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Game 44 - Rays vs. Cardinals
By Jessica | May 18, 2008
Walk this way….
The Rays lost another tough one today in the bottom of the ninth. Tampa 4 - St. Louis 5. So they couldn’t take advantage of this series and they are now one game behind Boston. That’s not a very uplifting sentence, is it. I guess it’s such a bummer because the Cardinals didn’t beat the Rays the Rays did. They walked nine Cardinal batters. NINE.
Maybe the pitchers didn’t feel comfortable in their practice jerseys. Why were they wearing those?
Jackson actually had a pretty good day. He worked himself out of trouble several times. When he left the game in the 6th the Cardinals didn’t have any runs, although he was charged with one earned run later.
The Rays scored in the second when Longo doubled, and then Hinske doubled to bring him in. One minor detail though, Hinske was thrown out trying to stretch that to a double, which sucks because Navi doubled too and Hinske would have scored. Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda!
Longo looked kinda humorous when he lost a fly ball in the sun. Still love him though, even if that really called for another Alex Rodriguez comparison. Did I tell you guys that I saw Alex at Clearwater Beach last weekend. He walked right by me. Seriously.
The Rays scored again in the third when Aki Locked and Loaded doubled, Crawford moved him over to 3rd and BJ doubled him home. 2-0 Rays.
Top of 5th - Zobrist doubles, steals third and then scores on the over throw. His wife is really cute too. 3-0 Rays.
Bottom of 5th - Jackson had a couple of walks, but worked through a bases loaded jam.
Top of 6th - Jackson has a couple more walks. Then gets a fly out. Howell in relief walks another. Bases loaded. Base hit scores one. 3-1 Rays. Bases still loaded. Big strike out. Then in steps Albert Pujols, but he grounds out to the pitcher. Major catastrophe avoided right there.
In the bottom of the 7th Wheeler came in and gave up a first pitch homerun! To Ludwick! The same guy who hit the walk-off homerun last night. Oy Vey. 3-2 Rays.
Top 8th - Carl Crawford goes yard. Groovy. 4-2 Rays.
Bottom 8th - Wheeler comes back in and walks one. Miller comes in and walks one. Sac bunt moves runners. Base hit scores 2. Tie ball game folks. Reyes gets a nice out on Pujols. Intentional walk Ludwick. Unintentional walk. Bases loaded. Duncan flied out. Ugh, another catastrophe avoided.
Bottom 9th - I can’t even imagine the comments on the message boards when Glover comes in to pitch the ninth. He walks the first batter. Again not recommended. Strikes out the pitcher trying to bunt. Base hit that Longo makes a great stop on. 1st and 2nd one out. Fly ball deep to left, Carl can’t make the play. Ballgame. Glover not a closer, shocker.
Okay time for the boys to regroup. I think someone already mentioned this but it’s kind of cool that we even worry about losing two games now. Let’s hope they can get back to winning series. Go Rays!!
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May 18th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
so A-Rod had a chance to flirt with the one-and-only and he choked didn’t he? That guy always chokes under pressure.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:57 am
I’m not his type. He’s into the she-males I hear.