This road trip started really well. And then the Rays went to Los Angeles. Then things stopped being fun and started being frustrating. With the Rays facing off against Ohtani for the final game of the series, it seemed likely that things weren’t going to be pretty following Tuesday’s no-hitter. And yet, it was an uncharacteristic Ohtani on the mound for the game, at least initially, giving up walks, throwing a wild pitch, giving up a home run.
The Rays’ starter was Shane McClanahan and he was doing some solidly Shane McClanahan things against the Angels tonight.
The Rays went down 1-2-3 in the first, and in the bottom of the inning Marsh singled to lead things off, then with one out Marsh got an aggressive lead and McClanahan threw over to first.