2014 Tampa Bay Rays season

The Tampa Bay Rays 2014 season was the Rays' 17th season of Major League Baseball and the seventh as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field). The team finished at 77–85, their first losing season as the "Rays".

Season standings

American League East

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Regular season summary The Rays 2014 season started out harsh entering May. Tampa Bay went 11–16 since opening day and was struggling to move up in the American League East early on. In addition to their rough first month of baseball, May did not do any favors. In May the Rays posted a 12–17 record. To make things worse, 2014 was being played without Matt Moore in their rotation and numerous other injuries (along with Moore's) may have begun to take a toll on the Rays' recent tendencies to make playoff runs.

In June the Rays went 13–16 and followed that with an amazing July where they won 17 games and lost only 6. During the All Star Break, David Price was recognized as the only Tampa Bay representative. Price, Zobrist, and a few other Rays were in the midst of trade rumors. Price was dealt to the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline in a three-way deal with Seattle. The Rays acquired Nick Franklin from Seattle and Drew Smyly from Detroit. Some analysts felt the Rays deserved more for David Price. After all, they gave the Tigers the 2012 American League Cy Young Award Winner to their rotation. (Detroit now had the previous three Cy Young Award winners in the American League in their rotation)

Season log

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 1 || March 31 || Blue Jays || 9–2 || Price (1–0) || Dickey (0–1) || — || 31,042 || 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 || April 1 || Blue Jays || 2–4 || Hutchison (1–0) || Cobb (0–1) || Santos (1) || 11,113 || 1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 || April 2 || Blue Jays || 0–3 || Buehrle (1–0) || Moore (0–1) || Cecil (1) || 10,808 || 1–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 4 || April 3 || Blue Jays || 7–2 || Archer (1–0) || Morrow (0–1) || — || 9,571 || 2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 5 || April 4 || Rangers || 8–1 || Odorizzi (1–0) || Saunders (0–1) || — || 14,304 || 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 6 || April 5 || Rangers || 5–4 || Gomes (1–0) || Cotts (0–1) || Balfour (1) || 30,364 || 4–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 7 || April 6 || Rangers || 0–3 || Darvish (1–0) || Peralta (0–1) || Soria (1) || 22,569 || 4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 8 || April 7 || @ Royals || 2–4 || Vargas (1–0) || Moore (0–2) || Holland (3) || 12,087 || 4–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 9 || April 8 || @ Royals || 1–0 || Peralta (1–1) || Holland (0–1) || Balfour (2) || 13,905 || 5–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 10 || April 9 || @ Royals || 3–7 || Guthrie (2–0) || Odorizzi (1–1) || — || 13,612 || 5–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 11 || April 11 || @ Reds || 2–1 || Price (2–0) || Cueto (0–2) || Balfour (3) || 30,502 || 6–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 12 || April 12 || @ Reds || 1–0 || Cobb (1–1) || Simón (1–1) || Balfour (4) || 35,356 || 7–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 13 || April 13 || @ Reds || 4–12 || Cingrani (1–1) || Ramos (0–1) || — || 34,307 || 7–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 14 || April 14 || @ Orioles || 1–7 || Chen (2–1) || Archer (1–1) || — || 15,799 || 7–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 15 || @ Orioles || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 15 || April 16 || @ Orioles || 0–3 || González (1–1) || Odorizzi (1–2) ||Hunter (4) || 22,611 || 7–8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 16 || April 17 || Yankees || 2–10 || Sabathia (2–2) || Price (2–1) || — || 28,085 || 7–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 17 || April 18 || Yankees || 11–5 || McGee (1–0) || Warren (0–1) || — || 26,079 || 8–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 18 || April 19 || Yankees || 16–1 || Archer (2–1) || Nova (2–2) || — || 30,159 || 9–9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 19 || April 20 || Yankees || 1–5 (12) || Claiborne (1–0) || Bell (0–1) || — || 26,462 || 9–10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 20 || April 22 || Twins || 7–3 || Price (3–1) || Gibson (3–1) || — || 11,785 || 10–10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 21 || April 23 || Twins || 4–6 (12) || Fien (3–0) || Lueke (0–1) || Perkins (4) || 11,993 || 10–11 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 22 || April 24 || Twins || 7–9 || Nolasco (2–2) || Bédard (0–1) || Perkins (5) || 13,177 || 10–12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 23 || April 25 || @ White Sox || 6–9 || Lindstrom (2–1) || Balfour (0–1) || — || 17,210 || 10–13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 24 || April 26 || @ White Sox || 4–0 || Ramos (1–1) || Danks (2–1) || — || 22,412 || 11–13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 25 || April 27 || @ White Sox || 2–9 || Carroll (1–0) || Price (3–2) || — || 17,313 || 11–14 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 26 || April 28 || @ White Sox || 3–7 || Rienzo (2–0) || Odorizzi (1–3) || — || 11,268 || 11–15 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 27 || April 29 || @ Red Sox || 4–7 || Lackey (4–2) || Gomes (1–1) || Uehara (6) || 34,794 || 11–16 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 30 || @ Red Sox || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 1

