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Jake Odorizzi returns as Rays shut down Astros once again

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Well, welcome back, Jake. Jake Odorizzi gave the Tampa Bay Rays a shot in the arm Saturday afternoon. He returned to the mound for the first time since June 5, when he left with tightness in his left oblique, but didn’t look as if he had been gone at all. He allowed only two hits in his 5 ½ innings and struck out five in a 3-0 victory over the Houston Astros. For the second straight night, the 1-2-3 reliever…

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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 – a 3-15 record – it was enough. Erasmo Ramirez ran his record to 8-3,…

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Would third time be a charm for the Rays, Delmon Young?

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Do the Rays need a hitter in the worst possible way? And if so, are they open to giving a third strike to outfielder Delmon Young? Young, the No. 1 overall pick by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2003, was released by the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, marking another pothole in what has been a rough road for the outfielder. He does not play the outfield well enough to be an everyday player, and he has not hit well enough…

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Rays hammered by Royals as losing streak grows even longer

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And now, for some good news for the Tampa Bay Rays. Planes leave Kansas City every hour. There are trains that leave town, and busses, and rental cars. There is walking. Just some way, any way, you have to let the Rays out of this town of terror before they get bludgeoned again. For Tampa Bay, this has not been a friendly town. The Rays, in a nightmare of a skid, suffered its worst series of the year against the…

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Even Chris Archer can’t stop the Rays’ downward spiral

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Et tu, Ace? All of the things that have gone wrong for the Tampa Bay Rays in their recent slide culminated in this. Chris Archer, in his audition to be the all-star starter, bombed. In six innings Wednesday night, he gave up 12 hits and nine – count them, nine – earned runs in a 9-7 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Archer had given up only four runs total in his previous seven road starts. The Rays are now…

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Rays lose 7-1 as Kansas City completes a sweep of its doubleheader

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Fifteen minutes ago, it seems, it was a Tampa Bay Ray world. It was June 21, and they were 10 games above .500, on top of the AL East, and it seemed the Rays had it all figured out. Then the bottom fell out, and the Rays have lost 13 of their last 16, and the record is back to .500, and the team has fallen to fourth of five teams in the division. And suddenly, Tampa Bay looks like…

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Royals get to Rays’ all-star Brad Boxberger for walk-off win

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Twenty-four hours after being named to the all-star team, reliever Brad Boxberger of the Tampa Bay Rays looked like anything but. Boxberger had a rough time of it in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday, giving up a grand slam homer to 29-year-old rookie Paulo Orlando of the Kansas City Royals as the Rays’ gave up their third walk-off defeat of this road trip. Boxberger had given up singles to Eric Hosmer and Alex Rios and a walk to Omar Infante…

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