Rays Vs. Rangers: Tampa Bay Takes Series, Price Finally Defeats Texas

The Tampa Bay Rays won 5-2 on Sunday Night. It took ten tries, but David Price has finally beaten the Texas Rangers - at primetime in their own ballpark, no less. Price went 6 1/3 with 6 strikeouts, 6 hits and only 1 walk, allowing only two runs to score. That's a 2.67 ERA.

Meanwhile the Rays offense played like a playoff team. Ben Zobrist had three hits, including a triple, and Jeff Keppinger, DH Luke Scott, Sean Rodriguez, Mr. Zobrist, and Desmond Jennings (who also tripled) all plated runners.

In relief, the one-two punch of Joel "look at my biceps" Peralta and Fernando "archerman" Rodney got the job done.* Joel Peralta took over for Price and shut down the Rangers through the seventh and eighth innings, striking out 3 of 5 (!) batters faced. Fernando Rodney then struggled, including a hit, a hit-by-pitch, and an error that loaded the bases on two outs, but he convinced Ian Kinsler to tap one back to the mound, and Rodney was back to arrow slinging with his 7th save in as many chances.

The Rays return home today, and James Shields will greet King Felix and the Seattle Mariners at 7:10.

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*Rodney shoots an invisible bow and arrow after he earns a save, and Peralta's right bicep on his throwing arm is massive. Working on nicknames to reflect these realities. Let me know if you've got something better.

Rays Vs. Rangers Final Score: Tampa Bay Defeats Texas 5-2

The Tampa Bay Rays avenged their Saturday loss to the Texas Rangers with a win on Sunday in Arlington to take the series.

Tampa rode the hot bat of Ben Zobrist who had three hits in his four plate appearances and was a homerun short of completing the cycle in the game. B.J. Upton and Jeff Keppinger had two hits apiece and as a team, the Rays had a total of 11 hits in the game.

David Price went six and one-third innings in the game giving up six hits while striking out six Rangers batters and walking one.

For Texas, they were just never able to get things going offensively against Tampa's pitching. Things did get exciting in the bottom of the ninth inning and Texas found themselves batting with the bases loaded and two outs. But Yorvit Torrealba was unable to come away with the big hit, leaving the Rangers to go just one for eight with runners in scoring position in the game.

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Rays Vs. Rangers Score Update: Tampa Bay Leads Texas 4-2

The Tampa Bay Rays are ahead on the Texas Rangers through five innings by a score of 4-2.

The Rays Ben Zobrist is currently chasing down a cycle in the ball game already going 2-2 and registering a triple and double. Zobrist, Jeff Keppinger, Luke Scott and Sean Rodriguez all have RBI's thus far for Tampa. David Price started on the mound for Tampa and has struck out five Rangers batters through the first five innings.

For Texas, offense has been hard to come. Josh Hamilton has one hit and RBI on a ground ball to right field that allowed Elvis Andrus to score in the first inning and Yorvit Torrealba scored on an Andrus grounder in the bottom of the fifth. On the mound for the Rangers is Derek Holland who hasn't fared very well against the bats of Tampa.

He's walked one and struck out seven Rays batters, but has also given up just as many hits and of course, the four earned runs.

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Rays Vs. Rangers Preview: Tampa Bay Looks To Win Rubber Match

After a tough loss to the Texas Rangers Saturday in Arlington, the Tampa Bay Rays will look to get back on the right track and secure a series win on the road in a nationally televised game Sunday night.

For the Rays, David Price will take to the mound in his first start since throwing a complete-game shutout against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on April 24, the second of his career. Price has been stellar so far in 2012, compiling a record of 3-1 while posting an ERA of 2.62.

His opponent will be Derek Holland who will be trying to rebound off of a tough start on Monday against the New York Yankees where he allowed seven runs and nine hits in six innings in a 7-4 loss.

First pitch is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. and the game will be broadcasted nationally on ESPN for their weekly Sunday Night Baseball telecast.

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Rays Vs. Rangers: Texas Rangers Starter Colby Lewis Keeps Rays' Bats Quiet

On Friday night, the Tampa Bay Rays looked pretty comfortable against the American League-leading Texas Rangers, cruising to an 8-4 win. But on Saturday night, they couldn't hit Colby Lewis, who kept the Rays' bats at bay, allowing just three hits and one run over the first six innings.

Tampa Bay never did get going at the plate, but Texas did and knocked in four runs during the bottom of the seventh inning to cap off a 7-2 win at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

The Ray's starter Jeff Nieman performed rather admirably, giving three runs and three walks over five and two-thirds innings. He hasn't pitched more than six innings in any start this season.

The loss ended Tampa Bay's six-game winning. The rubber-match is scheduled for Sunday at 8 p.m. EST on ESPN.

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Rays Vs: Rangers: Evan Longoria's Big Blast Leads Tampa Bay Over Texas

The Rays jumped out to an 4-0 lead and never looked back as they defeated the Texas Rangers, 8-4 Friday night.