Scott Kazmir was amped the first inning on the mound! He had some issues finding the strike zone and only lasted 4 2/3 innings leaving with a 1-1 tie. His line wasn’t Kazmir-ish allowing 3 walks and scattering 3 hits with 1 ER and striking out 7. The bullpen did an excellent job until the 9th. Troy Percival went into the 9th with a 3-1 lead gave up a run, allowed 2 hits, walked 1 and finished the game with the tying run standing 90 feet away.
The offense did hit well against Ryan Dempster knocking him out in the 5th inning. Cliff Floyd and Evan Longoria hit solo bombs with Eric Hinske driving in the final run. The problem the Rays suffered was a lack of timely hitting once again. We had multiple opportunities to score once again and failed to get the hit leaving 12 on base.
A win is a win and this was a quality win against a quality opponent. Tonight has Andy Sonnanstine (7-3) going against Carlos Zambrano (8-2).
See you at The Trop!
June 18th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Now that was a good win for the Rays. They pulled off a close win against a very good Cubs team. I have a feeling they will struggle against Zambrano on Wednesday however. What do you think?
June 18th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
If Sonny’s working the entire plate and getting the calls it’ll be another pitching duel for sure! This series is without a doubt about the pitching, ok offenses and good defenses — Go Rays!
June 20th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
[...] Rays Beat Cubs 3-2 in Game 1 Scott Kazmir was amped the first inning on the mound! He had some issues finding the strike zone and only lasted 4 2/3 innings leaving with a 1-1 tie. His line wasn’t Kazmir-ish allowing 3 walks and scattering 3 hits with 1 ER and striking out 7. The bullpen did an excellent job until the 9th. Troy Percival went into the 9th with a 3-1 lead gave up a run, allowed 2 hits, walked 1 and finished the game with the tying run standing 90 feet away. The offense did hit well against Ryan Dempste [...]