After last night’s 8-1 rout of the Baltimore Orioles, the hot hitting Rays eyed a sweep with a win in tonight’s game, but would have to settle for a series win in a tough but well fought 6-5 loss.
Rays starter Hunter Wood made easy work in the top of the first, and the Rays continued their trend of first inning runs, with Austin Meadows tattooing a 99.9 MPH double to the right center field wall off Orioles starter Andrew Cashner. Tommy Pham followed with a 108.7 MPH ground ball that just got by the glove of first baseman Renato Nunez.