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Rays win big over Astros as Erasmo Ramirez takes 10th victory

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The Tampa Bay Rays continue to embrace Erasmo Ramirez, their find of the off-season. Ramirez ran his record to 10-4 in an easy 9-2 victory over the first-place Houston Astros Monday night. Ramirez has made 15 starts since May 14 and and has gone 10-3, third in the American League for victories over that span. He is 10-0 when receiving two runs or more of run support. The Rays are now 5-0 on the season when facing their former pitchers.…

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This time, it is Kevin Kiermaier’s bat that sparks Rays to victory

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You admire him for his arm. You have seen Kevin Kiermaier throw the danger off of the base paths, and you have nodded at the performance. He has a fine arm, an arm that opposing baserunners should fear. And for the Tampa Bay Rays, that is a strong enough weapon. And you have cheered him for his glove. You have seen Kiermaier chase down would-be doubles and steal them from the air, and you have cheered the sight. He has…

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One swing, and the Orioles have a grand time beating the Tampa Bay Rays

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To the Tampa Bay Rays, four runs seems like a mountain. To the Rays, four runs feels like a week’s worth. To the Rays, four runs seems insurmountable. Imagine their feelings, then, when the Orioles scored that many with one swing of the bat Saturday night? Chris Davis hit a 3-2 pitch some 400 feet for a third-inning grand slam, leading Baltimore to a 5-1 victory against the light-hitting Rays, who mustered only five hits. Tampa Bay is now 9-20…

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Rays get home runs from unlikely sources in victory over Blue Jays

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Well, look who has some power, after all. The Tampa Bay Rays, ย hardly feared on the other side of the fence, hit home runs in the seventh and eighth inning of Saturday’s games against the Toronto Blue Jays, lifting the team to a 3-2 victory. Brandon Guyer tied things in the seventh, and Curt Casali gave Tampa Bay the go-ahead in the eighth as the Rays won to edge back over .500 and take over second place in the AL…

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Rays start the second half as Jays beat up Jake Odorizzi

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Is this any way to start the second half? The Tampa Bay Rays didn’t get enough pitching and they didn’t get enough hitting Friday night. As a result, they fell back to .500 Friday night, losing a 6-2 game to the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto scored five runs in the fifth to pull into a tie with the second-place Rays, who managed only five hits on the night. For Tampa Bay, starter Jake Odorizzi didn’t make it out of the…

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Rays’ pitching leads them to 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros

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They didn’t hit it often. They didn’t score until late. But the Tampa Bay Rays eased their wounds Friday night, getting a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros as they began their final road trip before the all-star game. Tampa Bay had only four hits, and it didn’t score until the seventh inning. But on a night when the Rays ended 18 games of torture โ€“ a 3-15 record โ€“ it was enough. Erasmo Ramirez ran his record to 8-3,…

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Rays finally end their losing skid by beating Yankees

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Finally. Relief. The Tampa Bay Rays won a baseball game at last Sunday afternoon, finally getting enough hitting, enough scoring and enough pitching to return to the win column after losing seven straight ballgames. They beat the New York Yankees, 8-1, scoring the game’s first four and its last four. The Rays had been fairly creative in all their losing, dropping games on three-run homers and on botched bunt plays. They had won only one of their previous 10 games.…

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