August has been a rough month for the Tampa Bay Rays. The offense has gone stone cold, and while the pitchers are performing relatively well, it is impossible to win a game 0-0. At some point, the Rays offense will need to heat up again.
Just last week, the Rays ended what was a truly horrific run of offensive futility. On Saturday, they were shut out for the fifth time in eight games, a streak that had not been seen since the Dodgers in 2012. If we want to look only at the American League, then we need to go all the way back to 1978, when the Oakland Athletics performed that feat of futility.