Hey guys!
I know that I didn't write about the game last night, I couldn't find the time. But I'm going to write about both of the games for the past two days against the Brewers so lets get started.
Last night was game two of the three game series in which the Rays would take on the Brewers. Once again, the entire Rays team couldn't hit squat. They didn't even sniff the ball most of the game. It was very ugly, and dissapointing. Four. That was the number of hits last night, as the Rays lost their four-game win streak, 5-1. Sure, Greinke pitched very well. But doesn't it seem really superstitious to you that Rays can't hit when Helickson pitches. It's very unusual to see, but and it's just so odd that it continues. At the end of the day Helickson walks away with a loss and six innings pitched. He actually pitched very well; he only allowed two runs, but he only had three K's and four BB's. No matter how good he pitched, your not going to win a ball game with four hits and one run. That's not how you win ball games. Now on the other end, Greinke pitched seven innings and had ten K's with a goose egg in the base on balls column. Jaso had the best game at the plate hitting for the Rays in the seven spot -- he went 2-4 with the Rays only RBI of the game. Upton scored the only run of the game for the Rays.
For every game I decided Im going to start doing a good, bad, and ugly segment. But I decided to change one thing, the Great, the good, the bad, and the ugly. This way I dont have to have 2 bad things and one good thing, it can always be even.
The Great: Jeremy Helickson- The kid continues to bring his A-Game, day in and day out. Today he just couldn't get the run support. Eventually his record will start to show for itself how talented he is.
The Good: John Jaso- It's good to see a guy like Jaso have a good game. I think I am starting to come around on him too after all.
The Bad- Reid Brignac- He goes 0-3 in this game, and boy does it show in his Batting Average. He is hitting a whimpy .177 on the year. That is completely awful.
The Ugly- Evan Longoria- I know it is just one game, and he probably doesn't deserve "the ugly" spot, but he continues to have awful games like this. This isn't the Longoria we all know: It's not the two time Gold Glove winner, this is not the three time All-Star, and this is certainly not a Silver Slugger. He needs to step it up, and he needs to step it up quickly because he is a major part of this team.
After that game the Rays relaly needed to bounce back, if they want to stay competitive in the AL East they can't be going on losing streaks. With Rays top pitcher David Price on the mound, the Rays couldn't afford to lose again. The game started looking like DP (David Price) was going to have an awful game on the mound: the Brewers scored two runs in the first inning. Then the .193 hitting Kelly Shoppach stepped up the the plate in the top of the second inning ,with Casey Kotchman on, and blasted a two-run homerun to even the game up. The next couple innings Rays would get men on but couldn't score, then in the 6th inning the Rays got on top with a BJ Upton single, bringing in Sean Rodriguez. The bottom of the lineup came up big all day, including a three-run homerun that was absolutely crushed by Elliot Johnson. It flew past the Brewers bullpen and into the middle of the stands in right field, 402 feet. Brewers attempted a comeback in the 9th inning, but it was too much. The Rays take this game along with the series, 6-3.
The Great- Kelly Shoppach- Why was this performance so great? He went 1-3 and scored two times, along with a homerun. I mean what a game for a guy that is hitting .194.
The Good- David Price- Pitching eight innings with ten K's and only one walk, almost got him the great spot. But I couldn't give it to him since he was an AL Cy Yuong contender. But it was a great game that he pitched and hopefully he can keep getting this kind of run support.
Runner-up - Elliot Johnson
The Bad- Kyle Farnsworth- What is this? He lets three straight hits and a run. There was nothing else I could find that was really bad in this game, so I had to go after this.
The VERY VERY Ugly- Evan Longoria- He has now gone a total of 0-8 in the last 2 games, with two strikeouts and 0 base on balls.
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