Cash argues his point after he and Coach Shelton were ejected/ANDREW J. KRAMER
Sunday, 8:15 p.m.
The Tampa Bay Rays once again struggled with getting runners across the plate in a 2-1 loss to the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
Wandy Rodriguez retired the first 15 Rays hitters en route a 2-1 victory, out-
Longoria pauses between swings/ANDREW J. KRAMER
dueling the Rays' Jake Odorizzi in the victory. Adrian Beltre drove in both runs for the Rangers. Odorizzi spread seven hits, struck out seven and gave up only one run in his 6 2/3 innings of work.
An argued check swing led Rays' manager Kevin Cash and hitting coach Derek Shelton to being ejected from the game.
The Rays had only five hits on the afternoon.
This time, normally dependable receiver Kevin Jepson gave up the go-ahead run, walking two batters before Beltre knocked in the winning run.
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