DRaysBay May 13, 2022
Rays 5 Blue Jays 2: A great team win
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Today’s game was a great pitcher’s duel, which may not be evident from the final score. Both Kevin Gausman and Drew Rasmussen were on their game — both avoiding walks and deep counts, with Gausman depending more on whiffs and strikeouts and Rasmussen managing to get a lot of playable ground balls. In some ways the difference maker was defense. The Rays was really sharp and the Blue Jays much less so, even though the box score will show that each team had one error. In the first inning the teams exchanged zeros, for the Rays helped by...
DRaysBay May 8, 2022
Rays 8, Mariners 2: Extremely Lowe’d and Not All That Close
Photo by Steph Chambers/ A two homer day for Lowe, and Margot-ing going gone With five wins on this West Coast trip already in the bag, the Rays hoped to shore up a series win against the Mariners. To do so, they sent Washington native Drew Rasmussen to the hill to square off against Marco Gonzales. First pitch is a half hour earlier tonight. Stay up with us, won’t you? pic.twitter.com/xicozYCsoL— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 8, 2022 Saturday Night Lineup pic.twitter.com/9e9MAN4Z38— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) May 7, 2022 Both teams got the no...
DRaysBay May 3, 2022
Rays 6, A’s 1: Dominant win starts the series off right
Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/ Rays pitching tossed seven (!) 1-2-3 innings while the offense recorded 11 hits, starting the series off on the right note. The Rays are in Oakland to begin a three-game series in Silicon Valley. Drew Rasmussen gets the start against A’s righty Daulton Jefferies. Tonight! Don't miss an all new ep. of airing on @BallySportsFL pic.twitter.com/5FGI6ZCuFg— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 2, 2022 Yandy Diaz led this game off and started it the same way he did the 2019 AL Wild Card game, with a leadoff home...
DRaysBay Apr 27, 2022
Rays 3, Mariners 2: That got too close for comfort
Photo by Mike Carlson/ The Rays don’t love a game unless it’s a one-run game. If you had told me a month ago that Drew Rasmussen would pitch six full innings of two-hit baseball I probably would have believed you, but also I would have bee thinking “dang, Rays, whatcha doing?” And lo and behold here we are, and it’s what happened. Rasmussen appeared in twenty games for the Rays last season for a total of 59 innings, and in ten of those games he was used sparingly as a starter. It would appear that Rasmussen’s efforts to expand his pitch repertoire are...
