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Rays’ Joey Butler making up for lost time at plate

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St. Petersburg He would be forgiven if he said he told them. You would understand if he said he always had a bat. You would nod if he said that the scouts who looked at him and determined that he was lacking were all wrong. Instead, Joey Butler just smiles. And keeps on swinging. He has spend an eternity in the minor leagues, playing on fields where no one watches, in games no one remembers, and for a long time,…

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At age 26, Rays’ Chris Archer has become a star pitcher

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When he was 26, it was a very good year. For David Price, the old Tampa Bay Rays’ pitcher, it was the finest of times. He won 20 that year. He won the Cy Young in 2012. As far as pitching is concerned, he put a claim in on the future. So far, Chris Archer has been better. He is 26 now, and Archer is putting in a claim of his own. He has been dominant, especially in his last…

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Angels beat up Rays’ bullpen before the reshuffling

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This time, the bullpen could not close the door. And, this time, the Tampa Bay Rays went down hard. One night after being shut down by the Rays’ relief pitchers, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim erupted for a 6-2 victory Thursday night. The Angels scored three in the seventh, highlighted by Mike Trout’s run-scoring double, and two in the ninth on a home run by Albert Pujols, to take the deciding game of the series. The homer by Pujols…

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Evan Longoria returns with home run to lead Rays’ victory

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Well, welcome back, Evan Longoria. And welcome back to the Tampa Bay Rays’ style of winning. Both of them were familiar sites Wednesday night as the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels of Anahem, 4-2, at Tropicana Field. For Longoria, he started for the first time in four games and hit his sixth home run of the year to snap a tie in the third inning. But for the Rays, the key element was the pitching formula that has carried…

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Angels beat Rays with Albert Pujols and a history book

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The Tampa Bay Rays were battered so thoroughly Thursday night that it must have seemed as if Mickey Mantle himself was joining the onslaught. Alas, it was only Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who tied Mantle for 16th place on the all-time home run list at 536 when he hit his 16th of the season. Pujols is now 12 behind Mike Schmidt, 19 behind Manny Ramirez and 23 behind Reggie Jackson. The home run also gave Pujols…

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Rays’ Chris Archer dominates against Seattle

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This time, the Tampa Bay Rays scored three. It felt as if they were running up the score. The Rays won their third game of a four-game set against the Seattle Mariners, succeeding at a time when runs were hard to come by. For instance, the Rays managed only seven runs in the series, and yet the pitching and defense made it stand up. The latest star, again, was pitcher Chris Archer, who is off to a dominant start. Archer,…

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Mariners’ Felix Hernandez shuts down Tampa Bay again

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Sometimes, the other guys can pitch a little, too. The Tampa Bay Rays’ offense was completely shut down by King Felix Hernandez (9-2) of the Seattle Mariners in a 2-1 loss Saturday night that broke the Rays’ four-game winning streak. Hernandez allowed only two hits in seven innings and only three for the game. Seattle, which has been in a horrible slump offensively, didn’t need many runs to beat the Rays. They got the winner on a home run by…

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