Logan Forsythe of the Tampa Bay Rays left Tuesday's game against the Miami Marlins with a bruised right foot. The 28-year-old Forsythe, batting .252 on the year, was traded to Tampa last year along with closer Brad Boxberger and the latest addition to Tampa Bay's starting rotation, Matt Andriese, sending Jesse Hahn and Alex Torres to the San Diego Padres. Logan Forsythe will end the season playing 153 games, batting .282 with 152 hits in his 540 at bats and 17 home runs and 68 RBIs.

With that being said, Forsythe entered Tuesday's game expecting to up his numbers, before ending up leaving the game altogether, joining Tampa catcher Curt Casali on the day-to-day disabled list in his first at bat of the game in inning one of the Citrus Series.

Batting .323 in Inner League games this year, Forsythe would be hit by a breaking ball on his right foot on a 2-2 pitch. Forsythe would gut it out in the second, playing the inning until Tim Beckham replaced him in the third, as the Tampa Bay Times Marc Topkin would later report that Forsythe left Tropicana Field. Could he be out for the season? That is a very great possibility.

Matt Moore (starting pitcher of the Rays) would gain a no-decision tonight, after looking to be in big trouble much like the Boston game earlier this season when Dee Gordon doubled in left-fielder Christian Yelich in the bottom of the first, but soon pitched his way out of it. 

The Tampa Bay Rays would head into the top of eighth inning having a two to one lead over the Miami Marlins before Xavier Cedeno gave up a leadoff hit to Yelich, and Kevin Cash and Jim Hickey would call the bullpen, placing righty Alex Colome - the nephew of former Ray, Jesus Colome, into the game. Colome would give Martin Prado an RBI single, to tie the game, after Prado had already made the defensive play of the game, heading into the stands to get Mikie Mahtook out the inning beforehand.

In the bottom of the eighth, John Jaso would get on board on two outs off of a Dee Gordon error. Up next was shortstop, two-time All-Star, Asdrubal Cabrera. On a 2-0 pitch, Cabrera would smash the ball and sent it flying over outfielder, 15-year veteran Ichiro Suzuki, for a go-ahead two-run homerun, also scoring Jaso. 

The Rays would hang onto the lead, giving Brad Boxberger the save, but with just under a week left and the Rays being so far back in the wildcard, what are they really playing for? Can they somehow take advantage of the very slim chance and overtake the Houston Astros of the wildcard or is there no hope for Rays fans? 

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Jameus Mooney
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