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Rays’ Matt Moore has another good outing in win over Yankees

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Matt Moore continues to take up where his 2015 season left off. Moore, the pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, threw 3 2/3 innings of shutout ball against the New York Yankees Saturday in a 2-1 victory. He struck out three without walking a batter and retired the last nine batters he faced. “I just filled up the zone pretty well. And that kind of gets back to the relationship [catcher] Curt Casali and I have, as far as the visual…

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Tampa Bay’s errors helps lose lead to Pirates in Spring game

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The Tampa Bay Rays started their eighth inning Friday with gifts. After that, it was Gift. Gift Ngoepe singled home the tie-breaking run in the eight, his heroics coming after two throwing errors in a three-run inning by the Pirates. Tampa Bay fell to 4-6 on the spring. Taylor Motter had a home run and a double for the Rays, giving the team a 3-1 lead going into the eighth. Jake Odorizzi held the Pirates to three hits and two…

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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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As Rays begin spring training play, there are questions to answer

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The Tampa Bay Rays begin to tackle their questions Wednesday afternoon. The Rays play their first preseason game Wednesday against the Nationals at Charlotte Sports Park. Game time is 1:05 p.m. For the Rays, not a lot is certain about the coming season. Tampa Bay is coming off an injury-plagued season it finished 80-82. Among the questions: Will Chris Archer, the ace of the staff, be a bigger winner this year? He was only 12-13 last year, and he is…

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St. Petersburg should move its elections back to the Spring, but when exactly?

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The numbers do not lie: in March of 2001, more than 34% of voters turnout to choose the Mayor of St. Petersburg. 34% is not an especially impressive showing, but it’s certainly better than the 26% who turned-out earlier this month. And that was for a Mayoral Election. Consider the numbers when the Mayoral Race is not on the top of the ballot. In 2001, a paltry 12.77% took part in the city’s elections. By 2007, the number had fallen…

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