits while striking out 13. John Matulia (4) and Leslie Anderson (13) homered for the Bulls in the win. Montgomery Biscuits 4, Tennessee Smokies 0 Chris Archer pitched his best game of the season, allowing no runs on [...]
Matt Moore is Waiting
Posted: 27th July 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: Alex Cobb, James Shields, Jeff Niemann, Matt Moore, Wade Davis
At this point, the question has to be “How good can he be?” Tonight, in just his second start at Durham, Matt Moore threw eight shutout innings, allowing just three hits while striking out 13 against the second-place Gwinnett Braves. He was paired up against Atlanta Braves prospect Mike Minor. And Moore proved to be [...]
What’s Important Now: Another Tough Loss
Posted: 27th July 2011 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowThe Rays lost another one yesterday, making them a whopping 1-4 on this road trip. This should be an easy road trip, facing the Royals, A’s, and Mariners, all who have struggled this season. This game was a mixture of bad pitching and bad offense. David Price had a rough start, going 6 innings and [...]