Sunday, 4 a.m.
To measure just how good DrewRasmussen was on Saturday, just consider how bad Rays’ pitching was the night before.
Saturday, the Miami Marlins got nine fewer runs.
They had eight fewer hits.
They had seven fewer walks.
Oh, and the Rays had one more win.
Rasmussen went six strong innings Saturday in a 4-0 shutout of the Marlins. Rasmussen gave up just four hits. The Marlins didn’t walk at all after getting seven the night before.
It was the third shutout of the season for Rays’ pitching.
It was also the best start of the season for the Marlins’ Sandy Alcantara, who shut out the Rays for the first four innings of the game. But he threw a lot of pitches (101 through five innings), and in the fifth, the Rays got to him for four runs.
Chandler Simpson singled in one, Yandy Diaz singled in two and Jonathan Aranda singled in another. Jose Caballero stole two bases in the inning.
That was all the Rays’ needed. Edwin Uceta, Garrett Cleavinger and Pete Fairbanks all threw a shutout inning.
The Rays stole four bases in the win.
The teams wind up their series today at 1:40 p.m. in Miami.Shane Baz will start for the Rays against Cal Quantrill.