TAMPA, Fla. — Saturday's game with the Atlanta Braves started with such promise for the Tampa Bay Rays, but it ended ugly. Some recent disastrous trends continued to get in their way in the 5-4 loss that dropped them to 6-8 on the season.
Drew Rasmussen was terrific in his third straight start, pitching five scoreless innings and allowing just four hits with a walk and a season-high seven strikeouts. The 29-year-old right-hander, who has given up just one run in 15 innings, left with a 2-0 lead.
But then everything went sideways from there, and we've seen this already too many times this season.