Sunday’s one run loss to the Los Angles Angels was particularly frustrating. The Rays had chances to win the game but couldn’t come through in the clutch. There was plenty of blame to go around and a lot of the blame goes deeper than just one tough loss.
The first villain was Chris Archer. Archer did hold the Angels to two runs in six innings but he lacked command and walked five, threw 107 pitches and was gone after six innings. Two missed tags at the plate by Jose Sucre didn’t help. However, in the end, the high pitch count was the real problem and Archer was not able to go seven or eight innings
The next issue was Cash’s strange bullpen management.