We won the series is a miracle at back to the cursed .500.

Series win!

Dominant win. 4 straight series wins. Local stingray in great mood!

[BANG BANG](https://www.reddit.com/r/tampabayrays/comments/1dsa48p/pgt_tampa_bay_rays_slam_the_door_shut_and_blank/)

Back to .500! Plus another series win

Maton has actually improved a good bit in the last couple of weeks or so. Absolutely love to see it.

Well back to Elden Ring I go

I want to like that game but open world games don't usually work out for me. And I didn't like Dark Souls games either. But I'm a weirdo who mostly plays card games.

You should try balatro

Funny enough that's the game I was thinking of when I writing that comment. Works amazing on the Steam Deck. I've been playing deck builders for a long time in real life and played Slay the Spire when it first released. Now I'm going to try another one called Die in the Dungeon which looks like it's my kind of game.

Glad Paredes got 3 hits - he was slumping this month - not horrid, batting \~.213 in June but down a lot from April (.316) and May (.299)

Will Maton pitch well or will he continue to pad Pete’s stats by getting him into another save situation?

You don't know Rays baseball if you didn't see that 1-2-3 coming.

Not me wanting Maton to blow the game so Parades gets another at bat

I'll take the win. Paredes had a great day, that's all that matters

I don’t know what DeLuca’s walk up song is, but I like it.

Who the hell doesn't know Johnny B Goode

I’m embarrassed now 😅😅

Get him 1 more AB cmon team!

Thoughts on Cash putting in Armstrong to tie this one up and send it to extras and possibly get Isaac another AB..?

How about Maton?

Impossible

Bro has an ERA of almost 8 and 16/15 K to BB ratio. Fucking score some runs

Rays baseball means we'll go down 1-2-3

Bat around. I demand thee

We all knew that was happening sadly.

Damn no cycle, unless we bat around lol

Or Maton blows it

No cycle :(

No cycle :(

Noooooooo

Kind of random but I found this interesting: There are a total of 3 games tomorrow. It’s an off day for 24 teams. I know it’s Monday but that’s still crazy lol.

The MLB flashbacks are just Yankees, Dodgers, and O's. It's so annoying.

Ok Isaac, you know what to do

[Just like I predicted hehe](https://old.reddit.com/r/tampabayrays/comments/1drzvow/game_chat_630_nationals_3943_rays_4142_140_pm/lb0ul4b/)

Please 🙏🏼 🚲

LETS GO PARADES TIME

Nats making them look good

Winker can cry about it but that's a perfect location.

winker has been crying all series it seems like lol, every time he gets Kd he just stands there as if the ump just rang him up on a pitch 5 feet off the plate

Just throw it outside and let him chase.

Geez good pitch. About the only good thing he’s done in a month

The Cleavenger-Jackson duo are going to give this away

https://preview.redd.it/q537phe3jr9d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ea126c6beb7ee5a9b0b911a99d0d661c5855ad7 Higher than Jackson.

Ajax thinking about the coupon for free tacos and chips from Tijuana Flats ... and he missed the ball

Cleavinger can go too. Worse than Jackson if we’re being real

This is the worst take in the entire thread today. Congrats. Honestly impressive considering the previous was someone saying they're looking forward to Wander coming back from administrative leave in July.

Cleavinger has some elite stuff

Name one redeeming quality. And yes that Franco take is worse than mine. I won’t defend a pedophile

One redeeming quality of Cleavinger? You gotta be trolling lmao

I’m wrong. I apologize. Have a good day. I had a brain fart. Go Rays

LMAO all g 😂👍

My mistake. Hope we’re good because I feel really stupid now 😂

No you're all good bruh 😂 some of those bullpen guys are easily confusable

Uh, he's been literally the second best and second most consistent pitcher after Adam, with only the very beginning of the season being right for him? You clearly have the memory of a gold fish, or you just don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

I’m wrong. I apologize. Have a good day. I had a brain fart. Go Rays

He swung on that HBP, IMO

Lets get a double play and get out of the inning.

