Rays Walk Off With Style!

Shields shuts out, Evan walks off, Rays win.

James Shields was tired of hearing about his rough start against the Red Sox, and decided to give people something else to talk about. Shields threw 92 pitches of 1 hit ball to notch his second complete game shut out of the season, as the Rays beat the Angels 2-0. Shields struck out 8 as a loaded Angels offense fell silent, save for Brandon Wood's third inning single. Angels starter John Garland pitched well, going 8 innings giving up no runs on just 4 Rays' hits. Justin Speier took over in the ninth giving up a lead off single to BJ Upton and then a walk off HR to rookie Evan Longoria.

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Shields moves to 4-2 on the season and pitched his second shut out of the season, both against solid clubs. The Angels have a line up stacked with veteran hitters and to allow just one hit is amazing. Tomorrow Scott Kazmir will try to follow suit against unbeaten Joe Saunders(6-0).

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Shields wasn't the only one sparkling in the field, as the game boasted some fine defensive work by the Rays. BJ Upton had a nice diving catch and an inning later Carl Crawford had an amazing catch, completely laying out in the left center field gap. Evan Longoria showed his leather making some good stabs at the hot corner as well.

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Yesterday the Rays beat the Jays in extras after a blown save by Troy Percival. What gave me the most pleasure in watching that game was watching Shawn Camp crumble on the mound for the Jays. Any Rays fan will tell you, after watching Camp ruin games for us the past two seasons, it was nice to see him actually help the Rays win for a change.

Quote of the Day:

"I'm looking at the roster and I'm like, where can I get in?"

         -Cliff Floyd on his possible return to the team this Sunday,  to a team who is already playing pretty good ball.