Rays 6 Twins 1: So that’s why the Rays signed Corey Kluber

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty ImagesAfter eking out two one-run wins against Seattle, tonight’s 6-1 victory felt almost relaxing.

Corey Kluber had a good, quick, pitch-to-contact inning, and then the Rays hitters showed thus far successful soft tossing righty Dylan Bundy that regression is a thing. Eight pitches in the Rays had scored four runs, with B-Lowe, Wander, and Yandy Diaz all getting hits and J-Lowe connecting for his first major league home run.

You could say the Rays helped the Twins keep the game from getting out of control by running into the inning’s first out. Arozarena was on second and was waved around third by Linares on a single, but was thrown out. Many of my DRB colleagues…