Saturday, 4 a.m.
If a team is going to be disappointing, it might as well get it out of the way.
The Tampa Bay Rays got off to a horrid start Friday night, and it didn’t get much better. The San Diego Padres scored three times in the first inning and four in the second en route to a 13-5 drubbing of the slumping Rays.
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Tampa Bay has lost four of its last five games and seven of its last 11. They’re now 66-68 on the season.
Taj Bradley continued to struggle, getting only seven outs. He gave up eight hits and eight runs. In his last six games, Bradley has five losses and has given up 31 runs.
The Rays attempted to get back into the game in the bottom of the second, getting two runs on a single by Taylor Walls and two more on a home run by Yandy Diaz.
Diaz, Josh Lowe and Walls had two hits.
Manny Machado had two singles and a three-run homer for the Padres. David Peralta had a two-run homer.
The Rays and Padres play again today at 4:10 p.m. at Tropicana Field. Shane Baz will start for the Rays against Randy Vasquez.