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20 hours ago | draysbay.com | Ashley MacLennan

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images In a very citrus-infused weekend series, and with a very unusual start time for a Friday game, the Rays invited the Marlins to town. Edward Cabrera was on the mound for the Marlins, while Zack Littell got the nod for the Rays. It was a blistering hot day in the Florida sun, and certainly everyone was hoping to power through this one. Though, as Drew Rasmussen observed, “We’re getting used to it.”The Marlins went 1-2-3 in the top of the first.

3 days ago | draysbay.com | Daniel Russell

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images This game was two completely different viewing experiences. For the first five innings it was a pitcher’s duel, and despite an inconsistent strike zone, it was Drew Rasmussen who came out ahead. He struck out eight batters over five scoreless innings, bringing his stretch of strong outings to 23 innings without a run allowed. The Rangers could not touch his fastball, with Rasmussen locating it all around the zone and fooling batters left and right.

3 days ago | draysbay.com | Daniel Russell

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3 days ago | draysbay.com | Adam Sanford

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Fresh off of a series split with the Houston Astros, the Tampa Bay Rays travel back home to Tampa where they’ll take on the other team from the Lone Star State, the Texas Rangers in a three game set. The Rays enter play on Tuesday with a 30-29 record and have won seven of their last 10; they are 6.5 games back of the New York Yankees for the division lead and 2 games back in the Wild Card chase.

5 days ago | draysbay.com | Darby Robinson

Thomas Shea-Imagn Images Coming into this Sunday matchup the Rays were playing with house money. Already securing the series split on the road vs a good Astros team in Houston. After they were able to get to Hunter Brown back in Tampa under a sweltering sun, the young Cy Young candidate was not going to be an easy task to topple twice. And well, Brown was...good is a strong word. How about Brown was effectively wild? At one point Brown had thrown 40 strikes and 40 balls.