Monday, 4 a.m.
The mini-slump has turned into a slide. The losing streak has gone on for three games now. The bullpen is on fire. The Big Three are shrinking. Too few hits, too ffew runs.
Ouch.
The Tampa Bay Rays' swoon continues. The Rays lost to the last-place Baltimore Orioles for the third straight outing, and it wasn't pretty. It was 10-2, and there are few spots that looked good.
-- The vaunted Big Three of Yandy Diaz, Jonathan Aranda and Junior Caminero went a combined one-for-12. For teh three games, they are nine-for-40.
-- The bullpen gave up eight runs, bringing their total to 20 for the series.
-- The Rays were two-for-six with runners in scoring position, and are eight-for-28 for the series. They left eight runners on base, and have left 30 on for the series.
The Rays gave up three runs in the fifth and seven in the sixth in their loss.
They only runs they scored were on a home run by Ryan Vilade and a single by Jorge Mateo. Vilade had three hits for the Rays. Chandler Simpson had two.
The Rays and Orioles finish their series tonight at 6:05 p.m. at Tropicana Field. Nick Martinez (12-3) will start for the Rays against Brandon Young (9-3).
