The first inning, presented without comment. Apologies to Manny Machado:
Joey Butler. More than happy to stand with his nose in the corner. pic.twitter.com/u3aWt30Rma
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) August 31, 2015
Of course after that, there's no way the second inning could have lived up to the intensity of the first, but it was still pretty nice when Logan Forsythe, who's rapidly becoming my favorite Ray, lined a triple and scored on a Tim Beckham sacrifice fly to put the Rays up 1-0. Even at the bottom of the inning, the team was able to avoid giving runs right back (as they have been wont to do as of late).