ST. PETERSBURG -- Pitching deep into games has been a theme all season for the Rays starters. While some have done so, others have not.
Erasmo Ramirez has been one in the latter category. Leading into Sunday's 7-2 loss to the A's, the right-hander had not logged more than five innings in any of his four starts.
The good news came in the fact Ramirez pitched six innings Sunday. Unfortunately, bad news also came with Ramirez venturing deeper into the game: He allowed three runs in the sixth.
To that point, Ramirez had surrendered just two runs in his first five innings.