Rise of the Rays

Rays highly-touted rookie Matt Moore will get the start for the Rays in game one of the 2011 ALDS, once again against the Texas Rangers. I don’t know who will be held off the roster with injuries since Moore was a September call-up and needs a roster spot, but I would assume that Jeff Niemann [...]

The Rays pulled off the unbelievable last night, coming back from a 7-0 deficit to beat the Yankees and ultimately make the playoffs. The Rays seemed to be dead in the water from the start, with the offense struggling to get going and David Price just giving up a bunch of runs. In the end [...]

The Rays kept their tie with the Red Sox on top of the AL Wild Card with a 5 to 3 win over the Yankees. The Orioles couldn’t come through for the Rays, losing to the Red Sox 8-7. It will all come down to today. If the Red Sox and Rays both win or [...]

The Rays did their job last night, beating the Yankees 5 to 2. The Orioles also did their job, beating the Red Sox and moving the Rays into a tie for the Wild Card. Now all the Rays have to do is win out and they are assured at least a tie-breaker. But let’s keep [...]

With a Rays win yesterday and a Red Sox split the Rays are now one game back of the Red Sox in the Wild Card. Unfortunately for the Rays, the Yankees were unable to hold their lead in game 2 that would’ve pulled the Rays even in the Wild Card. Now the Rays will need [...]

The Rays closed the gap with the Red Sox yesterday thanks to a stellar performance by the bullpen and a lot of luck. Jeff Niemann started the game with a rocky first inning, allowing 2 earned on 2 hits and 2 walks. He was pulled after just that one inning, Alex Torres came in from [...]

The Rays suffered a tough loss last night at the worst possible time. Now the Rays need a lot of help from the Yankees and Orioles if they want to take the Wild Card spot from the Red Sox. The Rays offense went silent once again, mustering only three hits. Matt Joyce had two of [...]

The Rays offense was saving all their runs for one game, exploding for 15 runs in the series finale. The win closes the gap back to two games between the Rays and Red Sox. Also, the Angels lost yesterday, putting them one game back of the Rays. The Rays now have the best chance to [...]

The Rays have now lost three in a row at the worst possible time, losing both games of the doubleheader yesterday. Lucky for them they only lost .5 games, because the Red Sox lost as well. In game 1, Big Game James pitched great but the offense didn’t help him. They only got 2 runs [...]