The Tampa Bay Rays are the hottest team in baseball and that held true on Monday night as they won their fourth straight and took game one of this four game set with the O’s by a score of 7-1. Ryan Pepiot was dominant and the offense got going early providing the Rays starter with plenty of run support.
Opposite Pepior was former Rays starter, Zach Eflin. The veteran didn’t have his best stuff working against his former club and surrendered all seven of the Rays runs across five innings. In short, if he made a mistake, the Rays didn’t miss it.