Saturday, 4 a.m.
Could someone please get a message to the Tampa Bay Rays?
Maybe remind them that, technically, the Los Angeles Angels are an awful baseball team.
Oh, you wouldn't know by their head to head meetings. Counting Friday night's 4-3 loss, the Rays have lost three of four to the Angels. They've given up 25 runs in their four games.
Otherwise, the Angels have struggled. They're in last place in the AL West and in a tie for last in the American League.
Against the Rays, however, the Angels are juggernauts. They jumped Rays' starter Shane McClanahan early, scoring all four runs on eight hits in only four innings.
The Rays climbed back into the game thanks to Jonathan Aranda, who drove in all three runs with singles in the fifth and ninth. But the Rays left the bases loaded in the first and the ninth.
In all, Tampa Bay left 10 runners on base (six walks) and, aside from Aranda, were one-for-eight with runners in scoring position.
The Rays and Angels play again tonight at 10:07 p.m. at Angels' Stadium. Griffin Jax will start for the Rays against Jose Soriano for the Angels.