ST. PETERSBURG — Wearing a No. 45 Rays home jersey, Buccaneers first-round draftee Devin White took the Tropicana Field mound for Thursday evening’s ceremonial first pitch and tossed a feeble one-hopper to home plate.
Then things really got ugly.
Before they got bizarre.
Five days after his 110-pitch jewel at Boston, Rays left-hander Ryan Yarbrough could provide no luster u2015 and few strikes u2015 in a ghastly first inning against the Angels before 15,291 at Tropicana Field.
It sparked a 5-3 Angels triumph that extended Tampa Bay’s losing streak to three games, one shy of its season longest.