It's a final; it's a tie

It won’t be easy getting to the franchise-record 15th spring training victory.

The Rays squandered a chance Thursday when Jeff Niemann allowed the tying run to score in the ninth and one extra inning didn’t make a difference in the final score.

It was Rays 4, Indians 4.

Josh Barfield’s sac fly to right produced the tying run.

After the game Rays manager Joe Maddon said B.J. Upton’s injury isn’t as serious at it looked. There was swelling and they felt if safer to get him out of the game and back to St. Pete, where he could see Dr. Koco Eaton and get an X-ray.

Aki is expected to play Friday night in Tampa against the Yankees.

That’s when I’ll join you again for another day in the life of a blog.

Hope you enjoyed it today.

This is Roger Mooney saying goodbye and go Drake.

Or Western Kentucky. I really don’t care.