BA has been analyzing it since the third inning. He figured Bradley was settled in after the strong second, then it all comes undone in the third. BA can't figure a cause, but for us it's a major concern. He got burned when he gave up the home run to Dickerson on a fast ball rather than walk him.
Hopefully Butcher can work this out

Goldy: 2-2. foul back. BA saying Bumgarner wants to participate in the All-Star home run contest. Too big a risk of oblique injury. Goldy called out on strikes
Peralta: Peralta swing and a miss at pitch 89. 0-2 now. foul left. Rays pen warming.
strike 3 called at the knees. Two straight called strike 3s.
BA and Staats talking about unicorns. WTF?
Weeks: low outside 1-0. strike called low outside corner. foul back. BA saying pitch counts are not for the current game only, but for several starts in a row.
Grounds to Longoria.
after 5
3-2 AZ

There was some discussion awhile back about how Segura got hitting help over the off season and had adjusted his swing by bringing his hands up higher. BA has talked all three games about his hands being TOO LOW to be a good hitter, so maybe Segura has reverted to his old ways, and it's up to
Gracie and Magadan to see that and get him back on the right track.

LOMO: foul back. Staats calling him Logan Forsythe. Whatcha drinkin, Dwayne? fouled off to go 0-2. inside corner strike 3, and debatable. "Cy Young award" sequence says BA.
SOUZA: check swing low 1-0. low again. 2-0 Appears to be the knuckle curve going south. pops up right side, Segura takes it. 2 out
JENNINGS: Clears the wall just left of the Pepsi sign and tied at 3 now.
first pitch Bingo! Middle down and he creams it.
BECKHAM: low and away 1-0. 2-0. long blast right headed for the pool. Tomas can't get it and it becomes a triple.
Butcher comes out
CASALI: in the dirt, Herrmann closes the 5 hole, keeps it in front. low 2-0. strike called, very hittable 2-1. Pearce on deck to hit for Odorizzi. ball 3, looked like another failed knuckle curve. fouled off on a nice low outside protect. low ball 4.
Bradley is going to leave as Hale comes out.

Disappointing outing by Bradley today. Way too inconsistent all through the game.

Jake Barrett now pitching
first and third 2 out
Steve Pearce batting for Odorizzi
high ball 1. shot single left center, out of reach by Ahmed on his left
Rays lead 4-3. Bradley on the hook for the loss.
MOTTER: high 1-0. outside 2-0. foul back 2-1. clearly outside and Jake gets a call 2-2.
swing and a miss down low
4-3 Rays going to last of 6

If you're looking for a leadoff hitter, you need to get a guy who can do what Bourn did to Arrieta in the first inning on Sunday. Stand in there and keep fouling pitches until he gets something he can hit, or gets the walk.

Erasmo Ramirez now pitching. 25th appearance.
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Herrmann: outside 1-0. swing and a miss outside corner 1-1. swing and a miss again outside 1-2 not in the zone this time. low and away. 2-2. foul tip held on another pitch outside of the zone. Whatever Ramirez is throwing here, Herrmann can't handle it
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Tomas: first pitch single right on a jam shot.
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Ahmed: bounces to third, Longoria drops it and the chance for the DP is gone, but gets the out at first.
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Gosselin for Barrett: strike down the middle taken 0-1. Clippard warming for AZ.
chop to Motter at short ends our 6th
4-3 Rays

I don't think Michael Bourne is your prototype. That type of at bat may be what you want, but Bourne doesn't do that often enough anymore. He used to.....just not so much the last few years.

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Clippard will pitch the 7th
DICKERSON: low and away 1-0. and the next one goes right down main street and Dickerson sends it deep right and way over the wall on that hanging plum. 5-3 Rays
LONGORIA: outside 1-0. breaker hits the inside taken 1-1. low 2-1. way inside and Longoria just does get out of the way. high sky ball to center, Peralta has trouble reading it but manages to get there in time.
LOMO: flies to short left. Weeks calls off the infielders and takes it. 2 out
SOUZA: high and tight and he protects the hands 1-0. smash into center and when Souza can get a hit like that, one thinks Clippard is really off his game today.
JENNINGS: wonder if TC can hit a corner today. Rays now lead MLB in dingers.
not including the one in Colorado, of course
hit to Weeks in left
5-3 Rays at the stretch

I thought he was fighting thru it okay until that triple on a ball that should have been caught by any decent OFer whose not carrying extra baggage. Even veteran pitchers have days when they seem to be fighting it. Add to that Archie's still pretty young. The two HR were solo shots, which Schilling used to say he didn't mind giving up.

