

The Rays will counter with RHP Zach Eflin (5-1). Taylor Walls hit a go-ahead grand slam in the fifth inning Sunday as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the host New York Yankees 8-7 to gain a split of their four-game series. PETERSBURG The Rays took hold of the division after the second game of the season. Up nextīrewers LHP Eric Lauer (4-4) will start or follow an opener Saturday. 1B Yandy Díaz (groin, four games) should start Saturday. Rays: RHP Tyler Glasnow (oblique) had a mound session and should make his final minor league appearance Sunday for Triple-A Durham. Miller extended both his career high hitting streak (11 games) and on-base (20) streaks with an infield single in the eighth, Trainer's room The Rays lead the majors with eight shutouts. "They played good defense, we matched kind of their defensive plays with throws," Counsell said.
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Siri had a nifty running catch at the center-field wall on Taylor's drive in the fifth. Tampa Bay's Randy Arozarena was thrown out by right fielder Tyrone Taylor at third on Brandon Lowe's fourth-inning single. Siri then headed toward the plate but was caught in no-man's land as Adames ran in and reached the plate area before throwing the ball to catcher William Contreras, who applied the tag.Īdames was thrown out trying to advance to third from second by Lowe on Brian Anderson's fly to right with no outs in the second. The Rays had runners on the corners with one out in the third when Josh Lowe hit an inning-ending 3-6-2 grounder.įREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX6 News app for iOS or Android.įirst baseman Mike Brosseau fielded Lowe's grounder, looked and held Jose Siri at third before throwing to shortstop Adames for a forceout at second. There were a number of strong defensive plays. Willi Castro hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Tuesday night. "I thought Adrian pitched wonderful," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.īrewers left fielder Christian Yelich started after missing two games with back issues and went 0 for 4. The right-hander, who had worked a combined 8 2/3 innings in his first two starts since returning from a right groin strain, had his ERA drop from 5.19 to 3.07. Milwaukee's Adrian Houser scattered four hits over six scoreless innings in his third start this year. McClanahan was coming off his worst outing of the season when he allowed four runs in four innings against the New York Yankees on May 13. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News "He looked pretty locked in to me," Cash said. Rays ace Shane McClanahan failed in his bid to become the majors' first eight-game winner despite going seven shutout innings in which he allowed six hits and had seven strikeouts, and saw his ERA fall from 2.34 to 2.05. The home mark ties the 1922 New York Giants, 1978 Boston Red Sox and 1979 Montreal Expos for the best MLB record through 23 games, since 1901. Tampa Bay (33-13), coming off a 4-6 trip, improved to 20-3 at home. Peter Fairbanks worked the ninth for his fourth save, stranding a runner at third. Jason Adam (1-1) struck out Willy Adames to end the eighth with Owen Miller on third.
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"Frankie is pretty good at putting the ball in play," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. In these cases above they are true doubleheaders with only one attendance number.Raley's stolen base came on a hit-and-run before Mejía delivered. *In recent years most cases of doubleheaders are split/day-night doubleheaders which means they have two gates/separate attendance figures.
