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4 days ago | 
mlb.com | Adam Berry
TAMPA -- Saturday afternoon began with the threat of rain, turning the inevitable into a reality at George M. Steinbrenner Field: the first official home weather delay in Rays history.
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5 days ago | 
mlb.com | Adam Berry
TAMPA -- It took another strong start, a very strange play and a bases-loaded walk for the Rays to snap their confounding losing streak Friday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Starter Zack Littell delivered six strong innings, Brandon Lowe tied the game with a left-on-left homer in the fourth inning, and the Rays pulled ahead in the sixth on an obstruction call at third base.
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5 days ago | 
mlb.com | Adam Berry
This story was excerpted from Adam Berry's Rays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. TAMPA -- Drew and Stevie Rasmussen met in the fall of 2014 at Oregon State University. Stevie had just moved onto campus, and she was friends with a girl who knew Drew’s roommate. When they first met, Stevie didn’t know Drew was a baseball player.
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5 days ago | 
bvmsports.com | Adam Berry
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5 days ago | 
mlb.com | Adam Berry
TAMPA -- The Rays had their home losing streak on the brink Thursday night, entering the eighth inning with a four-run lead over the Phillies and two of their top late-inning arms ready to close it out. They wound up leaving George M. Steinbrenner Field with one of their most frustrating losses of the season, a 7-6 defeat in 10 innings that was unlike anything the team has ever experienced.
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6 days ago | 
mlb.com | Adam Berry
But the potentially concerning precedent is even more recent in Rays history. Last year, Tampa Bay seemed magnetically pulled to the .500 mark, never straying more than three games over or five games under. The 2024 Rays’ longest winning streak was five games. Their longest losing streak was six games.
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1 week ago | 
mlb.com | Adam Berry
TAMPA -- The Rays lost another key reliever to the injured list on Tuesday, but they avoided a potential scare with one of their most important players and should get another big part of their lineup back soon. Right-hander Hunter Bigge has been placed on the 15-day IL due to a right lat strain, the Rays announced before Tuesday’s series opener against the Phillies at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The club recalled reliever Cole Sulser from Triple-A Durham to take Bigge’s place in the bullpen.
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1 week ago | 
mlb.com | Adam Berry
This story was excerpted from Adam Berry's Rays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. TAMPA -- Six weeks later, it’s almost hard to believe the Rays ended Spring Training with concerns about their defense, long a foundational piece of their run-prevention machine. According to Sports Info Solutions’ defensive runs saved, the Rays have been the best defensive team in baseball this season.
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1 week ago | 
mlb.com | Adam Berry
NEW YORK -- Momentum has been hard to come by for the Rays so far this season. They started the season 4-1 then lost their next four games. They sandwiched a five-game winning streak between a 1-6 stretch and a four-game skid. They ended that frustrating stretch by coming back to win Saturday’s game against the Yankees then jumping out to an early lead Sunday afternoon and winning the series finale, 7-5.
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1 week ago | 
mlb.com | Adam Berry
Mientras Peraza se ponía de pie, Simpson corrió desde la tercera base hasta el plato, deslizándose para anotar mucho antes de que el tiro rebotara en el montículo hacia el receptor J.C. Escarra. Según Statcast, Simpson alcanzó una velocidad de sprint de 31.3 pies por segundo, que está por encima de la marca de 30 pies/segundo que se considera élite. NUEVA YORK -- Con su velocidad élite, Chandler Simpson puede convertir incluso las jugadas de rutina en algo especial.
