It’s the second half of the baseball season and every win is important. The Rays are right in the middle of the hunt and a couple of wins or loses could mean the difference between making the playoffs or not.
The Rays are pretty good ball team. They have starting pitching that can win on any given night, they hit with power throughout the lineup and have decent defense that is getting better. But the difference between winning and losing are the little things in a game and never was that on display more than in the Thursday night opening game of a four game series against the New York Yankees.