|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 28 || May 1 || @ Red Sox || 2–1 || Gomes (2–1) || Peavy (1–1) || Balfour (5) || 35,621 || 12–16 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 29 || May 1 || @ Red Sox || 6–5 || McGee (2–0) || Uehara (0–1) || Balfour (6) || 33,465 || 13–16 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 30 || May 2 || @ Yankees || 10–5 (14) || Bell (1–1) || Leroux (0–1) || — || 33,580 || 14–16 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 31 || May 3 || @ Yankees || 3–9 || Tanaka (4–0) || Lueke (0–2) || — || 43,325 || 14–17 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 32 || May 4 || @ Yankees || 5–1 || Bédard (1–1) || Sabathia (3–4) || — || 41,122 || 15–17 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 33 || May 6 || Orioles || 3–5 || O'Day (1–0) || Peralta (1–2) || Hunter (9) || 11,855 || 15–18 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 34 || May 7 || Orioles || 3–4 || Webb (1–0) || Gomes (2–2) || Hunter (10) || 11,282 || 15–19 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 35 || May 8 || Orioles || 1–3 || Jiménez (2–4) || Price (3–3) || O'Day (2–0) || 11,076 || 15–20 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 36 || May 9 || Indians || 3–6 || Kluber (3–3) || Peralta (1–3) || Allen (1) || 17,541 || 15–21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 37 || May 10 || Indians || 7–1 || Bédard (2–1) || McAllister (3–3) || — || 29,212 || 16–21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 38 || May 11 || Indians || 5–6 || Tomlin (2–0) || Archer (2–2) || Shaw (2) || 23,679 || 16–22 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 39 || May 12 || @ Mariners || 5–12 || Hernández (4–1) || Ramos (1–2) || — || 12,392 || 16–23 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 40 || May 13 || @ Mariners || 2–1 || Price (4–3) || Rodney (1–2) || — || 13,446 || 17–23 || |-align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 41 || May 14 || @ Mariners || 2–0 || Odorizzi (2–3) || Maurer (1–2) || Balfour (7) || 20,951 || 18–23 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 42 || May 15 || @ Angels || 5–6 || Salas (3–0) || Boxberger (0–1) || — || 34,441 || 18–24 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 43 || May 16 || @ Angels || 3–0 || Archer (3–2) || Weaver (4–3) || Balfour (8) || 38,796 || 19–24 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 44 || May 17 || @ Angels || 0–6 || Wilson (5–3) || Ramos (1–3) || — || 42,224 || 19–25 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 45 || May 18 || @ Angels || 2–6 || Shoemaker (2–1) || Price (4–4) || — || 36,655 || 19–26 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 46 || May 20 || Athletics || 0–3 || Pomeranz (4–1) || Odorizzi (2–4) || Doolittle (3) || 11,369 || 19–27 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 47 || May 21 || Athletics || 2–3 || Milone (2–3) || Bédard (2–2) || Doolittle (4) || 10,555 || 19–28 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 48 || May 22 || Athletics || 5–2 (11) || Lueke (1–2) || Otero (4–1) || — || 11,257 || 20–28 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 49 || May 23 || Red Sox || 1–0 || Oviedo (1–0) || Miller (1–3) || — || 20,898 || 21–28 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 50 || May 24 || Red Sox || 6–5 (15) || Ramos (2–3) || Miller (1–4) || — || 23,569 || 22–28 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 51 || May 25 || Red Sox || 8–5 || Peralta (2–3) || Breslow (2–1) || Balfour (9) || 26,199 || 23–28 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 52 || May 26 || @ Blue Jays || 5–10 || Hutchison (4–3) || Bédard (2–3) || — || 15,616 || 23–29 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 53 || May 27 || @ Blue Jays || 6–9 || Buehrle (9–1) || Cobb (1–2) || Janssen (8) || 15,993 || 23–30 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 54 || May 28 || @ Blue Jays || 2–3 || Loup (2–1) || Oviedo (1–1) || — || 17,309 || 23–31 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 55 || May 30 || @ Red Sox || 2–3 (10) || Miller (2–4) || Oviedo (1–2) || — || 35,820 || 23–32 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 56 || May 31 || @ Red Sox || 1–7 || De La Rosa (1–0) || Odorizzi (2–5) || — || 37,076 || 23–33 ||

