From a rough start, Rays celebrate ‘big win’ over Braves

The Rays' Wander Franco celebrates with Brandon Lowe after Franco's solo homer in the sixth against the Braves on Sunday.ATLANTA — The Rays got off to quite a start Sunday afternoon.

They didn’t get a hit through the first four innings against the Braves. They made a mess all over the field defensively. Their most athletic player, Kevin Kiermaier, made a most ungraceful move, tripping come out of the batter’s box in the third inning. By the end of the fourth, they were down three runs, and fortunate it wasn’t worse.

And then they ended up with quite a win, rallying and hanging on to beat the Braves 7-5.

“All in all, an effort by everybody that contributed,’' manager Kevin Cash said. “Just a…