The Tampa Bay Rays were riding high on a six game win streak, but that came to a halt on Tueday night as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Rays 7-4.  It was quite a run, and a good one at that for the Rays.  We will see if they can start another streak tomorrow.

Jason Hammel was roughed up in his 2.2 innings of action.  Hammel gave up six hits and three runs.  One that that really hurt Hammel was the four walks that he allowed.  J.P. Howell came in for relief and pitched three innings giving up two runs.  Scott Dohmann pitched 1.1 innings and gave up two runs as well.  Bad job by Jammel, Howell, and Dohmann tonight.

B.J. Upton did hit his third homerun in the season in the game as he finished with two RBI.  Akinori Iwamura and Carl Crawford both had one RBI each in the game.

Rays Blog

The Tampa Bay Rays completed a three game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays with a 5-3 win on Thursday night.  With the three game sweep, the Rays are now back to .500 with a 11-11 record on the season.

Andy Sonnanstine pitched 6.1 innings to pick up his third win of the season.  Sonnanstine gave up three runs on six hits.  He did strikeout three batters and walked two others in the game.  Troy Percival picked up his fourth save of the season as he shut down the Blue Jays in the ninth inning.

Eric Hinske led the Blue Jays at the plate with two RBI.  Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria, and Dioner Navarro all finished the game with one RBI each.

The Rays will try to continue playing good baseball as they start a series with the Boston Red Sox on Friday.

Rays Blog

The Tampa Bay Rays got up on the Toronto Blue Jays early and then held on for the 6-4 victory Tuesday night.  The Rays got out of gates quickly as they pounded Blue Jays starter Jesse Litsch for five earned runs in the first four innings of the game.

Eric Hinske and Dioner Navarro both had two RBI in the game.  Hinske and Evan Longoria both had solo home runs in the game.  Jason Bartlett also picked up a RBI in the fourth inning.

James Shields picked up the win as he tossed seven inning.  Shields gave up four runs but only two of them were earned.  Dan Wheeler and Troy Percival pitched the final two innings.  Percival picked up the save which was is second of the season.

Rays Blog

The Tampa Bay Rays had a hard time getting on base or hitting the ball for that matter on Sunday against the White Sox.  With only four hits in the game the Rays lost 6-0 to the White Sox putting Tampa Bay at 8-11 so far this year. 

Tampa Bay started out the day with Edwin Jackson pitching and let him do his thing on the mound for only 4.1 innings.  Jackson gave up all six earned runs in the game.  The Rays brought in four more pitchers trying to hold the White Sox to their lead including Gary Glover, Trever Miller, Dan Wheeler, and Troy Percival to finish the game.

The Rays didn’t have much for hitting and even managed to pick up a few errors during the game.  Shawn Riggans and Elliot Johnson each got the dreaded E for errors added to their stats after today’s loss.

With the battle against the White Sox over losing the series 2-1, the Rays will take on the Blue Jays starting Tuesday night.

Rays Blog

The Tampa Bay Rays improved their record to 7-9 as they beat the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

Nathan Haynes led the Rays with two RBI while Carl Crawford, B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria, Eric Hinske, and Jonny Gomes all had one RBI each.  Hinske’s RBI came on a solo home run in the second inning.

Jason Hammel earned the victory for the Blue Jays.  He pitched six innings and gave up six hits and three earned runs.  With the victory, Hammel’s record improved to 1-1 on the season.  J.P. Howell pitched the final three innings to earn the save for the Rays.

Rays Blog

The Tampa Bay Rays dropped a one-run game the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night as the Twins beat the Rays 6-5.  A sacrafice fly in the eigth inning proved to be the winning run for the Twins.

Carl Crawford caught the ball in four territory and thought he had enough time to get the ball to homeplate to cut down the go ahead run, but the Rays scored and Crawford was left answering the question why he caught the ball.

Dan Wheeler took the loss for the Rays and dropped his record to 0-2.  Starting pitcher James Shields only pitched five inning as he gave up eight hits and five runs.

The Rays did hit three home runs as Crawford, Eric Hinske, and Shawn Riggans all went deep.  B.J. Upton also had an RBI with a single in the fifth inning.

Rays Blog

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Edwin Jackson didn’t have his good stuff on Tuesday night as the Rays lost to the New York Yankees by the score of 5-3.  Jackson only lasted five innings after he gave up  four hits and five runs.  The loss was Jackson’s first of the season and his record now stands at 2-1.

Jason Bartlett, Jonny Gomes, and Mike DiFelice all had one RBI each for the Rays.

The Rays will try to get back on track as they start a two game series with the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.

The Tampa Bay Rays could not control the New York Yankees bats on Monday night as four different Yankees hit home runs.  With the loss to the Yankees, the Rays drop one game under .500 with a 6-7 record.

Al Reyes who was pitching in relief picked up the loss for the Rays.  Rays starting pitcher Andy Sonnanstine got rocked as he only pitched 3.1 innings and allowed nine hits and seven earned runs.  Sonnanstine but the Rays in a big hole early, and it was just a little to big for them to come back from.

Evan Longoria and B.J. Upton hit back-to-back home runs in the 7th inning.  It was Longoria’s first home run of his major league career.  Carl Crawford led the Rays with three RBI’s in the game.  Eric Hinske also contributed with one RBI.

Rays Blog

The Tampa Bay Rays came back after Wednesday loss and defeated the Seattle Mariners by the score of 7-0.  It was a nice game for everyone as the Rays shutout the Mariners.  The Rays record now stands at 4-5 on the season.

Edwin Jackson pitched eight innings strong innings and only gave up two hits.  Talk about coming out and dominating the opposing team.  Jackson is now 2-0 on the young season.

Eric Hinske homered off Miguel Batista and Mike DiFelice drove in three runs to help the Rays come up with the big win.  B.J. Upton also had a couple of RBI’s for the team.

Rays Blog 

The Tampa Bay Rays were unable to get much offense going against Jarrod Washburn and the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.  The Rays were only able to push across a run in the 3rd inning as they went onto to lose 7-1.

Andy Sonnanstine struggled in his six innings of pitching as he allowed four earned runs on seven hits.  J.P. Howell came in as relief and didn’t fare to much better as he let three runs score (two earned) in only 1.2 innings.  Jae Kuk Ryu pitched the final 1.1 innings and did not allow a hit.  Ryu had just got called up before the game from the minor leagues.

The Rays lone run came off the bat of Akinori Iwamura who hit a sac fly.

Rays Blog