Coming off a day off in which they gained ground on the division and padded their lead in the Wild Card, the Diamondbacks brought their 6-game win streak to St. Pete and the Trop to play our expansion-mates.
I should’ve know sloppy defense would be a theme in this game when Corbin Carroll got the game going by reaching on a throwing error by the Rays’ third baseman and the second-ranked prospect in all of baseball, Junior Caminero. Credit Corbin’s speed with rushing the young third baseman’s timing and causing him to short arm the throw. Jake McRake followed that up with a 2-strike single past a diving Caminero.