ST. PETERSBURG -- Alex Cobb looked primed to notch his fourth career complete game Friday night.
But unfortunately for the Rays, the decision by Rays manager Kevin Cash to leave him in for the ninth backfired, as Cobb allowed the game-tying homer before the Rangers went on to a 4-3 win in extras in the opening game of a weekend series at Tropicana Field.
Not since Matt Andriese threw a complete-game, two-hit shutout against the Athletics on May 14, 2016, has a Rays pitcher gone the distance. But if anybody was going to pull off the feat, Cobb was the guy.