Tampa Bay Rays’ woes continued last night in Cleveland; condition growing dire
May 28, 2009 at 12:33 pm by Eric SniderWow. 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.
Insult to injury was when Ben Franscisco singled to drive in a run. Earlier he blasted a 3-run homer. Francisco’s night raised his average to .255, and furthered his mind-boggling dominance of Sonnanstine. Francisco, an outfielder who hits in the 8th slot, is a career 8 for 9 with FIVE homeruns against Sonnanstine. There must be a MLB record in there somewhere.
I just checked and the Rays are tied 0-0 with the Indians in the bottom of the second. Needless to say, they need to find a way to win this one.
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