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Sports Illustrated
By Nick Selbe Injuries are testing Tampa Bay’s depth. Can the club hang on in a crowded wild card race? Welcome to The Opener, where every weekday morning during the regular season you’ll get a fresh, topical story to start your day from one of SI.com’s MLB writers. On Friday night in Cincinnati, the Rays lost to the last-place Reds on a walk-off balk by pitcher Matt Wisler. It was the 23rd instance of a balk-off in the past century, making it a feat nearly as rare as a perfect game. In the days that have followed, Tampa Bay’s injury luck seems to be following a similarly bleak and unlikely tr…