Jake Diekman, signed this week after his release from the Chicago White Sox, pitched a hitless eighth in his Rays debut. Hitting is really, really hard, and so if you continue to attack the strike zone, you have a pretty good chance of success.” “The main thing they did is show me how many times I've been victimized on balls down the middle, and it's a surprisingly low amount of times. “Don't have fear,” he said of the Rays' teaching lesson. Used as a reliever by Milwaukee, Rasmussen was turned into a starter after the Rays acquired him in May 2021 and displayed an array of fastballs, curveballs, sinkers, cutters and sweepers against the Yankees. Rasmussen (4-2) allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings with no walks and seven strikeouts, including Aaron Judge three times. “It's tough, and he lived it for a long time last year.” “He learned a lot from maybe not performing like he was capable of,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. 314 average after entering the season 13 RBIs in 52 career big league games.
The 435-foot drive over the Yankees bullpen in right-center was Lowe’s eighth home run this season.
In the opener of a four-game series, Lowe hit a three-run double on Ron Marinaccio’s second straight changeup to open a 4-0 lead in the sixth and added a two-run homer on Ryan Weber's first-pitch changeup in a three-run eighth. "It's nice to create a little space if we can, but by no means do I think they'll be buried.” “It's really cool to see the things we've been able to do over the first month and a half,” Rasmussen said. Tampa Bay has scored the most runs (239) in the big leagues and allowed the fewest (118). The Rays won three of four from the Yankees in a seven-day span, opening a nine-game AL East lead. We're capable of this, as we've shown,” Josh Lowe said after homering with a career-high five RBIs Thursday night in a 8-2 rout of the New York Yankees.ĭrew Rasmussen (4-2) extended his scoreless streak against the Yankees to 21 innings, and Tampa Bay became the first team to open 30-9 since the 2001 Seattle Mariners. “There's no reason for people to not think that. NEW YORK (AP) - Even the sternest skeptics are starting to realize the Tampa Bay Rays are for real.
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