Monday, October 13, 2008 - Posts

• Rays bats rock, Garza rolls in Rays Game 3 Victory

  The Rays equaled Game 2's 9 runs, with another 9 runs in game 3.  This time around, the Rays starting pitcher, Matt Garza, made sure it was more than enough. "The home runs were nice, but Garza is the reason we won tonight" said Rays manager Joe Read More posted Monday, October 13, 2008 8:11 PM by deassa | 1 Comments

• Rays Still Rolling

  Jon Lester leaves with 2 out in the 6th.  And the Rays did exactly what they had to against him.  They jumped on him early and never let him off the hook.  The Red Sox were forced to keep him in because their bullpen is Read More posted Monday, October 13, 2008 5:42 PM by alkeck | 0 Comments

• Rays Playing Home Run Derby

  The Rays are doing what few have done to Jon Lester.    They are jumping on the Red Sox lefty for an early lead.    BJ Upton and Evan Longoria have homered to lead the Rays to a 5-0 lead in the third. Read More posted Monday, October 13, 2008 4:21 PM by alkeck | 0 Comments

• What Jon Gruden said on Monday following the Bucs win over Carolina

  HEAD COACH JON GRUDEN (On the win over Carolina) "Again I'd like to say that was a big win. I was really proud of our team. They played with great effort and beat a good team yesterday. We have a tough opponent this week." (On if he would consider using Read More posted Monday, October 13, 2008 2:36 PM by deassa | 1 Comments

• Starting Lineups for Gm 3 ALCS

  Rays Batting Order Iwamura 2B Upton CF Pena 1B Longoria 3B Crawford LF Aybar DH Navarro C Baldelli RF Bartlett SS Garza  P   Red Sox Batting Order Ellsbury CF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Youkilis 3B Drew RF Bay LF Kotsay 1B Varitek Read More posted Monday, October 13, 2008 2:31 PM by alkeck | 0 Comments

• Fenway Frank

  Here's some "frank talk" on the Rays at Fenway.    On paper, Game 3 is not a good matchup.    Yes, the Rays believe they have stolen momentum by winning Game 2 9-8 in 11 innings.    Yes, the Read More posted Monday, October 13, 2008 11:35 AM by alkeck | 0 Comments