Wow. Not good.
The Tampa Bay Rays lost their fourth in a row last night, a rain-delayed 12-7 battering in Cleveland. I wrote yesterday that it was a Big Game, that in light of recent setbacks and injuries, the Rays needed to right the ship. Fast. They didn't get it done.
The Rays apparently looked lackluster an dispirited in the loss. I say apparently because, suffering from sports-viewing overload, I only caught a portion of an inning last night. It was all I needed to see.
Third inning. Starter Andy Sonnanstine was allowing his first-inning 5-0 lead ito disappear. It was like the Indians were having batting practice, as if they were hitting balls, tennis-style, into 10-foot squares. Four hits, three runs. Indians 8, Rays 6.
This article appears in May 27 – Jun 2, 2009.