The Tampa Bay Rays struggled on Thursday night as they lost to the Chicago White Sox by the score of 5-1.  The Rays just didn’t seem to get anything going all night and were never able to come up with a big hit to get a good rally going.

Edwin Jackson took the loss for the Rays as he struggled on the mound.  Jackson gave up ten hits and four runs over six innings of action.  Jackson’s record is now 3-4 on the season.  Jason Hammel threw the last three innings of the game and allowed one run.  It seemed like the Rays coaching staff didn’t want to use any other bullpen arms in the game and give them some rest on the night.

Carl Crawford had the only rbi in the game for the Rays when he singled to right field in the third inning and scored Willy Aybar.

Troy Percival gave up a home run to Hideki Matsui in the bottom of the ninth inning to blow the save, but the Rays were still able to come away with a win over the Yankees by the score of 2-1.  Gabe Gross singled in Jonny Gomes for the winning in the bottom of the eleventh inning.

The Rays first run of the game came in the fourth inning when Eric Hinske had a rbi single.

J.P. Howell improved to 3-0 on the season as he pitched in extra innings.  Edwin Jackson the starting pitcher for the Rays tossed seven innings of five hit baseball to take the no decision in the game.  Dan Wheeler pitched a scoreless inning of relief as well.

It was nice to see th Rays come back after Percival blew the game.  That is how you pick up your teammates!  Rays Blog

Carl Crawford hit a sac fly in the 13th inning to give the Tampa Bay Rays a one run lead in the game but hey were not done because Dioner Navarro hit a grandslam to put the Rays up five runs.  After blowing the lead in the ninth inning, the Rays came back to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3.

Navarro led the Rays with the four rbi from the grandslam.  Gabe Gross had two rbi while Carlos Pena and Crawford both had one rbi in the game.

Starting pitcher Edwin Jackson pitched eight great inning as he only gave up six hits and no runs.  He was in line to pick up the win until Troy Percival blew the save by allowing three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning.  J.P. Howell ended up picking up the win for the Rays.

Great win for the Rays after they blew the game and then came back.  That is what good teams will do!  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.

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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 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.

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What in the world has got into the Tampa Bay Rays?!  They have took the first two games in the series against the New York Yankees, and have done it in fashion!

Jonny Gomez had a homerun and drove in four runs to lead the Rays at the plate.  The Rays got to Andy Pettitte early and never let up and the controlled the game for pretty much the entire time.

Edwin Jackson picked up the win while Troy Percival picked up his first save of the season.

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