Marc Topkin
Baseball Writer at Tampa Bay Times
Marc Topkin has covered the Rays for the Tampa Bay Times (formerly St. Petersburg Times) and http://t.co/8QlAF2xl since, well, forever.
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1 week ago |
tampabay.com | Marc Topkin
TAMPA — The Rays couldn’t pick up on Tuesday where they left off. That sizzling offense that posted 16 runs on Monday and had scored 34 over the last four games? Held to four runs and seven hits by Walker Buehler and three relievers. That four-game run of dazzling starting pitching, in which they allowed only two earned runs over 22 innings? Ryan Pepiot gave up runs in each of the first four innings, six total, and had to battle just to get to the sixth inning.
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1 week ago |
orlandosentinel.com | Marc Topkin
TAMPA - Joe Boyle did everything the Rays could have wanted and more Sunday after being called up from Triple A, throwing five-plus hitless innings against the Braves. But that didn't have any impact on the Rays' plan to send him right back to Durham, which they formally did Monday, replacing him with reliever Eric Orze. Boyle was summoned so the rest of the starters could get an extra day's rest in the middle of an early-season stretch of games on 13 straight days.
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1 week ago |
tampabay.com | Marc Topkin
TAMPA — Zack Littell’s results have not been very good, evidenced by an ugly pitching line for that includes a majors-most three losses, an American League-high five homers, a 6.88 ERA and 18 hits allowed in 17 innings. Littell allowed one run over six innings in a tough-luck loss to Colorado on March 29, gave up five runs over seven innings at Texas on April 4, and got knocked out after four-plus innings by the Angels on Thursday, giving up seven runs, including four homers.
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1 week ago |
tampabay.com | Marc Topkin
TAMPA — Walker Buehler and two Red Sox relievers found a way to cool down the red-hot Rays. A day after the Rays rang up 16 runs and rapped four homers among 16 hits, Buehler and friends made it look like they took the day off in a 7-4 Boston win. The Rays managed three hits off Buehler in his five innings, and just seven for the night, in dropping to 8-9.
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1 week ago |
miamiherald.com | Marc Topkin
TAMPA - Monday's outburst forced a slight re-framing of this story, required some recalculations of the stats and mandated this caveat be added:No, the Rays offense is not that good to score in double digits daily as it did in the 16-1 series-opening victory over the Red Sox. But back to the original premise. Though there have been some frustrating situations, the early signs have been encouraging that the offense is better and, perhaps more importantly, operating differently than last year.
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#Rays Littell misses his spots, and #Angels make him pay loudly. Plus notes on Bradley vs. #Braves, Palacios progress, dubious achievement, more https://t.co/f7fyTX2HVX
RT @TBTimes_Rays: #Rays get blasted by power show, as #Angels hit 6 homers https://t.co/ZVGIRkUC7r
Wrote about Tampa Bay’s other pro team that had its stadium damaged by a hurricane, and how excited #Rowdies are to return to Al Lang Stadium on Saturday https://t.co/Xpop5tT9L9