Sunday, 4 a.m.
Given as how they are visiting Florida, perhaps the San Francisco Giants can take in some sights.
You know, like home plate at Tropicana Field.
The scoring woes of the Giants, baseball's lowest scoring team, continued on Saturday night in a 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Rays have given up only one run in their two victories. In their last nine games (eight of them wins) they have allowed three runs or fewer.
The Rays are now 20-12 on the season. The New York Yankees are the only other major league team with 20 victories.
Considering the way the season started, who would have thought for that kind of domination. Especially when the Rays employed an Opener strategy (Griffin Jax) and coasted. The Giants managed just seven hits Saturday and five hits on Friday.
Jax went 2 2/3 innings of shutout, one-hit baseball. Jesse Scholtens threw the next three innings. Kevin Kelly, Garrett Cleavinger and Casey Legumina finished up.
Scholtens gave up the only run when Chandler Simpson was unable to bring in a fly ball by Rafael Devers in the sixth. The Giants were only one-for-six with runners in scoring position.
The Rays scored their first run in the fourth when Jake Fraley drove in Junior Caminero.
The Rays scored three more in the fifth. Cedric Mullins walked with the bases loaded to bring in another run. Jonathan Aranda’s single up the middle brought in two more runs.
Johnny DeLuca doubled in the eighth, stole second and came home when the throw got away.
The Rays are 15-5 in their last 20 games.
Landen Roupp of the Giants lost for the second time in eight decisions.
The Rays close out their series against the Giants today at 1:40 p.m. at Tropicana Field. Steven Matz will start for the Rays against Tyler Mahle.