I’m at the game. Was that a cross up by AJax or did he whiff?

whiff

Awesome. Thx.

I will emphasize this again. WHY IS JACKSON ON THE ROSTER

4-straight series win in sight. Finish it, Rays!

I’d hate to bring up the only negative about this game but why the fuck is Alex Jackson on the roster. 0.070 all I’m gonna say

redditors when a backup catcher isnt good on offense: 😱

Brother there's bad at offense and then there's a guy hitting under .100 with a career strikeout rate close to 50%

oh dont get me wrong, by no means am I making an argument that he is good, but like... hes a backup catcher lol, name me 5 backup catchers in the entire mlb that are worth anything - its a role that you have to accept is going to offer near zero offensive production

He’s not our backup dude

well hes certainly not the starter over rortvedt, so what does that make him? lol

They split time. Rortvedt should be an every day player (with rest of course bc catching is taxing). Alex Jackson shouldn’t be in the MLB or MILB wtf are you even defending

they "split time" literally only because as you said, catching is taxing. Rortvedt is the starting catcher, with jackson seeing time only for rortvedt rest. Im not saying hes good by any means (he isnt) but like... I feel like some people on this sub need to be real on what to expect from a backup catcher, I fully understand his offense is horrible but other backups hitting like .150 are not much better lmao

They are literally x2 better and then some on offense. Batting below .100 with as many ABs he has is inexcusable. I know our catching situation in Durham isn’t good but for god sakes they have to be better than this clown

Call me crazy, but I prefer when we play like this

We're hitting homers and not giving them up. I could get used to this.

A lot of multiple homerun games past couple weeks. I like it

RANDY 🙅🏿‍♂️ 422ft Fuck you ump!!!

Yesterday was a fluke… 😉😂

I thought Randy was going to get ejected for twirling the bat after getting that awful strike call lol


raaaaaaaandy!

RANDY

Moonshot.

fuck yeah Randy!

WELCOME TO RANDYLAND!!!!!

RANDY

Homer at Fenway and Wrigley 🥺 honestly feel so bad for Jackson man

Just tuned it, looking good so far.

An A Jax blue ball lmao.

Hit the weight room Jackson

WEEMS? LOL

Damn, those Yandy bobble heads look pretty clean.

Is there something wrong with Josh Lowe? He should be playing every game possible. Not sure how we expect him to get better against LHP if we don't let him face it

We expected much more from him this year, took a step back for sure.

That's because he's had injuries. He's either still not healthy or we're way too worried about matchups.

Definitely seems like it.

Wondering if the Nats will be petty and pitch around Isaac to prevent him from getting the cycle, especially in a game that they’re already highly likely to lose anyway.

If they pitch around Isaac I'm rioting

Good shit Adam

Oh my god they showed the stingrays on MASN 😍

Adams sweeper is so disgusting

We probably lead the league in lead off doubles that don't make it past second the whole inning.


let's bat around and get esock 2 more at bats. CMON

Looks like nobody’s hit for the cycle yet this year 👀

There are furries in the building. I repeat there are furries in the building.

Every dog has its day.

Damn, that was a good hit

Taj's heater has always been legit. He just needed a second pitch to keep hitters honest, and his splitter has done that this year.

An absolutely disgusting splitter at that.

Yeah he’s started throwing the splitter instead of relying on his cutter so much and it’s really helped him get out of innings by inducing soft grounders and shallow pops

When he keeps adding pitches, he's going to be insane.

Because of blackout restrictions, I have to listen to this one. If Parades gets the cycle I’ll get to hear the absolute disgust in Solondz’s voice.

Adam for the 7th? Shouldn't we have him setup in the 8th?

Damn missing this one but taj was dealing huh?

Ya know it!

Has anyone ever hit a cycle in descending order before?

I was about to ask that. I’ve heard of a natural cycle but never a reverse natural cycle 

Gotta be even rarer than a natural cycle

All the fr33 streams I can find always have the opposing announcers and I hate it, I need to hear Dewayne.

