Sometimes your team loses because the offense is stifled, and sometimes your team loses because the pitching isn’t great.
Today I’d say both offense and pitching were meh.
The Rays pitchers, together, gave up four runs, with two fourth inning solo homeruns off of Drew Rasmussen the difference makers. It’s still amazing to me that other teams are killing the Rays with home runs, whereas the Rays hitters don’t even seem to reach the warning track very often. Nevertheless.
The Rays were able to score two runs, both on small rallies. With eight hits (six were singles) and two walks, they certainly had opportunities for more runs, but double play balls and stranded runners meant there were no big innings.