I mentioned how humbling baseball can be in yesterday's article.I was certainly humbled last night.
Humbled might not even be the right word - instead, it probably should be incredibly frustrated.I had under 10.5 in the Royals and Padres game, and through nine innings, there were exactly six runs scored.
Unfortunately, three were on each side, so it went to a 10th inning.In the top of the 10th, three runs crossed the plate.
That pushed the total to 9, but I was still alive.In the bottom of the inning, the Royals scored four runs.
A seven-run 10th inning, and the game goes over.About as brutal as it gets.
Luckily, I won on the Reds, but that...was something.
Let's try to dodge that luck as the Rays take on the Red Sox.Tampa Bay is one of the best teams in baseball, which isn't all that shocking when you consider their franchise as a whole.They are 56-40 for the season with sole possession of first place in the division.
The Rays have been hot all year, but I'd challenge almost any casual fan to name more than three players on the team.Junior Caminero is probably the most well-known, partially because he is an All-Star, and partially because he was almost injured in the All-Star Game.Tampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero celebrates his solo home run off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brandon Williamson during the third inning of a baseball game in St.
Petersburg, Fla., on April 22, 2026.(Chris O'Meara/AP)You might be familiar with some of the starting pitchers for the staff, but I wouldn't be surprised if you weren't.
The Rays are a bit unconventional at times with their rotation and arms.Today, they are sending out Ian Seymour to start the game, or maybe we should consider calling it opening the game? Seymour has 33 appearances and just six starts.
It is normal for a guy to get stretched out and move from the bullpen to the rotation, but some are better left in the bullpen, and it seems like that might be the case for him.As a starter, he has allowed teams to hit .242 ...