DRaysBay Aug 31, 2019
Rays 9, Indians 6: Cleveland gets stung by the Rays
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Phamtastic! Choiful! So-good! d’Aruneed a new pun for Travis. The Rays sure did end August in style. They know every game counts right now, and in spite of an early lead from the Indians, the team hustled to head into September with a heck of an outing. Diego Castillo opened the game and it was a somewhat rough inning and a third, giving up a two-run homer to Carlos Santana that scored Santana and Mercado. The pitching platoon was handed over to Jalen Beeks in the second, ostensibly for him to be the bulk guy, but he carried about as much bulk as pre-super...
DRaysBay Aug 29, 2019
View from the Catwalk: Free Falling...
Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The Rays will look to snap their four game losing streak this afternoon Last night, the Tampa Bay Rays blew two separate leads against the Houston Astros as Ryan Yarbrough was unable to keep the Astros offense at bay with a 3-0 lead, surrendering three runs in the forth. Later, after the Rays took a 4-3 lead in the 7th, Diego Castillo would give up three runs of his own to give Houston a 6-4 advantage. Oliver Drake yielded two runs in the 8th. Willy Adames continued his stellar campaign away from Tropicana Field with a two run shot in the 9th, but it was...
DRaysBay Aug 21, 2019
View from the Catwalk: Rays fall into tie for second Wild Card spot
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The Rays are now tied with Oakland for the second AL Wild Card spot The Tampa Bay Rays lost for the second night in a row to the Seattle Mariners last night as the Mariners tallied seven runs en route to a 7-4 victory. Diego Castillo surrendered a two run first inning home run to Kyle Seager. The Rays were able to put up two runs in the second to tie the game and then two more in the fourth to take a 4-2 lead, but that would be it for the offense and Seattle would come storming back over the next several frames to take the lead and eventual victory. Jalen...
DRaysBay Aug 20, 2019
Rays 4, Mariners 7: Rays drop game and series
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Ugh. It was supposed to be a better day today. After a rough go in last night’s ballgame, the Rays were supposed to bounce back, even the series, and then pull out the series win with another victory tomorrow afternoon. That’s what the Rays are supposed to do against teams like this right? Well, ideally, yes. But not this time. Things went awry almost immediately when opener Diego Castillo surrendered a two run homer to the red hot Kyle Seager in the top of the first. After a scoreless bottom half, the Rays tied the game in the 2nd off Mariners bulk guy...
DRaysBay Aug 20, 2019
View from the Catwalk: Battle of the openers cometh
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Brendan McKay was optioned after yesterday’s rough outing It was not in ideal outcome in last night’s series opener against the Seattle Mariners. Rookie left-hander Brendan McKay allowed seven runs to score in just two innings of work. But as we already know, in baseball, there is (usually) always tomorrow, and the Rays will try and get things back on track tonight with Diego Castillo on the hill as tonight’s opener. In other news, Rays selected the contract of Hoby Milner to add a fresh arm to the 25 man team: #Rays select the contract of Hoby Milner...
