ST. PETERSBURG -- Matt Andriese can reduce his start -- the second he's made since re-joining the Rays' starting rotation -- to one pitch. It was the first pitch he threw to Miguel Sano with runners at the corners and one out in the third inning. And it was a meaty fastball that the slugger turned into three runs, the difference in a 6-3 Rays loss to Minnesota on Sunday.
After throwing just 58 pitches in his last start on Tuesday, Andriese went up to 76 against the Twins. And all three of the runs he allowed in his 4 2/3 innings came on that one Sano homer.