Sunday, 4 a.m.
Evidently, the skid is not over yet.
One day after ending a season-worst four-game losing streak, the Tampa Bay Rays returned to sloppy baseball again Saturday afternoon.
The Rays gave up four runs in the first and six in the ninth, going on to absorb a 14-3 pummeling at the hands of the Los Angeles Angels, the last-place team in the AL West.
It was ugly beyond description, from Wade Meckler's first-inning grand slam to back-to-back homers by Jo Adell and Oswald Peraza in the ninth.
The Rays gave up 11 hits, six walks, two hit batters and a passed ball. In their last six games, the Rays have given up 45 runs.
The Rays were just one-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
Yandy Diaz hit his third home run in two days. Junior Caminero had two doubled.
The Rays left the bases loaded in the first inning and the sixth.
Starting pitcher Drew Rasmusdsen lasted just four innings and gave up five earned runs.
The Rays and Angels close out their series today at 1:40 p.m. at Tropicana Field. Shane McClanahan will start for the Rayds against Jack Kochanowicz.