Tampa Tribune: Rays Can’t Manufacture A Comeback This Time

As Tuesday’s game reached the latter stages, Tampa Bay’s offense finally broke through on the previously untouchable Roy Halladay, cutting Toronto’s lead to one and configuring the game for another one of those dazzling comebacks.

Not this time. The Rays couldn’t do anything at the plate once Halladay departed, and some late Toronto runs sealed a 6-2 victory for the Blue Jays. Coupled with the defeat at the hands of the Angels that sent the Rays out on the road last week, Tampa Bay has lost two home games in a row for the first time since dropping three in a row in mid-April.

Tuesday’s game was uncharacteristic of the Rays in more than one regard, and it certainly didn’t feel like a pennant race with only 13,478 in attendance at Tropicana Field for a Halladay-James Shields matchup.

Time to book a Vanilla Ice appearance or something?  What’s Kansas up to these days?  Toto maybe?