Rise of the Rays

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 [...]

The Rays had a chance to get within one game after the Orioles took care of the Red Sox, but the offense couldn’t come through for the Rays. They had plenty of chances, leaving TWENTY-TWO runners on base. They only had 6 hits, but they were getting runners on base. What they were missing was [...]

The Rays find themselves in the same place they were a the start of yesterday, 2 games back of the Red Sox. The Orioles split yesterday’s doubleheader with the Red Sox, not allowing to gain any ground. Now all we can do is hope that the Orioles will win the next two games and the [...]

The Rays got the win yesterday, arguably their most important win of the season. With a loss the Rays would be 4 back with 10 to play. Instead they are 2 back with 10 to play. The Rays have a great chance to make the playoffs, especially if the Red Sox keep going the wrong [...]

The Rays bounced back after their tough loss Friday night, beating the Red Sox 4 to 3 yesterday. Ben Zobrist got it all started in the first with a 2 run homer that put the Rays ahead. They kept their lead to beat the Red Sox for the 7th time in the last 8 meetings. [...]

The Rays took a tough loss last night, 4 to 3 to the Red Sox. The Rays successfully scored some runs off of Josh Beckett, but James Shields wasn’t on his game last night, allowing 4 earned on 7 hits in 7 innings. The Rays needed the victory last night and now they definitely need [...]

The Rays knew what they needed to do: win game 1 against the Red Sox. They certainly did that, taking game 1 9 to 2. BJ Upton, Evan Longoria, and Casey Kotchman all had great games. BJ went 2 for 5 with a 2 run homer, 3 RBIs, and 2 runs. Evan Longoria was 2 [...]