The Brewers and Rays are often thought of as the Spider-Man meme of baseball teams, different versions of themselves in opposite leagues, small-market teams with tons of development successes. This season, though, both are a bit mired. Tonight, the Rays managed a victory in a game that was disappointing for a bunch of reasons: poor play, umpiring decisions that went the wrong way, and a persistent lack of timely hitting.
Jackson Chourio led things off today, and he was fooled on a 2-2 splitter from Rays starter Zack Littell that went way below the zone.