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TGIT177DREF! The Top 177 Devil Rays Ever: #76-73

Found July 03, 2009 on Bugs & Cranks:
PLAYERS: Ruddy Lugo,  Russell Branyan
TEAMS: New York Mets,  Seattle Mariners

“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” -Jane Austen In our continuing efforts to preserve and protect the full, proud history of our proud, great and dominant franchise, and to hagiographize the many, many valiant warriors who have contributed to that proud history, every Friday we’ll be counting down The Top 177* Devil Rays Ever…. The 76th, 75th, 74th and 73rd Greatest Devil Rays Ever are…. 76. Ruddy Lugo P (2006-2007) DEVIL RAY MOMENT: May 20 2006, Tropicana Field, pitched a perfect top of the 9th with one strikeout and earned his first MLB win when Russell Branyan’s walk-off HR in the bottom half beat the Marlins DEVIL RAY STATS: 75 Games 4 Wins 95.2 Innings Pitched 56 Strikeouts 104 ERA+ In 2006...
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