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Tampa Bay beats Red Sox behind solid start by Matt Moore

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Matt Moore, who closed out the 2015 season with a hot streak, has started out this season in the same way. Moore, who spent much of last year recovering from Tommy John surgery, gave up only one hit โ€“ a home run to Mookie Betts โ€“ as the Rays beat Boston 3-2 in a spring training game. Juniel Querecuto knocked in the winning run in the 10th for the Rays. “It was all right,” said Moore. “I think I was…

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Rays lose to Twins behind Byung Ho Park’s grand slam

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A Tampa Bay Rays‘ starting pitcher has finally given up runs this spring. Jake Odorizzi gave up a grand slam Sunday in the bottom of the first inning to Byung Ho Park of Minnesota. The runs, however, were unearned after shortstop Tim Beckham made a two-out throwing error. Odorizzi gave up three walks and had three errors behind him in the four-run inning. Closer Brad Boxberger threw a scoreless inning. Blake Snell threw two for the Rays. The Rays scored…

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Rays hope Brad Miller can hold his own at shortstop

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For Brad Miller, it starts with the routine play. The sizzle can come later. It starts with the Sunday hop. It starts with the easy throw. It starts with plugging the hole up the middle. For Miller, the new shortstop of the Tampa Bay Rays, baseball is just that simple. Of all the additions to the Tampa Bay Rays’ roster this spring, you can make an argument that Miller is the most important. Not only do the Rays want a…

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Rays get another strong starting job in a spring win over Orioles

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Starting pitching: check. Solid hitting performance: check. Big lead: check. The Tampa Bay Rays took a 9-1 lead, then coasted to a 10-6 victory over Baltimore on Saturday night. Drew Smyly pitched two innings and gave up no hits, the fourth straight impressive start for the Rays. Tampa Bay also had 17 hits, including three each by Kevin Kiermaier and Curt Casali. Baltimore fell to 0-6 on the spring.

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Rays’ starting pitching off to good start in spring training

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The Tampa Bay Rays’ starters are starting off well in spring training. Chris Archer ran the scoreless streak to five Friday when he shut out the Red Sox for the first two innings in a 7-2 defeat. James Loney and Logan Morrison each had two hits for Tampa Bay. For the Rays, the bright spot has been the starting pitching during ย the team’s 1-2 beginning. “I accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish and that was to be over the plate…

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Rays’ Corey Dickerson hits a long one in spring training victory

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Corey Dickerson came a little closer to being embraced by Tampa Bay Rays’ fans Friday. In fact, he came 569 feet closer. Dickerson, acquired from Colorado in the off-season, drove a 3-2 pitch far over the right field wall in the second inning, led the way to a 10-3 victory. โ€œHe shortened up a little bit [swinging at that pitch],โ€ manager Kevin Cash said. โ€œI don’t think we’ll ever see the typical shortened-up swing, but if you looked at the…

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Rays open spring training schedule with 6-2 loss to Washington

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For the Tampa Bay Rays, spring training sprang on Wednesday afternoon. Now, all that remains is to dissect the results. Yes, the Rays lost, 6-2 to Washington. But in the spring, games are about performances, right? And so there were things to take from the game, as well. For instance: Starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi was perfect in one inning of work. He struck out one. The Rays led 2-1 after five innings and five pitchers. They fell behind only when…

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