Tampa Bay Rays
Tampa Bay Rays
59-42, 1st East
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Meche battles sweat, pitches Royals over Rays
Meche battles sweat, pitches Royals over Rays
JOHN MARSHALL,
Jul 25, 2008
Gil Meche's arms and hands were coated with sweat, his rhythm completely off from spending so much time trying to dry off. It took three innings, but Meche finally overcame the sweating -- and started pitching. Meche threw seven scoreless innings after a sweaty, shaky start and John Buck drove in two runs, helping the Kansas City Royals hold off Tampa Bay 4-2 on Thursday night to extend the AL... ...More |
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Rays Team Report
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Rays Team Report Jul 25, 2008
The Rays' lack of offense is worsening.
Following a 4-2 loss to lowly Kansas City on Thursday, the Rays have scored only 36 runs in their last 14 games and hit .210, including 13-for-99 (.131) with runners in scoring position.
Manager Joe Maddon said it is a matter of approach.
"I think everybody's trying to get it done all at once," Maddon said. "Let's see if we could bunch some hits up and get more on a line and hard on the ground as opposed to flyballs. ... More than anything, I'd just like to see us get back to our line-drive approach, and it's going to happen."
What made it even more frustrating Thursday was that they had their chances early against Royals starter Gil Meche. ...More |
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| Scores & Schedule |
| Last Five Games |
| Sun, Jul 20 | Toronto | L 4-9 | | Mon, Jul 21 | Oakland | W 4-0 | | Tue, Jul 22 | Oakland | L 1-8 | | Wed, Jul 23 | Oakland | W 4-3 | | Thu, Jul 24 | at Kansas City | L 2-4 |
| Next Five Games |
| Fri, Jul 25 | at Kansas City | 8:10 pm | | Sat, Jul 26 | at Kansas City | 7:10 pm | | Sun, Jul 27 | at Kansas City | 2:10 pm | | Mon, Jul 28 | at Toronto | 7:07 pm | | Tue, Jul 29 | at Toronto | 7:07 pm |
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