Finishing strong, Rays get win No. 81

Rays clinch non-losing season with 81st victory

ST. PETERSBURG — There will not be a postseason in Tampa Bay, but there will not be a losing record, either.

The Tampa Bay Rays did take a step back after their magical run to the World Series in 2008, but they didn’t slide back into their sorry past.

Tuesday’s 3-1 win against the free-falling Baltimore Orioles in front of 10,349, the smallest home crowd of the season, guaranteed that.

It was win No. 81 for the Rays. They need one victory in their final five games to clinch only the second winning season in their 12-year history.

“That’s we want to do,” left fielder Carl Crawford said. “We want to at least finish on a positive note and have a winning record. Two winning years in a row with this organization never happened, so that’s good for us as we continue to move forward as an organization.”

Click here to read the full article – By ROGER MOONEY of Bradenton.com

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