Wednesday, 4 a.m.
Turns out, the Tampa Bay Rays don’t hit very well in Arizona, either.
The sliding Rays lost their sixth game of their last seven Tuesday night, falling to the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1. The Rays have been shut out twice and held to one run once in the last week.
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This time, the Rays had just seven hits and were one-for-six with runners in scoring position.
Zack Littell fell to 0-5 on the season. He gave up two home runs an surrendered three runs in six innings.
The Rays took a 1-0 lead when Jake Mangum knocked in Kameron Misner.
The Rays and Diamondbacks play again tonight at 9:40 p.m. Taj Bradley will start for the Rays against Eduardo Rodriguez.