Rays' Big Three goes hitless in loss to O's

The Miami Herald Saturday 2nd April, 2011

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Even with a couple of new names in the middle of the lineup, the Tampa Bay Rays struggled to score.Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon each went 0 for 4 in their debuts for the Rays during Friday night's 4-1 season-opening loss to Jeremy Guthrie and the Baltimore Orioles.Evan Longoria went 0-fer, too, as the defending AL East champions were limited to four hits, including Ben Zobrist's ninth-inning homer that averted a shutout. "Any time your two, three, four guys go 0 for 12, it's not a good day. ... Hopefully that doesn't happen often," Damon said after Guthrie throttled the Rays on three hits through eight scoreless innings.Damon, Longoria and Ramirez form the heart of a Tampa Bay order that had trouble putting up runs last year, before All-Star Carl Crawford and ...

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