Today’s win felt like a sigh of relief. Everything worked well. Long ball, small ball. Starting pitching, relief pitching.
The Rays offense got into gear in the second inning. Arozarena and Paredes started the inning with a solo home run each. The Rays got two other men on base on an infield error and a walk, with the runners moving up on a fly ball. With the infield in, Jose Siri was able to tap the ball back to the pitcher. Margot, the lead runner, was running on contact and scored, and when the pitcher threw the ball away, Taylor Walls was able to score as well.