ST. PETERSBURG -- Chris Archer picked up his rosin bag behind the pitching rubber and threw it back to the ground in frustration. Jonathan Schoop had just finished rounding the bases after hitting an eighth-inning solo blast that would prove to be the game-winner in a 4-3 Rays loss to Baltimore on Friday.
The Rays' coaches had asked Archer how he felt before he went back out to pitch the eighth inning, and he said he felt great. But with the game tied at 3, he served up a mistake pitch to Schoop on just his second offering of the frame.