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 57 || June 1 || @ Red Sox || 0–4 || Lester (6–6) || Bédard (2–4) || — || 37,688 || 23–34 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 58 || June 2 || @ Marlins || 1–3 || Wolf (1–1) || Cobb (1–3) || Cishek (12) || 18,155 || 23–35 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 59 || June 3 || @ Marlins || 0–1 || Álvarez (3–3) || Archer (3–3) || — || 21,303 || 23–36 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 60 || June 4 || Marlins || 4–5 || Koehler (5–5) || Price (4–5) || Cishek (13) || 10,897 || 23–37 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 61 || June 5 || Marlins || 6–11 || Turner (2–3) || Odorizzi (2–6) || — || 10,442 || 23–38 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 62 || June 6 || Mariners || 4–0 || Bédard (3–4) || Young (5–3) || — || 14,577 || 24–38 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 63 || June 7 || Mariners || 4–7 || Elías (5–4) || Cobb (1–4) || Rodney (17) || 23,996 || 24–39 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 64 || June 8 || Mariners || 0–5 || Medina (3–1) || Bafour (0–2) || — || 18,158 || 24–40 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 65 || June 9 || Mariners || 0–3 || Beimel (1–1) || Price (4–6) || Rodney (18) || 10,400 || 24–41 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 66 || June 10 || Cardinals || 0–1 || Wainwright (9–3) || Odorizzi (2–7) || Rosenthal (17) || 17,226 || 24–42 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 67 || June 11 || Cardinals || 6–3 || Oviedo (2–2) || Wacha (4–5) || Bafour (10) || 15,930 || 25–42 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 68 || June 13 || @ Astros || 6–1 || Cobb (2–4) || McHugh (4–4) || — || 26,829 || 26–42 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 69 || June 14 || @ Astros || 3–7 || Cosart (6–5) || Archer (3–4) || — || 26,264 || 26–43 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 70 || June 15 || @ Astros || 4–3 || Price (5–6) || Williams (1–3) || McGee (1) || 25,526 || 27–43 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 71 || June 16 || Orioles || 5–4 || McGee (3–0) || O'Day (2–1) || Oviedo (1) || 10,576 || 28–43 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 72 || June 17 || Orioles || 5–7 || González (4–4) || Bédard (3–5) || Britton (8) || 10,803 || 28–44 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 73 || June 18 || Orioles || 0–2 || Gausman (3–1) || Cobb (2–5) || Britton (9) || 12,448 || 28–45 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 74 || June 19 || Astros || 5–0 || Archer (4–4) || McHugh (4–5) || — || 10,880 || 29–45 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 75 || June 20 || Astros || 1–3 || Cosart (7–5) || Price (5–7) || Qualls (9) || 13,861 || 29–46 || |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 76 || June 21 || Astros || 8–0 || Odorizzi (3–7) || Buchanan (0–1) || — || 17,551 || 30–46 ||