No matter how well everyone else does their job, two shaky pitchers throwing two terrible innings can lose a game for you.
Englert, Boyle, and Baker were all just fine, covering 5.1 innings and allowing just one run.
The Rays offense managed nine runs. That’s a lot of runs! It should be enough for a win. In fact it should be enough for TWO wins.
But Taj Bradley, after throwing a clean first inning, could not get out of the second. Three straight singles followed by a home run, and the four run lead the Rays had gained in the first, thanks to 2-run homers by Diaz and Caminero, was gone.