We saw a lot of games like this earlier in the season; hopefully we won’t see many more.
At first it looked like an easy Rays win.
The Rays scored six runs in the top of the second inning, as first Aranda and then Josh Lowe hit solo home runs, and Baltimore starter Tomoyuki Sugano struggled to find the plate and then struggled to miss bats when he did find the plate.
He walked Chandler Simpson, who of course then stole second. This positioned him well to score when Danny Jansen singled. One more single by Diaz and then came Brandon Lowe with what no doubt most of us thought would be the three run homer that would put the game out of reach.