Results tagged ‘ Tampa Bay Rays ’

Slow Start

At this moment it feels like the end of world in Red Sox Nation, but with 151 games left that’s hardly the case. It’s not too surprising the Sox have got off to such a slow start. With the exception of Toronto they’ve only played playoff teams’ and Toronto could be headed there this year. I do realize that even with the schedule so far most expected more, but with pitching problems left and right it doesn’t appear that it’ll be resloved quickly. So far my top starter is Felix Doubront, because he hasn’t had a bad outing yet. And the pen isn’t anything special either as Mark Melancon has been nothing short of a disaster and Aceves has struggled so far. Vincete Padilla is the only guy whose shown some level of consistency out of the pen. I think at this point things can only get better, but they need guys to perform how they’ve performed throughout their careers. Any hitting problems will fix themselves, at this all we need to do is fix the pitching.

Rays Rally, Pap Falters, and Sox Playoff Hopes Dashed

This season has certainly had it’s ups and downs, but nothing is worse than going out the way the Sox did. It looked like there’d at least be a one-game playoff, but somehow the Rays pulled off an amazing comeback. Then it appeared the Sox were going to at least tie with the Rays, but with two outs back to back doubles and walk off single killed all hope. Now this Red Sox team will be remembered forever as the team with the biggest collapse in baseball history.

Still Tied

The good news today is that the Red Sox won, but once again the Rays beat the Yankees. Both teams are now 90-71. Tomorrow Jon Lester takes on Alfredo Simon in the Sox-O’s season finale. The Rays have David Price going for them tomorrow, and the Yankees are yet to pick a starter for tomorrow’s game. The Sox should be able to get to Simon rather easily, and if Lester pitches anywhere close to his best the Sox should be fine. In the Yanks-Rays game the Rays will have a huge upper hand thanks to David Price. It appears that the Sox and Rays will tie and play in Tampa on Thursday.

All Tied Up

After tonights 6-3 loss to the Orioles the Red Sox have fallen into a first
place tie with the Rays for the Wild Card. It’s hard to envision the Sox making it to the playoffs now following yet another devastating loss. The Sox are going to have to rely on Erik Bedard and Jon Lester, because they have the offense, but the pitching has struggled mightily all month. Also the Yankees won’t be wasting any of their top pitchers in the final two games of the season so the Rays will probably feast on their young pitchers. Whereas the Orioles are just trying to make their record look a little better and have nothing to lose. If things continue the way they’re going the Sox will stumble through the final two games while the Rays cruise.

Playoff Push

To start off I’d like to apologize for my absence. I was unable to write for the past several weeks.

Now onto the Red Sox. The Sox are doing all they can to make the postseason. Last nights win was a huge lift to the team despite the Rays gaining a game. Also earlier this week the Sox tried to trade for Mets lefty Chris Capuano.  It showed their desperation and lack of faith in rotation. There are reports that they are still trying to bring in another starter to start Wednesday’s season finale, but that appears to be doubtful. So the Sox will have to make due with what they have as they try to fend off the Rays.

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