TAMPA BAY (CBSMiami/SportsDirect) – The two Florida baseball teams that are separated by just a few hundred miles have played a couple of tightly contested games this week.
With each team squeezing out a one-run decision to open the Citrus Series, the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays take their rivalry to Tropicana Field to begin a two-game set on Wednesday.
Tampa Bay rebounded from a 7-6 setback in the opener and snapped a three-game skid on Tuesday afternoon as former Marlin Logan Morrison collected three hits in a 4-3 triumph.
Drafted by then-Florida in 2005, Morrison is starting to heat up after an ice-cold start, going 12-for-23 (.