Well I wasn’t able to watch the game live today, so I knew the outcome before I sat down to watch it tonight. The bad news is the Rays lost, the good news is I don’t have to subject my three readers to any more terrible poems! Also it’s way better to fast forward a game that Chien-Ming Wang is pitching.
It was a pitchers game. Wang was really on today and the Rays were barely able to get anything going against him. Shields pitched well too. He got out of most of the jams he was in, but couldn’t stop Matsui’s hot bat. The relief pitchers for both teams were superb.
BJ Upton had a couple of great plays in center. One of my favorite things to watch in baseball is when an outfielder guns out a runner, and BJ threw a missile to third today to get Betemit.
The Rays started to get something going in the 5th when Riggans hit a double play ball and Robinson Cano tried to hot dog it with one hand but completely missed it. So the Rays have men on first and third, at which point there is a total miscommunication on a squeeze play and Aybar gets tagged out on his way home. A major lost opportunity.
They also had a chance against Joba Chamberlin in the 7th. Wang gave up singles to Floyd and Hinske, so there were men on the corners. Riggans hit a hard line drive, but it was right to Cano at second and Hinske got doubled up at first. Big fat bummer. The Rays lose 0-2.
Let’s hope tomorrow they can light up Mussina and take the series.
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Thanks, you’re too kind!