Rays ride hot pitching into series vs. Blue Jays

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If pitching is contagious, as many in baseball claim, the Tampa Bay Rays have an epidemic on their hands.

Manager Kevin Cash and his red-hot pitching staff will begin a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays with the series opener Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.

It's all aboutthe pitching for the Rays (75-78) right now.

Against a potent Boston offense over t