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Rays Lose 5-4 as Yankees Slug Three Homeruns

ST PETERSBURG FL - JULY 31:  Outfielder Carl Crawford #13 of the Tampa Bay Rays steals his 400th career base as shortstop Derek Jeter #2 of the New York Yankees is late with the tag during the game at Tropicana Field on July 31 2010 in St. Petersburg Florida.  (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)

And I'm spent. I think my body has been dosed with so many waves of adrenaline today, I'm exhausted. From the moment I woke up today, there's been non-stop drama with the Rays - first they traded for Qualls in the early hours of the morning, then they were involved in numerous rumors right up to the trade deadline, then they play an epic back-and-forth classic against the Yankees, then they fall short in the ninth inning, and then they announce they're calling up Jeremy Hellickson from the minors. My body doesn't know if I'm coming or going at this point. That's it, tap me out.

In his first start since his no-hitter, Matt Garza pitched well, going seven strong innings while striking out nine, walking one, and only letting up five hits. He threw mainly fastballs again, but he still generated swinging strikes on 8.25% of his pitches. The problem was, two of those five hits were homeruns, including one two-run homerun. On each occasion, those homeruns allowed the Yankees to come back and tie the game up.

Offensively, John Jaso and Carl Crawford led the charge for the Rays. Jaso went 3-4 with two doubles and a triple, while Carl had two hits and stole the 400th base of his career. Oh, and Matt Joyce crushed a solo homerun - it was one of the hardest hit homeruns I've seen all season - that put the Rays ahead in the sixth inning, but that's nothing new.

In the end, the game came down to one bad pitch. In the ninth inning with the score tied, Rafael Soriano came in to hold the Yankees down, but with Robinson Cano at the plate, he threw a low and inside fastball that caught just a bit too much of the plate. Boom stick, homerun. After that, it was Mariano Rivera and game over. The Rays played well but came up just short; hopefully they'll be able to finish off the series with a win tomorrow as Shields and Sabathia face off.

Odds are, there will be more roster moves coming up shortly (even potentially by game time on Sunday), so rest up and reload the system. We're in for another bumpy ride.

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Today has been a weird day

It gives me a couple of ideas to write about for Wednesday.

PIZZA?!?

by Transplanted on Aug 1, 2010 12:15 AM EDT reply actions  

2-1

Trades, games, call ups. A lot is going on indeed. Let’s win this series!

by hans k on Aug 1, 2010 2:21 AM EDT reply actions  

I think alot of people though tthe yanks would come in and trounce us..

Were giving them all they can handle. Lets take care of business in game 3..

by BOHICA_ALEast on Aug 1, 2010 5:07 AM EDT reply actions  

Who thought that?

That’s idiotic. The Rays are 25 games or whatever over .500 and playing at home. No Yankee fan or media person that I know thought that at all.

by ChrisSimmsSpleen on Aug 1, 2010 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions  

That's the vibe I got

From the national outlets. There always a lingering doubt whether the rays will hold on or fade back. Of course they all want sox and yankees in this tight race

by BOHICA_ALEast on Aug 1, 2010 10:02 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

A really, really fun series to watch so far. It feels like playoff baseball between the 2 best teams in the league.

Not my cat. My cat isn't fat like that. I use to have a fat maine coon though.

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by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 1, 2010 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

It has been an awesome series so far from a baseball perspective

A walkoff win for the Rays tonight would probably be about perfect.

by ChrisSimmsSpleen on Aug 1, 2010 9:03 AM EDT reply actions  

Does my eye deceive me

or does Soriano look more hittable than he did earlier in the season? No, I’m not saying that b/c of the homerun. His velocity seems down. Everyone talked about that amazing double play to end the game last week, but no on mentinoned that we needed the double play b/c Sori had the bases full with one out.

So, does anyone else feel a little nervous about him or should I just relax?

Regressing to the mean streets of St. Pete

by stpetelawyer on Aug 1, 2010 9:16 AM EDT reply actions  

Both

Soriano is good so don’t expect constant greatness.

Go Gators!!

by matthan on Aug 1, 2010 9:32 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

Why was Aybar running in the 9th?

It wouldn’t have made a difference but isn’t that quite possibly the most obvious PR situation in the world?

Go Gators!!

by matthan on Aug 1, 2010 9:31 AM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Thin bench

Kapler was the only guy left. We gave up the DH so you want to keep a pinch hitter available

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by FreeZorilla on Aug 1, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions  

Don't look for a call up today unless it's Pena on the DL

With Sabathia on the hill, Joe can’t resist the immortal greatness of Gabe Kapler

by sternfan1 on Aug 1, 2010 9:51 AM EDT reply actions  

I haven't been very complimentary towards Shields

but God bless with that 4A line up Joe put out there for offensive support today

Sure glad we didn’t need anything yesterday at the deadline

by sternfan1 on Aug 1, 2010 12:24 PM EDT reply actions  

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