Yesterday began a six game road trip for the Vero Beach Devil Rays, starting with an early monring affair against the Palm Beach Cardinals (10:35). Scott Kazmir made his second rehab start with the Devil Rays and lasted 4.2 giving up 4 runs in a loss to the Cards 4-3.
Apparently there was a lot of confusion as to whether or not Scott would stay in the ball game for the fifth inning or finish in the bullpen. Not sure the exact details and frankly it's old news.
Bottom line is that the Cardinals are a solid first place team and have several .300 plus hitters in their lineup. Vero Beach played them tough and hopefully will do the same tonight and then again tomorrow. The hits are starting to rack up for Vero Beach resulting in runs and ultimately wins.
Does anyone see a coralation between Vero Beach and the Detroit Tigers? The Tigers started poorly, but have bounced back nicely with the big guns producing like everyone expected. Vero Beach started 3-0 then dropped seven straight before picking up steam all while guys like Matulia, Stewart, Fields and even Royster are swinging a solid bat. Sure it helped to have Dioner Navarro on the team, but Navarro doesn't swing everyone's bat. He can teach them a few things, but in the end it's the young guys getting the job done on their own.
Keep checking in periodically throughout the road trip for my latest blog entries. Also feel free to leave me a comment or an email at draysvoice@yahoo.com
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