mvn.com - 7/4/2009
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The best offense in the Majors is in a little rut now. The Rays have scored only one run in their past two games and haven't scored more than five runs since last Friday. Opposing teams are now trying to avoid giving the Rays many fastballs and have really started to throw some off speed pitches ...
Texas Sweeps Rays
tbsportsblog.com 7/6/2009 —
Entering the holiday weekend, the Rays came in as one of the hottest teams in baseball. When it was over, the Texas Rangers were in first place and the Rays fell further behind in both the AL East Divisional race and the AL wildcard chase.
Texas swept Tampa Bay by silencing the red hot ...
Price Out Of Rays Rotation?
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 6/26/2009 — "Scott Kazmir likely will make his first start in more than a month this weekend against Florida, and manager Joe Maddon faces a decision on whether Andy Sonnanstine, rookie David Price or Jeff Niemann will be moved to the bullpen or minor leagues. Price has lost his last two starts and seems ...
Lithe Lefties Lift Lesser League Leaders
walkoffwalk.com 7/5/2009 — There are many excellent pitchers plying their trade on this Fourth of July. Studs like Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum go today while upstarts like Tommy Hanson and Edwin Jackson pitch tonight amidst much praise and attention. But one match up in ...
Simplicity is the New Key For David Price
seamheads.com 7/10/2009 — As David Price, the prophesied mega star of the Tampa Bay Rays starting rotation, took the mound for a Thursday day game against the Toronto Blue Jays, it became known that he had underwent absolutely no strategical preparation for the start. Price had ignored every scouting report made ...
All Things Rays - What to Watch in Texas
raysallday.com 7/3/2009 —
The holiday weekend takes the Rays to Arlington to take on the Texas Rangers. Scott Kazmir makes his second start since coming off the DL. His opponent will be rookie RHP Tommy Hunter, who is making his third start of the season. He is 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA. That’s much improved ...
All Things Rays - What to Watch Today
raysallday.com 6/28/2009 —
The Rays close out the homestand this afternoon as the go for a sweep of the Florida Marlins. The Rays will send David Price to the mound to face Andrew Miller who is 2-3 with a 4.17 ERA. He’s coming off a nice start against the Baltimore Orioles when he gave up one run on one hit in ...
Time To Put Up Or Shut Up For The Rays
myteamrivals.typepad.com 7/10/2009 — Even with an outstanding outing by pitcher David Price against what many consider to be the best pitcher in baseball, Roy Halliday of the Blue Jays, the Rays still have some questions to answer. Can their offensive play be consistent enough to carry them back into the playoffs? Can their ...
‘Definitely a chance’ Kazmir back this week
tboblogs.com 6/24/2009 — The reviews on Scott Kazmir’s start last night in Durham were unanimously positive, from the pitcher himself to coach Brian Anderson, who was there (and DROVE back to Tampa 11 hours overnight with his fellow lefty) to the reports Joe Maddon and ...
Rays Pitching Taking Beating - What's Next?
myteamrivals.typepad.com 7/5/2009 — I realize that I am a nobody when it comes to baseball. The big leagues could care less what monkeys like me think about their management skills or the lack there of. But it still amazes me that the Rays seem content to lose games this season to allow players like David Price to play on the big ...
Rays Pitching Still The Big Question
myteamrivals.typepad.com 6/29/2009 — Of all the questions surrounding this young Rays team the biggest still has to be the pitching. Just a few days ago the Rays activated Scott Kazmir from the disabled list after missing 32 games with a right quadriceps strain. To make room they moved down Andy Sonnanstine to Durham in lieu of ...
Rangers 12, Rays 4 —
NYT > Baseball 7/5/2009
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Andruw Jones homered and drove in four runs, Michael Young added a three-run double and the Texas Rangers roughed up David Price to win their fourth in a row, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 12-4 Saturday night.