I'll give Archie a C+.

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Didn't figure Bourn to be the guy, but someone who can do what leadoff hitters should be doing.

SEGURA: Ramirez still pitching. 2-0. outside 3-0. Again, Danley won't call a strike on the outside corner. fat strike called. 3-1. jammer ripped to Longoria at third, out at first, 1 out
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LAMB: outside corner called strike, second one is further out and he fouls it left,
high heat sucker ball swing and a miss.
2 out
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GOLDY: outside and close ball 1. bouncer off the mound into center for a single.
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PERALTA: outside corner flied to left.
Mahtook is out there.
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Staats apparently doesn't feel it necessary to report defensive changes.
after 7
5-3 Rays

I guess I take after my mother, who always expected only A's and B's on my report cards and was disappointed with anything less.

The very first one in the youtube I posted...

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Delgado pitching the 8th
BECKHAM: change swing and a miss 0-1. was looking fast ball. Danley calls time to clear the warning track. Hang on to your hats, fans. yep, hide your face you little punk.
1-1. way inside after going way outside on previous pitch. Low outside corner fouled off 2-2. high inside and thank you, Beckham, for keeping your shirt tucked in tight.
down main street and fouled away. fouled right side and Goldy has this in front of the Rays dugout
CASALI: change strike on the inside 0-1. high and away 1-1. If your an advance scout, you take note of how Delgado is throwing changes on the first pitch. 1-2 after a foul.
high and tight and fouled back. check swing, no swing, but the pitch appeared to hit the low outside corner. and I think it was a swing. inside 3-2. swing and a miss. BA loved the arm action. Looked like he was gearing for a 95 MPH heater and threw the soft stuff and destroyed his timing. 2 out
FRANKLIN for RAMIREZ: Strike called. check swing low outside 1-1. low 2-1. way high on an overthrow 3-1. 3-2 on previous 2 hitters. high and away for a walk.
MOTTER: in the dirt 1-0. command becoming elusive. Herrmann out to talk. fat strike called 1-1. strike 2 called outside corner and RD is finally ahead. in the dirt, outside 2-2.
lines to Peralta. going to last of 8, 5-3 Rays

Ah sorry, didn't click on it.

I saw the Prado mention but I wasn't sure what play it was

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Xavier Cedeno now pitching for TB
WEEKS: Z warming. up and in 1-0. swing and a miss down low 1-1. Sturdevant in the TB pen. low and in again but missed badly. 2-1. low on the inner half, foul left 2-2.
on the outside corner, driven hard left, but Mahtook over to reach up for the grab.
HERRMANN: way high 1-0. high but hits the zone edge called 1-1. breaker hits the low inside, Herrmann gets the call 2-1. swing and a miss on the outer edge of the zone 2-2.
low 3-2. cutters and curves. low outside,clearly missed, ball 4.
Hickey comes to the mound
TOMAS: low ball 1. low ball 2. sharp single to center, Herrmann to second. Hickey apparently told X-man to throw two out of the zone to see if he would swing at them as Tomas seemingly swings at everything.
AHMED: with a chance to come up BIG. first and second 1 out. low ball 1. shot to third, force there, and Longoria on to first for the DP. And Ahmed misses a big chance to be today's hero.
5-3 Rays after 8
try the right side, next time, Nick, IF YOU CAN!
he'll be a good hitter someday. Just a matter of how many YEARS it will take

I wonder what Nick would do if he was hitting in the Korean leagues or something

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Z will pitch the 9th
MAHTOOK: low ball 1. high and away 2-0. fat puppy blasted into left for a single
LONGORIA: down the middle taken for strike 1. BA talking about the severity of the arm angle. low zone borderline smashed inches foul down the left field line 0-2. too low and Longoria sends a nice 7 iron shot to Peralta.
LOMO: hits the low edge, strike 1 called. low and away 1-1. hard grounder foul right off a low inside. outside 2-2. BA wants the Golden Glovers to have unis. grounds to Segura way on his left, only play to first.
SOUZA: runner on second 1 out. ball 1 in the dirt. on the low edge, fouled 1-1. misses low and in 2-1. Strike called 2-2. low inside in the dirt, 3-2. reaches for one and hits it down the left field line but goes foul. GGer goes for the backhand and blows it. Single to right, Mahtook scores, Souza out in a rundown between first and second.
6-3 Rays.