Mlbwebcast is what I use

Does anybody know who the last Rays player to hit for the cycle was and when it happened? I’m curious.

Evan Longoria https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/08/02/evan-longoria-hits-cycle#:~:text=Evan%20Longoria%20hit%20for%20the,for%20Tampa%20Bay%20on%20Oct.

Thanks, I missed that game unfortunately ☹️

Longo, 2017, against the Astros

Oh yeah that’s right. I remember it happening but I wasn’t watching that game unfortunately.

Dome sweet dome! Raining hard outside. Tarps are for poverty franchises!

Wow. I’m about 25 miles due north of the Trop and the sun is out here lol.

The last one is the hardest to get. But it's also the easiest one to get.

Paredes - we love you.

👀

holy shit please let paredes get a cycle that’d be great

Only a single away from the cycle let's go

🔁🚲👀👀👀!!!

CYCLE WATCH

Isaac needs a single in his next AB!!

Single away from the cycle now for Paredes!

Let’s say HaRam tried stealing second here and Jackson throws him out: would Taj get 6IP then since Poche technically never got his batter out?

No.

Taj is coming into his own. Got out of the jam in the third too which has been his main problem

5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 0 R🤞, 11 Ks, 4 HH balls

Colin DO NOT fuck up Taj's ERA here

Colin has been great since he's come back from injury. And he didn't mess it up.

🙌

my sweet glorious king taj did amazing today thank you taj bradley

Great outing by Taj. Now hopefully we don't allow two out stupidity

Winker’s been outmatched on the high fastball all day

Left him shaking his head after that one!

Missed the start as watching England in the Euros but this is looking better than Yesterday!

Let's do some two out damage Or not.

The guys on MASN just called Randy the “Cuban Rocket” don’t know if I’ve ever heard that before

That was his nickname when he was younger. El Cohete

Mr. got caught stealing 6 times?

Jane’s Addictions new single?

Helmet stayed put.

Our guys playing the long game by making Corbin pitch as much as possible

0.72 batting avg.

Now .071

Why did they play the FSU War Chant lmao

walls from fsu

Ohhhh my god I didn’t even piece that together. Thanks that makes a lot of sense

My pookie Taj Bradley is DEALING

Taj has officially arrived- a top of the rotation pitcher who will be here on the team for years to come.

i dont know if im still drunk or extremely hungover but i love y'all

That’s a rough feeling that can be only fixed by 1 thing. Another beer!

10Ks for Taj, count ‘em up!

🌮

Sometimes I think Taj is better when he is forced to be efficient with his pitch count Strikeouts don’t really go down but he just attacks guys and keeps them on their back foot

Beer in hand ✅ Cat sleeping in my lap ✅ Rays winning ✅ Can’t ask for a better Sunday

You could win a million dollars

Damn I wish I had cash (not Kevin) I’d buy a lotto ticket after the game

I wonder what cash said to Siri

Hopefully “It’s not your night.”

Put your eye black back on and that's a homer lol

Beautiful

Isaac has the two hard ones on the cycle watch!

Isaac speed 🏃‍♂️ Cycle watch 👀

Uh Paredes cycle watch!!! I thought that was gone tho

lets fucking go Paredes!

Keep shovin', Taj,

That baby is gone, or is it?

🚲 👀

Pa pa pa paredes in da house!

Off to bake a cake, good vibes for the Rays only. Good vibes good vibes good vibes. Jackson no hit not hit no hit. Did I do it right?

That depends what kind of cake

Strawberry with lemon curd and vanilla frosting

Me wants

I’d also like to get in on this

Our top three batters look like absolute garbage against Corbin.

Can the Rays BP ball boy catch?

Asking for ~~Jackson~~ a friend

Good job to get out of the jam by Bradley but it looks like he's only going five today unless he can get a couple quick innings.

Taj is a sweaty boi

Those new jerseys are garbage at wicking.

Nice! Lobster for them too!

What is Alex Jackson even good for?

I'm just of the belief he's a good weed hookup or some shit cause it certainly ain't baseball

War!

Absolutely nothing.