Tuesday, 4 a.m.

Can they take this show on the road?

As good as the Tampa Bay Rays have been this season, and as potent, they still have to learn to win away from Tropicana Field.

The Rays' latest loss, a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Chicago Cubs and pitcher Marcus Stroman, was the latest evidence of the Rays' mortality on the road. They are now just 13-11 away from home this year.

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Monday's game was the cruelest an opposing pitcher has been to the Rays. Stroman threw a complete game, allowing just one bloop single (to Wander Franco) in the win. He struck out eight batters and allowed just one batter to reach scoring position.

The narrow defeat came one day after the Rays won a wild 11-10 win over the Dodgers.

"He had a lot of late movement," said Rays' manager Kevin Cash. "We didn’t hit many balls hard. He executed his pitches where he wanted to. We’ve seen him a few times; that personally, was the best I’ve seen him. He pitched a heck of a ballgame."

Rays' rookie Taj Bradley wasn't far behind. He threw a three-hitter over 5 1/3 innings and allowed just one unearned run. That came after a throwing error by Tyler Walls and two fly balls.

"Man, what a step in the right direction," Cash said.

The Rays, 39-17 overall, play against the Cubs again tonight at 8 p.m. at Wrigley Field. Shane McClanahan (8-0) will start for the Rays. Kyle Hendricks will start for Chicago.

Monday, 4 a.m.

His job, by nature, is to calm the waters.

This time, however, Jason Adam was facing a hurricane.

The Los Angeles Dodgers would not go away. Did you see how easily they slapped around Josh Fleming Sunday? They were relentless. As Adam took the mound for the eighth inning, they already had 10 runs and 12 hits. Five of the hits were home runs.

And Adam put a stop to all of that nonsense.

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In two innings, Adam faced six batters, and he got them all out. He struck out four, including Freddie Freeman, to earn his seventh save of the season. He made a back-and-forth game look one-sided. In the end, he made sure the Rays won 11-10 in one of those Houdini games.

In 23 appearances, Adam had not gone more than an inning this year. However, Pete Fairbanks was warming up but left the bullpen with a trainer.

The Rays won their series over the Dodgers, scoring 25 runs in the three games.

Isaac Paredes had three hits, including his eighth home run. He drove in four runs to lead the Rays.

Yandy Diaz, Wander Franco, Brandon Lowe, Harold Ramirez, Josh Lowe and Luke Raley all had two hits in the Rays' 16-hit attack.

Tampa Bay scored six times in the second inning, five of them with two out. the Rays scored one runs in the first inning.

The Rays are now 39-16 on the year.

Tampa Bay will begin a series against the Chicago Cubs today at 2 p.m. at Wrigley Field. Taj Bradley will start for the Ryas against Marcus Stroman.

Saturohday, 4 a.m.

For all the anticipation of the Rays' starting pitcher, it was the bullpen that left them a run short Sunday.

Most fans had talked mainly about the return of Tyler Glasnow, who was fairly impressive considering that he hadn’r pitched in 236 days. He threw 4 1/3 innings, giving up three runs and five hits in a no-decision.

Alas, the Rays gave up three runs from their bullpen -- two by Colin Poche -- and lost a 6-5 game.

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Poche threw 22 pitches and gave up three hits, two runs and had two wild pitches in taking the loss. Mookie Betts' single and Freddie Freeman's double were the key hits in the inning.

"I thought Po’s stuff was really pretty good," said Rays'' manager Kevin Cash. "A couple of good hitters just got him."

The Rays had little luck early with Dodgers' ace Clayton Kershaw, but picked up four runs in five innings. Manuel Margot had a two-run single and Harold Ramirez had a two-run homer. The Rays led 4-3 going into the seventh.

But the Rays could dent the Dodgers' bullpen for only one run (Wander Franco's single that drove in Tyler Walls). Harold Ramirez grounded out with the tying run on third.

"We just came up short," Cash said.

The Rays play the Dodgers again today at 11:35 a.m. at Tropicana Field. The Rays have not announced a starter yet. The Dodgers will start Gavin Stone.