After a disheartening and frustrating loss in the first game of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, the Tampa Bay Rays proved their mettle, delivering a 4-2 comeback victory to dull the pain of blowing the early game.
The opening innings were the epitome of a tense, defensive standoff. Both teams were undoubtedly feeling the chill of the weather and the fatigue of playing a second game. The Rays struggled to find momentum as Yandy Diaz grounded out, followed by a strikeout by Brandon Lowe and a pop-out by Harold Ramirez. The Red Sox didn’t do much better in the bottom of the first.