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Rays have a rare offensive explosion to bash Toronto Blue Jays

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Those were the Tampa Bay Rays? The guys with a season-high 13 runs? The guys with a season-high 17 hits? The guys winning by a huge margin? Yeah, those were the Rays, all right, blowing out the Toronto Blue Jays 13-2 on Monday night. All 11 position players had a hit for Tampa Bay, and four of them had home runs. The Rays improved their record to 17-19 for the season. The Rays jumped on Toronto early, scoring two in…

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Bullpen struggles as Rays lose again to Toronto Blue Jays

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The bullpen was mortal. The defense wasn’t there. And the baseball was on the wrong side of the fence. It all added up to disaster for the Tampa Bay Rays, who let a four-run outburst to help the Toronto Blue Jays escape with a 5-1 victory Sunday afternoon. The Rays, tied 1-1 going into the ninth, came apart at the bullpen. Xavier Cedeno gave up a double to Darwin Barney, then walked Michael Sanders. That brought on Alex Colome, who…

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Blue Jays homer their way to second straight 5-3 victory over Rays

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When does a slow start become a troubling one? When do stranded baserunners come back to haunt a team? Both questions may soon have to be answered by the Tampa Bay Rays, who lost a 5-3 game to Toronto for the second straight night on Monday night. Tampa Bay left nine runners on base, and they were only 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position. โ€œI thought Drew was good,โ€ manager Kevin Cash said. โ€œHe just got beat up by the…

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Rays’ ace Chris Archer struggles in spring loss to Toronto

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Tampa Bay Rays’ ace Chris Archer struggled in his spring training start against the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday afternoon. Archer gave up two hits, walked two and threw two wild pitches in a 32-pitch inning, falling behind 2-0. He did pitch a scoreless second inning. In all, Archer threw 50 pitches, and 23 of them were balls. “I think the biggest thing was when I got a few guys on base I was trying to do a little too much,…

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Rays fall to Blue Jays to clinch a losing record for 2015

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It is now official. The 2015 Tampa Bay Rays will forever be known as losers. The Rays dropped their 82nd game of the year Friday, falling 8-4 to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays had 17 hits on the night. Rays had taken a 4-1 lead in the fifth inning on a three-run home run by Mikie Mahtook, his eighth of the year. But the Blue Jays stormed back with seven runs over their next two at bats to…

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Blue Jays hit three home runs in knocking off Tampa Bay

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The Tampa Bay Rays jumped all over aging knuckleballer R.J. Dickey Friday night. After that, Dickey jumped back. The Rays scored two runs in the top of the first to take a quick lead on Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays. But Dickey rallied for his 100th win, and he retired 18 of the last 19 Rays he faced. Dickey, just shy of his 41st birthday, allowed only four hits over seven innings to even his record at 11-11 for…

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Tampa Bay bats quiet again as Rays offer little support to Chris Archer

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James Shields had days like this. David Price went through a few, too. And now, Chris Archer. This is what being an ace pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays is all about. It is making one mistake, and having it beat you. It is watching zeroes go up when your team is at bat. It is a losing streak with little support. This time, it was 4-0, Toronto Blue Jays. Archer failed to win his 10th game for the fourth…

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